Pope Leo XIV condemned euthanasia and assisted suicide as neither compassionate nor moral during a meeting with about 5,000 sick people and caregivers at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes, emphasizing the inalienable dignity of the human person and rejecting death under false compassion. He praised healthcare workers for their vocation to care for the suffering, called for palliative care structures, and encouraged the French bishops to continue opposing euthanasia following France's recent legalization of assisted suicide and euthanasia.
Pope Leo XIV condemned the legalization of medically assisted death as immoral 'false compassion' during his visit to Lourdes, France, emphasizing the inherent dignity of human life and rejecting euthanasia and assisted dying in line with Catholic teaching. He also addressed the ongoing clergy sexual abuse crisis in the French church, meeting with survivors and praising the bishops' response while acknowledging the impact of the scandal on priestly vocations.
U.S. Army veteran Haotian Bai runs Patriot Conceptions, a surrogacy agency that facilitates wealthy Chinese couples having American-born babies, which has raised national security concerns due to the potential for these children to later access sensitive U.S.
Students for Life of America launched its fall 2026 'Abortion Victims: Every Abortion Has a Human Cost' tour on 150 college campuses in more than 40 states, continuing the legacy of Charlie Kirk by engaging students with displays about the harms of abortion. Despite opposition and mockery on some campuses, the group reports that nearly 23 percent of students who engaged with their spring 2026 'Chemical Abortion Hurts' tour changed their minds about abortion.
The Turnaway Study is frequently referenced to support the claim that obtaining an abortion is preferable to being denied one. However, informed consent requires acknowledging that both having an abortion and being denied one do not necessarily ruin a woman's life.
Missouri pastors, led by Wesley Vance and joined by Senator Josh Hawley, unveiled a Declaration for Life at the inaugural Missouri Prayer Breakfast, calling on senators to sign a pledge against chemical abortion pills like mifepristone. Hawley introduced legislation to ban mifepristone, citing high rates of adverse effects, and challenged all senators to take the pledge, while Missouri voters prepare to decide on Amendment 3, which would repeal the 2024 abortion amendment.
Christina Rapti-Tzelepi, 54, gave birth to a healthy baby girl in Greece using embryos frozen 22 years earlier after the couple lost their son George in a car accident in October 2025. Due to Greece's age limit of 54 for IVF treatment, the couple had to proceed quickly and are now advocating for changes to the law to allow older women to undergo IVF.
Allison Ducluzeau, diagnosed with stage 4 peritoneal carcinomatosis in British Columbia, was denied surgery and instead referred to assisted dying by Canadian oncologists, but she sought treatment in the United States and became cancer-free. The article warns that socialized medicine, exemplified by Canada's healthcare system and policies like the Most Favored Nations drug pricing model, risks importing drug rationing and assisted suicide practices to the U.S., where assisted suicide is already legal in 13 states and increasing.
Pope Leo XIV visited Lourdes, France, where he spoke against euthanasia and medically assisted dying during a Mass attended by about 150,000 people, emphasizing respect for life from conception until natural death. Lourdes, known for miraculous cures and as a healing place for survivors of clergy sexual abuse, has recently covered mosaics by Rev.
Former President Joe Biden received the 2026 Sonia Schorr Sloan Service Award at Planned Parenthood of Delaware’s annual fundraising gala on September 24. He expressed being "outraged and appalled" by the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v.
Dr. Heidi Overton, Trump's nominee for FDA commissioner, pledged to complete a thorough and transparent safety study of the abortion pill mifepristone, which has been criticized for its adverse effects and mail-order distribution without in-person doctor visits.
Three women who regret taking the abortion pill are urging Dr. Heidi Overton, if confirmed as FDA commissioner, to renew the in-person dispensing requirement on mifepristone to ensure women understand the seriousness of the medication and to prevent coercion or pressure in abortion decisions.
Belfast City Council initially approved lighting City Hall green on September 28 to honor International Safe Abortion Day, despite a petition with over 20,000 signatures opposing the move. However, the Democratic Unionist Party used a call-in procedure to halt the lighting, making it unlikely to take place as planned, and a pro-life group announced plans to protest outside City Hall.
Alicia Duncan and her sister Christie fought to stop their mother Donna's Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) procedure in Canada after she was approved despite showing signs of psychiatric distress and a recent suicide attempt. Despite securing a court injunction and psychiatric assessment, Donna was euthanized just hours after being discharged from involuntary psychiatric detention, highlighting failures in the safeguards and oversight of the MAiD process, especially concerning mental illness eligibility.
Prayer vigils led by the pro-life group 40 Days for Life are taking place nationwide from September 23 to November 1, focusing on prayer, fasting, and community outreach outside abortion clinics. The group is emphasizing opposition to abortion pills through abortion pill reversal efforts and a national billboard campaign in cities including San Francisco, Philadelphia, and Boston.
In September 2026, a Sixth Circuit panel with judges appointed by Obama and Biden struck down Tennessee's law criminalizing adults recruiting, harboring, or transporting pregnant minors for abortions without parental consent, ruling it violated the First Amendment. The ruling criticized the law for criminalizing speech encouraging abortion while remaining silent on speech encouraging carrying a pregnancy to term, while Tennessee's ban on harboring or transporting minors for abortions remains in effect.
Liberty Counsel and a coalition of 50 pro-life leaders sent a letter to FDA Commissioner nominee Dr. Heidi Overton urging her to restore abortion pill safeguards that existed before the Biden administration while the FDA completes its safety review of mifepristone.
Former President Joe Biden accepted the Sonia Schorr Sloan Service Award from Planned Parenthood at their Delaware fundraising gala, where his wife Jill Biden presented the award. During his speech, Biden criticized the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v.
The assertion that abortion only affects the person getting one is challenged as being wrong in many ways. The article is published by Secular Pro-Life and includes related discussions and posts on abortion and pro-life topics.
The pro-life group 40 Days for Life is conducting prayer vigils across the nation from September 23 to November 1, focusing on opposing abortion pills and promoting abortion pill reversal through prayer, fasting, and community outreach. In related news, an Ohio man was sentenced to six months in prison for forcing abortion pills on his pregnant girlfriend, and in Virginia, abortion advocates and opponents are raising funds for and against a constitutional amendment that would establish a fundamental right to reproductive freedom, including abortion care.
Pope Leo XIV delivered a speech at the Elysée Palace in France, warning President Emmanuel Macron and French parliament to uphold the sanctity of life by denouncing surrogacy and assisted suicide. He emphasized that mutual respect and protection of every human life is a duty incumbent upon all, following a private meeting with Macron and in the presence of politicians, diplomats, civil authorities, and firemen who responded to the 2019 Notre-Dame fire.
Pro-life groups and physicians argue that Texas' abortion law, which allows abortions to save the life of the mother, is not responsible for the death of Tierra Walker, who died of preeclampsia after receiving inadequate medical care. They contend that Walker's death was likely preventable with proper medical treatment and that the lawsuit blaming the law is politically motivated and overlooks failures in healthcare coordination and standards-based care.
Dr. Heidi Overton, nominated to lead the FDA, testified before a Senate committee that if confirmed, she would immediately oversee and ensure transparency of the ongoing safety study on the abortion pill mifepristone, which is expected to be completed by the end of the year.
The Jeremiah 1:5 Project, an initiative of the Douglass Leadership Institute, encouraged Black churches nationwide to speak out about the sanctity of human life and increase support for women facing unexpected pregnancies through Jeremiah 1:5 Sunday held on August 30. The initiative aims to raise awareness about abortion's impact on the Black community, foster relationships between churches and pregnancy centers, and mobilize congregations to provide ongoing care for Black families, with participation reported in states including Georgia, North Carolina, Mississippi, Michigan, Ohio, Virginia, and Texas.
Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old woman who died of preeclampsia in December 2024, is the subject of a lawsuit blaming Texas' abortion law for her death, but pro-life physicians argue her death resulted from inadequate medical care rather than the law itself. Pro-life leaders, including Dr.
A Massachusetts bishop has instructed his priests to meet privately with Catholic politicians who supported recent abortion legislation, urging them to repent and warning them not to receive Communion until they change their public stance. The bishop also directed that if these individuals present themselves for Communion after being warned, they must be denied the Eucharist to prevent scandal, with this policy taking effect after the November elections.
Dr. Heidi Overton, President Donald Trump’s FDA Commissioner nominee, declined during her Senate confirmation hearing to state whether she still believes the abortion drug mifepristone is dangerous to women, instead citing the FDA's existing policy that the drug meets safety and efficacy standards.
At Love Life’s September 12 Youth for Life prayer walk in Raleigh, a pro-abortion organization circulated a flyer encouraging disruption of the event. Despite this, five college students from NC State approached the team, creating an opportunity to share the Gospel.
Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford sponsored a clemency application for Norman Smith, who killed pregnant woman Tinesha Adams and her unborn baby in 2015 and has been in prison for seven years. Smith was denied clemency by the parole board, and Ford faced backlash for sponsoring the application but did not attend the parole hearing due to a family emergency.
On September 22, 2026, CLI hosted a webinar titled 'What They Didn’t Tell Her: Real Stories from Women Harmed by Abortion Drugs,' where Katherine Rafferty, Ph.D., presented her peer-reviewed research analyzing public online posts from women about their experiences with abortion drugs. The webinar concluded with a Q&A session moderated by CLI, as reported by the Lozier Institute.
