Abortion advocates in Indiana are claiming that the state's law banning most abortions violates their right to exercise religion, and the Indiana Supreme Court is considering their lawsuit. However, legal precedents and scholars argue that to qualify as an exercise of religion, an action must be compelled by religious belief, not merely consistent with it, and the government has a compelling interest in protecting human life in the womb.
The upcoming midterm elections include four statewide ballot measures related to abortion in Missouri, Idaho, Nevada, and Virginia, each proposing different levels of abortion access and restrictions. Despite the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision returning abortion policy to the states, the article emphasizes that the pro-life movement's goal to make abortion unthinkable remains ongoing and that grassroots activism continues to be crucial in shaping the nation's future on this issue.
A wrongful death lawsuit alleges that Texas' heartbeat law contributed to the death of Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old woman with multiple chronic health conditions, but medical experts argue that her care was mishandled independently of the abortion law. Texas' heartbeat law and subsequent Life Of The Mother Act provide exceptions for abortions in medical emergencies, and experts state that doctors are legally permitted to intervene when a pregnancy complication could lead to death, contradicting claims that the law prevented necessary medical care.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Cedar Park Assembly of God in Washington is not exempt from the state's Reproductive Parity Act, which requires employers to include abortion coverage in insurance plans if maternity coverage is offered. The court found that the church failed to prove the law was hostile to religion and noted the church could have purchased insurance excluding abortion coverage but chose not to do so.
Meghan Schrader, a disability activist and EPC-USA board member, discusses the Texas vs. Kennedy lawsuit which threatens new protections against euthanasia and infanticide.
The family of Tierra Walker filed a lawsuit against Texas officials and medical professionals, alleging that the state's pro-life law prevented doctors from performing an abortion that they claim was the only stabilizing treatment for her preeclampsia and other health conditions. Medical experts and reports indicate that the standard of care for severe preeclampsia is early delivery to save the mother and baby, not an induced abortion, and Walker's death was likely due to subpar medical care rather than the abortion law itself.
Four Muslim doctors in Illinois have filed a lawsuit against the state's End-of-Life Options for Terminally Ill Patients Act, which requires them to assist terminally ill patients in obtaining lethal drugs for assisted suicide, conflicting with their religious beliefs. The doctors, represented by Becket, seek a federal court order to block the law and protect their right to refuse participation in assisted suicide without facing fines or penalties.
On September 14, the Jayton, Texas City Council considered an ordinance to outlaw abortion and abortion trafficking, declaring the city a Sanctuary City for the Unborn, but voted 4-1 to table the measure for further review at the next meeting on September 22. If adopted, the ordinance would prohibit elective abortions and abortion trafficking within Jayton, extend enforcement of the Texas Heartbeat Act from detectable heartbeat to fertilization, and ban abortion-inducing drugs and related activities within the city, enforced through private lawsuits against violators but not against mothers.
Two women, Clara Munger Boyer and KPS, have filed a federal lawsuit against Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota (PPMNS), alleging they were coerced into abortions without proper informed consent or counseling at Planned Parenthood facilities in Minnesota. Both women describe experiencing significant pressure from family members and the fathers of their babies, with PPMNS staff failing to provide adequate information about the abortion procedures or address their moral objections and distress before performing the abortions.
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals recently heard oral arguments in State of Louisiana v. FDA, a case challenging the FDA's policy allowing chemical abortion drugs to be mailed without an in-person medical exam, a policy initiated during the Covid-19 pandemic and continued by both the Biden and Trump administrations.
The family of Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old Texas woman who died from preeclampsia in 2024 while four months pregnant, filed a lawsuit against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton after doctors denied her an abortion. Walker experienced seizures, blood clots, and a hypertensive crisis during her pregnancy and had requested an abortion multiple times.
Ohio appeals court Judge Matthew R. Byrne was the sole judge opposing the dismissal of a legal challenge to Ohio's six-week abortion ban after voters passed a constitutional amendment protecting abortion rights.
The family of Tierra Walker, a Texas woman who died from preeclampsia after being denied an abortion, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Attorney General Ken Paxton and her medical team, alleging that Texas's abortion restrictions and their enforcement created a climate of fear that prevented timely medical intervention. Medical experts reviewing Walker's case stated her death was likely preventable, and the lawsuit highlights the tension between Texas abortion laws and medical decisions in cases where the mother's health is at serious risk.
Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old pregnant woman from San Antonio, died in December 2024 after doctors allegedly refused to perform an abortion despite her experiencing seizures and blood clots. Her family filed a lawsuit against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and other officials, claiming that the denial of abortion caused her death and arguing that Texas' abortion ban is unconstitutional.
Senator Josh Hawley announced the signing of a new Declaration for Life at the Missouri Prayer Breakfast, calling on Congress members to support his legislation to ban the chemical abortion drug mifepristone. The Safeguarding Women from Chemical Abortion Act, co-sponsored by several Republican senators, aims to withdraw FDA approval of mifepristone and allow lawsuits against its manufacturers, with the FDA currently reviewing the drug and expected to announce a decision by the end of the year.
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Ohio appeals court Judge Matthew R. Byrne, who has a career of pro-life work, to a lifetime seat on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. The vote was 52-45. President Donald Trump nominated Byrne on the recommendation of Ohio’s two Republican senators and Vice President JD […] The post Senate Confirms Pro-Life State Judge for Federal Judgeship appeared first on LifeNews.com .
Surrogate mother McKenna West is appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court to challenge a California court ruling that denies her parental rights to Baby Gabriel, whom she refused to abort despite the biological parents' request due to the baby's congenital heart condition.
A federal judge barred Illinois state officials from enforcing the state's assisted suicide law against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago, a Catholic pharmacist, and groups of Roman Catholic nuns while litigation continues. The plaintiffs argue that the laws violate their religious beliefs, constitutional protections, and other legal provisions, and the court order prevents enforcement of specific provisions requiring healthcare providers to inform patients about assisted suicide and to refer patients to willing providers.
Two women have filed a federal lawsuit against Planned Parenthood affiliates, alleging they were pressured into unwanted abortions at Minnesota abortion facilities in 2020 and 2021 and that the abortions violated their constitutional rights. The 80-page proposed class-action complaint was filed Monday in U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. It seeks to represent […] The post Women Sue Planned Parenthood for Pressuring Them to Have Abortions appeared first on LifeNews.com .
McKenna West, a surrogate who refused to have an abortion at the request of the biological parents, filed an emergency appeal with the US Supreme Court to block a California court order that recognizes Omar Ahmed and Nausheen Gilkar as the infant's legal parents and allows them to move the newborn out of Texas. West, dismissed from the Texas court case and seeking custody or conservatorship, argues the judgment violated federal due process and fears the couple will not provide life-saving care for the baby, who was born with a serious heart defect and remains hospitalized in Dallas.
McKenna West, a surrogate who refused to abort a baby diagnosed with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome, has filed an updated brief with the U.S. Supreme Court seeking an administrative stay to prevent the baby from being moved out of Texas.
Deep-blue states struggle in court to compel religious professionals to spout progressive orthodoxy, and federal appeals court set to rule in similar challenge by pro-life pregnancy centers. U.K. diverges from Canada's approach's
Surrogate mother McKenna West has filed an emergency application to the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to halt a California court order that recognizes the California couple who hired her as the legal parents of the child born with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS). West argues for custody or conservatorship, claiming she does not trust the couple to provide life-saving care and alleges they demanded she abort the baby, while the couple has obtained a restraining order barring her from seeing the child and is suing her for breach of the surrogacy agreement.
The Catholic objectors will be shielded from the law while a federal lawsuit plays out against the state policy. The post Court says Chicago Archdiocese, Catholic sisters won’t have to submit to state suicide law appeared first on The Catholic Thing .
The Supreme Court let Texas ban abortion the instant doctors detect a heartbeat. Now pro-abortion activists insist that same heartbeat is just noise from a machine. Turns out obstetricians have used that...
A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order preventing Illinois from enforcing its new euthanasia law on Carmelite nuns and the Little Sisters of the Poor. The legal challenge involves Catholic leaders and healthcare institutions arguing that the law threatens their religious identity by requiring participation in assisted suicide and restricting speech about it.
The Idaho Supreme Court approved the final ballot language for a referendum to legalize abortion, which explains the proposal's effects despite objections from pro-abortion activists. The initiative, called the Reproductive Freedom and Privacy Act, would create a right to abortion before fetal viability and in medical emergencies after viability, while a 'no' vote would maintain Idaho's current restrictive abortion laws with exceptions for rape, incest, and life of the mother.
Five national or statewide religious health care associations and two individual plaintiffs have joined a federal lawsuit filed by Thomas More Society challenging Illinois' assisted suicide law just two days before it takes effect. The lawsuit argues that the law violates constitutional rights by forcing healthcare professionals and entities to promote assisted suicide against their conscience and faith, and the plaintiffs seek to extend emergency protections previously granted to original plaintiffs.
The Indiana Supreme Court heard arguments regarding whether abortion is protected under the state's Religious Freedom Restoration Act, following a challenge by the ACLU against Indiana's abortion ban based on plaintiffs' asserted religious beliefs. The state attorney general's office urged dismissal of the case, arguing the plaintiffs lack standing as they have not been pregnant or sought abortions, while the ACLU contends the law forces women to alter their behavior to avoid pregnancy or face legal challenges.
Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit to overturn Wisconsin's pro-life laws: a 24-hour waiting period and a stipulation that only physicians can commit abortions.
