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  • Legal challenges put Iowa’s fetal heartbeat law on hold

    Legal challenges put Iowa’s fetal heartbeat law on hold

    • Jun 9, 2018

    A new Iowa law prohibiting abortion after a fetal heartbeat is detected has been placed on hold while lawyers on opposing sides of a lawsuit prepare their cases.

    By Barb Arland-Fye
  • Louisiana pro-life leaders applaud ban on abortions after 15 weeks

    Louisiana pro-life leaders applaud ban on abortions after 15 weeks

    • Jun 3, 2018

    Louisiana pro-life leaders praised state lawmakers and Gov. John Bel Edwards for passing a bill banning abortions after 15 weeks during the recently completed regular session of the Legislature.

    By Richard Meek
  • Supreme Court rejects challenge to Arkansas abortion law

    Supreme Court rejects challenge to Arkansas abortion law

    • May 31, 2018

    The Supreme Court’s decision May 29 not to hear a case against an Arkansas abortion law, thus letting the state’s restrictions on abortion-inducing drugs stand, will have broad impact, say those on both sides of the issue.

    By Carol Zimmermann
  • Irish bishop hopes papal visit can help bring healing after abortion vote

    Irish bishop hopes papal visit can help bring healing after abortion vote

    • May 29, 2018

    An Irish bishop said he hopes Pope Francis’s August visit can help bring healing after a divisive referendum that will pave the way for abortion on demand up to 12 weeks’ gestation.

    By Michael Kelly, CNS
  • Cardinal urges Canadian pro-lifers at march to ‘speak more loudly by silence’

    Cardinal urges Canadian pro-lifers at march to ‘speak more loudly by silence’

    • May 12, 2018

    Heeding a call from Toronto Cardinal Thomas Collins to “speak more loudly by silence,” Canada’s largest pro-life march reversed course May 10 after it was blocked for at least 20 minutes by a counterprotest.

    By Deborah Gyapong
  • Kentucky Senate votes to restrict common abortion procedure

    Kentucky Senate votes to restrict common abortion procedure

    • Mar 25, 2018

    The Kentucky State Senate passed a bill Thursday that would ban dilation and evacuation abortions after the 11th week of pregnancy, with the exception of a medical emergency.

    By Christine Rousselle
  • Ohio AG will appeal to maintain law banning Down syndrome abortions

    Ohio AG will appeal to maintain law banning Down syndrome abortions

    • Mar 18, 2018

    A federal judge has blocked a law from taking effect next week which bans abortions after a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome.

    By Perry West
  • Abortion bill on Isle of Man raises multiple concerns, critics say

    Abortion bill on Isle of Man raises multiple concerns, critics say

    • Feb 20, 2018

    Amid efforts to legalize abortion on the Isle of Man, critics of a new abortion bill have spoken out in defense of human life, saying the proposal would introduce a number of dangers.

    By Catholic News Agency
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