Abortion Archives

Could a California bill make Catholic conduct codes illegal?

A proposed new law in California would prohibit employers from requiring their employees to sign a waiver or other document that “purports to deny any employee the right to make his or her own reproductive health care decisions.” It would also bar an employer from taking any adverse action against an employee based on the use of any medical service related to “reproductive health” – which would include abortion, contraception and sterilization.

France accords highest honor to abortion champion and Holocaust survivor Simone Veil

Simone Veil — who died June 30 at the age of 89 — championed a 1975 law that legalized abortion while she was serving as health minister of France. Despite Veil’s stated intentions of keeping abortion rare and exceptional, at present more than 200,000 abortions are performed each year in France.

Funding for abortion to become mandatory for Oregon insurers

Under a proposed new state law, the Oregon Health Authority must provide abortion coverage where religious organizations will not. Under the Oregon Medicaid program, over $2 million is spent each year to pay for about 3,500 abortions. The proposed bill sets aside about $500,000 over the next two years to expand free reproductive health coverage, including abortion, to immigrants.

African calls West’s imposition of abortion ‘cultural supremacy’
- Catholic News Service, Global Church
- July 12, 2017
The British government co-hosted an international Family Planning Summit in London with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the U.N. Population Fund. The U.K. Department for International Development said the July 11 summit aimed to boost global commitment to “ensuring women and girls have access to family planning services.” Many Africans accuse the conference of behaving like “old colonial masters” by trying to impose abortion on the continent.
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O’Malley: Women who’ve had abortions need to find forgiveness
- Interviews
- July 7, 2017
Few pastors in America probably have put in more face time with more different kinds of vulnerable and suffering people than Cardinal Sean O’Malley of Boston. “As difficult as many of these ministries are, my firm conviction is that it’s the most important thing the Church can be doing, and I’m privileged to be a part of that,” he said.
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Oregon approves measure requiring insurers to cover abortion
- Associated Press, Church in the US
- July 6, 2017
As the federal government and other states are seeking restrictions on abortion, Oregon lawmakers passed a bill requiring insurance companies to cover abortions and other reproductive services at no cost to the patient for virtually any reason, at any time, including sex-selective and late-term abortions.
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