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New Mexico abortion, assisted suicide bills called ‘gravely disappointing’

Mar 6, 2021

With abortion and assisted suicide front and center in the New Mexico Legislature, “I wonder, what have we become?” Santa Fe Archbishop John C. Wester said in a March 3 statement.

By Catholic News Service

COVID-19 bill OK’d without Hyde language to prevent funding of abortion

Mar 1, 2021

Over a dozen nonprofit organizations, including Catholic Charities USA, praised the American Rescue Plan passed by the U.S. House early Feb. 27 for including “several provisions of importance to the charitable nonprofit sector.”

By Julie Asher

Kansas ponders open churches, abortion limits in pandemics

Mar 1, 2021

Conservative legislators, still smarting over actions Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly took early in the coronavirus pandemic, pushed Monday to prevent the state from restricting religious gatherings or keeping abortion providers open during emergencies.

By John Hanna

New Mexico governor signs bill to preserve access to abortion

Feb 27, 2021

Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Friday signed a bill to shore up abortion access laws in New Mexico, saying a woman has the right to make decisions about her own body.

By Associated Press

Becerra’s critics urge Senate committees to reject his nomination for HHS

Feb 24, 2021

About 60 pro-life leaders signed a letter objecting to confirmation of California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, President Joe Biden’s nominee to be secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

By Julie Asher

S.C. governor signs abortion bill, says right to life is ‘fundamental’

Feb 21, 2021

Saying “there are a lot of happy hearts beating right now,” Republican Gov. Henry McMaster of South Carolina signed a bill into law Feb. 18 that would prohibit most abortions if a fetal heartbeat is detected on ultrasound.

By Catholic News Service

House bill recognizes fetal pain, would bar most abortions after 20 weeks

Feb 17, 2021

Citing leading experts in the field of fetal pain, U.S. Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, said the proposed Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act would end the “excruciating suffering and physical pain of unborn babies” by barring most abortions after 20 weeks gestation.

By Catholic News Service

Activist charged for role in Polish protests

Feb 12, 2021

A leader of the Polish Women’s Strike, the movement that has led mass nationwide protests against a near total abortion ban in Poland, has been charged with criminal felonies.

By Vanessa Gera