Anti-abortion Archives

Lawmakers may avoid divisive social issues in election year

Jan 11, 2020

With budget cuts likely to draw Georgia lawmakers’ attention and contentious 2020 elections on the horizon, one overarching question hangs over the legislative session that begins Monday: Will there be an appetite to take up divisive social issues again this year?

By Associated Press

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

‘Godmothers for Life’ serve vulnerable moms in Uruguay

Mar 18, 2018

An Uruguayan non-profit organization called “Godmothers for Life” has been serving mothers in crisis pregnancies for more than 17 years, working out of a facility at Saint Jerome Chapel in Montevideo.

By Catholic News Agency

Court strikes down Baltimore law on pregnancy centers

Jan 6, 2018

A Baltimore law that required an anti-abortion pregnancy counseling center to post disclaimers in its waiting room is unconstitutional, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.

By Associated Press

‘Misinformation’ seen as reason for veto of Pennsylvania abortion bill

Dec 21, 2017

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf vetoed pro-life legislation that “would have strengthened” the state’s Abortion Control Act “by banning the cruel and brutal practice of dismemberment abortions,” said the state Catholic conference.

By Catholic News Service

Judge’s order targets Kentucky abortion clinic protesters

Jul 23, 2017

The number of protesters is expected to surge this weekend when Texas-based Operation Save America converges on Louisville for a weeklong vigil, with the long-term goal of making Kentucky a national model in its push to end abortion. The group urges state officials to ignore the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision in 1973 that legalized abortion.

By Associated Press