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Rome to host conference on Casablanca Declaration against surrogacy

The International Conference in Rome is intended to be a decisive step to support and encourage national and international initiatives, leading to the adoption of an international treaty. It will be held in Rome on 5 and 6 of April, at the LUMSA University (Via Porta Castello 44, Rome).

Some of the scheduled speakers include Reem Alsalem, UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, Velina Todorova, Member of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, Eugenia Roccella, Italian Minister for the Family, and Olivia Maurel, born through surrogacy and spokesperson for the Casablanca Declaration.

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Smithsonian agrees to pay students $50k after kicking them out for wearing pro-life hats

On January 20, 2023, shortly after that year’s March for Life in the nation’s capital (the first since the 2022 overturning of Roe v. Wade), a group of Catholics from Our Lady of the Rosary school in Greenville, South Carolina, were kicked out of the Smithsonian for wearing hats bearing the words “Rosary PRO-LIFE.” The next month, Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III said the incident “was an aberration and not reflective of Smithsonian values and practice of welcoming all visitors regardless of viewpoint,” promising a “refresher” on museum policy for staff and policy reviews prior to any major political demonstration in the nation’s capital.

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New investigation reveals how websites are illegally selling abortion pills in banned states

A recently published investigation detailed how dozens of websites are shipping abortion pills to states where the killing of unborn children is illegal without requiring a prescription or age verification.

None of these abortion drug providers appear to face legal challenges, the Daily Wire found, despite the fact that U.S. law continues to require that abortion pill providers verify prescriptions and despite their violations of state laws that nearly totally ban abortions.

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Nurse Fights Colorado’s Attempt to Stop Her From Saving Babies From Abortion

The state of Colorado ratified a law prohibiting medical professionals from administering Abortion Pill Reversal (APR) which effectively forces women to continue an abortion which they no longer want.

Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) has filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit to defend the practice of APR. The lawsuit, Bella Health and Wellness v. Weiser, seeks to challenge the enacted law.

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