Category: Sanctity of Life

“Pro-life advocates plan to push federal- and state-level legislative and policy reforms on abortion when the United States Congress and many state legislatures enter into session in January 2025.

Many plans look toward regulating the abortion drug mifepristone, which is used in chemical abortions. According to the Guttmacher Institute, a pro-abortion policy group, chemical abortions accounted for 63% of all abortions in 2023, which is an increase of 10 percentage points from 2020 and more than double what it was in 2014.”

“After a close but heartbreaking loss at the ballot box that saw Missouri voters choose to enshrine a right to “reproductive freedom” in the state constitution Nov. 5, the head of the Missouri Catholic Conference (MCC) said the closeness of the vote and the unity displayed by pro-life advocates in the state suggest a repeal of the amendment in the future remains a possibility.

“It truly was a strong, unified, grassroots effort that I wish we’d gotten over the finish line, but I’m still very proud,” Jamie Morris, executive director of the MCC in Jefferson City, told CNA this week.”

“UPDATE: On Monday, Boston Police issued a statement revealing that 17 pro-abortion protesters were arrested on Saturday for disrupting the peaceful pro-life men’s march.
BOSTON (LifeSiteNews) — The National Men’s March to Abolish Abortion and Rally for Personhood held its third annual event in Boston on Saturday when it was met by a mostly masked crowd of more than several hundred who were shouting profanities and seeking to physically block the peaceful assembly about halfway through the legally permitted march.”

“On Tuesday, the day after Teton County District Court Judge Melissa Owens for the third time struck down two protective abortion laws, Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon announced that “I have directed the Attorney General to review the opinion and prepare an appeal to the Wyoming Supreme Court.”

Gordon said, “Judge Owens’s ruling is frustrating, still this is just one of the steps in the judicial process,” adding, “Regardless of her decision, it was clear there would be an appeal. I remain committed to defending the constitutionality of this law and the sanctity of life.”

“On November 18, Alexander Raikin’s article: A quarter of all Ontario MAiD providers may have violated the Criminal Code. Does Anyone Care? was published by The Hub. Raikin’s article is based on the same research that led to his earlier article, accept that his most recent article adds significant historical context to the issue.

Raikin begins his article by stating that Canada legalized (MAiD) euthanasia and assisted suicide in Canada as an exception to the criminal code when it is done based on specificied circumstances, and outside of those circumstances these acts remain criminal acts.”

On this week’s two-part episode of The Bishop Strickland Show, Bishop Joseph Strickland discusses not being complacent following the 2024 election, every breath we take being a gift from God, offering due gratitude to God, and more.

Quebec Life Coalition argued Thursday in Quebec Superior Court that a 2016 law banning protests goes against Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Former NFL star, author and SEC football analyst Benjamin Watson believes the key to the pro-life movement’s success might come from an often-overlooked place: men reclaiming their God-given roles in society.

Last week, 10 states voted on whether to approve abortion-related ballot measures, and one put an assisted suicide measure before voters. In addition, some local ordinances related to abortion went before voters. Most of the pro-abortion measures passed, but in three states — Florida, Nebraska, and South Dakota — voters staved off attempts to expand abortion. Collectively, the amount of funding raised to promote abortion by way of state ballot initiatives was around $244 million while the pro-life side raised around $29 million

Oregon Health Authority’s finalized 2023 abortion records show dramatically increased abortion rates in numerous categories, including a sharp rise in the number of late-term abortions compared to the prior year. The statistics paint a stark picture of the state’s radical abortion landscape and signal a growing need for pro-life Oregonians to counter the extremism promoted by pro-abortion politicians and the abortion lobby.

Pro-life advocates from the organization TFP Student Action were attacked by an angry woman at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, on November 4.