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Pro-life advocates bear witness at Ohio March for Life in Columbus

By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Oct 4, 2024 / 17:55 pm Crowds of people gathered in downtown Columbus, Ohio, today for the Ohio March for Life, the first such gathering to be held in the state since Ohio voters approved a sweeping constitutional amendment to expand abortion. Photos and videos posted on social …
Missouri executes Muslim prisoner Marcellus Williams despite Catholic protest

By Jonah McKeown St. Louis, Mo., Sep 25, 2024 / 13:20 pm Missouri executed Marcellus “Khaliifah” Williams on Tuesday evening for the brutal murder of a St. Louis journalist in 1998 despite significant local and national outcry from Catholics and others who begged state authorities not to carry out the execution, …
Harris calls for end to Senate filibuster to pass ‘abortion rights’ legislation

By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Sep 24, 2024 / 15:25 pm Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris this week called for an end to the Senate procedure known as the filibuster, saying the change should be made in order to pass federal legislation protecting access to abortion. In an interview with Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR) that …
Chicago pregnancy center vandalized as Democratic National Convention closes

By Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 23, 2024 / 18:37 pm A Catholic pregnancy center in Chicago called “Aid for Women” was vandalized in the early morning hours after the closing of the Democratic National Convention. No one was present at the center at the time of the incident. Police …
‘Worst platform I’ve ever seen’: Conservatives slam Republicans for softening pro-life stance

By Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 11, 2024 / 07:00 am Top conservatives at a “Beyond Dobbs” panel discussion at the 2024 National Conservatism Conference expressed anger over the Republican Party’s softening of its pro-life stance ahead of this November’s election, with one calling the GOP’s new platform the “worst …
Pope Francis tells AI leaders: No machine should ever choose to take human life

By Courtney Mares Rome Newsroom, Jul 10, 2024 / 10:33 am Pope Francis urged artificial intelligence leaders on Wednesday to “protect human dignity in this new era of machines.” In a message to an AI ethics conference in Hiroshima, Japan, with leaders from Microsoft, IBM, Cisco, the United Nations, and representatives …
Republicans remove ‘right to life’ plank from party platform

By Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 8, 2024 / 16:50 pm The 2024 Republican National Convention’s platform committee voted on Monday to adopt new language regarding abortion, removing a “right to life” plank and a call for a national law protecting unborn life from the party platform. The platform is …
50th baby saved thanks to ‘safe haven’ boxes in U.S.

By Diego López Marina ACI Prensa Staff, Jun 28, 2024 / 08:00 am The Safe Haven Baby Box organization is celebrating saving a baby who was safely dropped off last week at a fire station in Kentucky. With the rescue of this baby, the U.S.-based pro-life organization counts a total of 50 …
U.S. Supreme Court rules Idaho hospitals must perform abortions

By Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 27, 2024 / 12:10 pm After mistakenly leaking the decision before releasing the final ruling, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that Idaho hospitals must perform abortions in certain emergencies. The 6-3 decision, issued in Moyle v. United States, means that Idaho hospitals are compelled to perform …
In unanimous decision, SCOTUS rejects doctors’ challenge to abortion pill

By Daniel Payne CNA Staff, Jun 13, 2024 / 12:38 pm The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously ruled against a physician-led challenge to the abortion pill, rejecting an attempt by advocates to impose stricter regulations on the drug. The court said in its Thursday ruling that the plaintiffs, represented by the Alliance for …