By Madalaine Elhabbal Washington D.C., Jan 23, 2025 / 20:30 pm Pro-life activist Paul Vaughn received the news that President Donald Trump had pardoned him, along with 22 other pro-life demonstrators, on Thursday in the middle of a press conference with his lawyers at the Thomas More Society. “I have a lot of …

By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Jan 24, 2025 / 09:45 am Here is a roundup of recent abortion- and pro-life-related news: U.S. government reproductive rights website shut down A federal government website promoting abortion has been taken down following the inauguration of President Donald Trump. Reproductiverights.gov, launched in 2022 by the …

By Daniel Payne CNA Staff, Oct 18, 2024 / 17:15 pm A condemned Texas man’s execution has been halted after lawmakers subpoenaed him to appear before the state Legislature amid claims of his innocence. The Supreme Court of Texas said in a post on X late Thursday that it had “granted …

While respect for human life must not be limited to a single issue (about which I say more below), the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) reminds us in “Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship” that abortion is the foremost consideration. Throughout the 2020 presidential election, it was easy for …

By Kate Quiñones, Ken Oliver-Méndez CNA Staff, Aug 8, 2024 / 06:00 am Two recently launched advertising campaigns illustrate part of the epic clash between the culture of life and the culture of death taking place in this year’s U.S. elections. Students for Life of America (SFLA), a group that trains and …

By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 2, 2024 / 16:21 pm “Faith is not a game” is the title of the petition launched by the Italian association Pro Vita & Famiglia (Pro Life and Family) calling on the International Olympic Committee to condemn the insulting performance featured during the opening ceremony of …

The 2024 Cross the Bridge for Life will take place on Saturday, June 1, in Newport, Ky. Thousands of people from both sides of the Ohio River will come together for a family festival and to walk along the Ohio River to celebrate the beautiful gift of human life, at …

By Matt McDonald CNA Staff, May 14, 2024 / 11:38 am Kansas City Chiefs’ placekicker Harrison Butker offered some pointed criticism of Catholic bishops and priests along with advice to college graduates in his commencement address at Benedictine College on Saturday. Catholic bishops should be more like St. Damien of Molokai …

By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 13, 2024 / 15:31 pm Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is walking back his recent statement of support for “full-term abortion” on demand and conceding to some restrictions on abortion once a fetus reaches viability, which occurs around 23 to 24 weeks of pregnancy. …

By Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 9, 2024 / 17:25 pm Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has endorsed completely unrestricted abortion “even if it’s full term.” “My belief is that we should leave it to the woman, we shouldn’t have government involved,” Kennedy said on an episode of “The …