By Daniel Payne CNA Staff, Aug 19, 2024 / 13:30 pm Planned Parenthood is offering free abortions and vasectomies to residents and visitors in Chicago as the 2024 Democratic National Convention (DNC) kicks off in the city’s downtown. Planned Parenthood Great Rivers, which dispenses abortion and contraception in southern Illinois, said …

By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 22, 2024 / 16:00 pm President Joe Biden’s administration on Monday announced new plans to increase access to surgical abortion, chemical abortion, and contraceptives, with the move coming on the 51st anniversary of the Supreme Court’s now-defunct Roe v. Wade ruling. The White House’s …

By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Sep 20, 2023 / 14:32 pm A monthlong nationwide college tour by Vice President Kamala Harris, meant in part to promote the expansion of abortion under law, has prompted repudiation from pro-life advocates. The tour, announced Sept. 7, is aimed at bringing together “thousands of students for high-energy, …

by Joe Bukuras Baltimore, Md., Nov 15, 2022 / 17:50 pm In his first press conference after being elected president of the U.S. bishops’ conference, Archbishop Timothy Broglio said Tuesday that he’d be “happy” to meet with President Joe Biden, a Catholic whose position on abortion, transgenderism, and gay marriage …

by Kevin J. Jones Denver, Colo., Nov 11, 2022 / 08:00 am As pro-abortion measures won on state ballots and pro-life measures faced defeat, Catholic bishops responded to election results with profound disappointment. They professed resolve to continue to work to defend unborn human life and support pregnant women in …

by Kevin J. Jones Denver, Colo., Nov 7, 2022 / 14:15 pm Out-of-state billionaires George Soros and Michael Bloomberg, joined by a “dark money” fund, are among the wealthy backers of Michigan’s proposed ballot measure to make abortion a constitutional right. Despite the influx of money, foes of Proposal 3 …

by Joe Bukuras Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 14, 2022 / 08:00 am A Wisconsin pro-life organization has taken issue with Viterbo University, a Franciscan Catholic college, for comments a school official made suggesting a willingness to allow an abortion rights group on campus. The comments came to light after Pro-Life …

by Joe Bukuras Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 28, 2022 / 19:20 pm More vandalism of Catholic churches, pro-life pregnancy centers, and a pro-life memorial have been reported since Roe v. Wade was overturned on Friday. LifeChoice pregnancy center in Winter Haven, Florida was defaced with pro-abortion graffiti June 25. Director …

by Maisy Sullivan Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 28, 2022 / 13:54 pm As some states ban or regulate abortion following the Dobbs decision, numerous companies have announced they will provide financial assistance to employees traveling for abortions. In Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the Supreme Court ruled June 24 …

by Jonah McKeown Denver Newsroom, Jun 24, 2022 / 13:55 pm In a Friday press conference, U.S. President Joe Biden called on Congress to codify abortion access into federal law, following the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade that morning. The court’s decision returned the question of abortion policy to the …