by Kathleen Lavery | Feb 3, 2025 | Family Life, Legislation
The House Economic Development Committee on Tuesday heard testimony on a bill designed to address the lack of access to affordable child care in the state. HB 269, sponsored by Rep. Brenda Shields (R-St. Joseph), would create three separate tax credit programs to help...
by Kathleen Lavery | Feb 3, 2025 | Abortion, Family Life, Gender Dysphoria, Respect for Life
President Trump has signed two executive orders prohibiting the use of federal public funding for abortion services and for so-called “sex-change” irreversible medical interventions, respectively. The first order was issued on January 24 and will end the use of...
by Kathleen Lavery | Feb 3, 2025 | Government
The 1st regular session of the 103rd General Assembly started just over three weeks ago. To see what bills the MCC has a position on, click here for the MCC Positions and Progress Report. To listen to the first legislative roundtable podcast of 2025 featuring MCC...
by Kathleen Lavery | Feb 3, 2025 | Faith, Respect for Life
Pope Francis offered his condolences to the families of the victims and to the entire nation following a deadly midair collision between a passenger plane and an Army helicopter near Washington on Wednesday night. “I express my spiritual closeness to all those...
by Kathleen Lavery | Jan 24, 2025 | Abortion, Respect for Life
Thousands of pro-life Americans are converging on Washington D.C.’s National Mall today for one of the nation’s largest anti-abortion activist rallies. Hearing from lawmakers, anti-abortion activists, and religious leaders, National March for Life rallygoers...
