In a unanimous ruling issued this week, the Montana Supreme Court invalidated a state law that required minors to obtain parental consent for abortion on the grounds that it violated the right of privacy guaranteed by Article II, Section 10, of the state constitution....
Three additional pro-life activists have been sentenced for violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act through their involvement in a 2021 blockade of a Tennessee abortion clinic. James Zastrow, Eva Zastrow, and Paul Place were sentenced to 90 days...
Chuck and Linda Raymond discuss the lingering pain and guilt felt by women and men after an abortion. This podcast covers how to find healing and hope as individuals and couples and what resources are available through the Catholic church to help those who are wounded...
The Arkansas Secretary of State this week rejected petitions submitted to place a pro-abortion measure on that state’s ballot this fall. The office rejected the proposal, saying that the abortion group did not submit all of the required paperwork with its signatures. ...
Bishop Edward Rice, of the Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau, gave an impassioned pro-life homily during Mass at the Proto-Cathedral of St. Peter, at the end of the Midwest March for Life on May 1, 2024, in Jefferson City, MO. Bishop Rice stated that we exist to...
The government of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has proposed a “maternity income” bill to offer financial assistance to pregnant women in need who refuse to abort their babies. This measure would provide 1,000 euros (around $1,100) in monthly aid for five...
The U.S. Supreme Court this week left in place the order of a federal judge in Idaho that temporarily blocks the state from enforcing its abortion ban under the claim that it conflicts with the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act. In a brief unsigned...
A lawsuit challenging Missouri’s pro-life laws was recently thrown out after a judge ruled the laws do not infringe on the freedom of religion. A coalition of more than a dozen Missouri religious leaders filed the lawsuit in 2023, alleging that Missouri’s near-total...
It has been two years since the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, correctly finding that the Constitution did not contain a right to abortion. While a “National Celebrate Life Day” rally is planned on the steps of...
The Ethics & Public Policy Center recently published the “Two Years After Dobbs” report, showing that between 2022 and 2024 every single state that protects life in the womb passed laws to expand support for pregnant women, new mothers, and their babies. Missouri...