The Respect Life Apostolate of the Archdiocese of St. Louis has published a prayer to defeat the Missouri Pro-Abortion Ballot Initiative. All Catholics are encouraged to pray for the defeat of the abortion initiative. You can download a PDF of the prayer card here....
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a lawsuit challenging the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approach to regulating the abortion pill mifepristone, allowing the drug to continue to be provided by mail without an in-person doctor’s visit. In a unanimous...
The Missouri House and Senate worked this week to finalize their legislative agendas for the 2024 session. The Senate finished its year in much of the same way it began, with a filibuster, personal attacks, and dysfunction. While Republicans looked to pass initiative...
Last year, abortion was the leading cause of death throughout the world for, at least, the fifth time in a row: over 44.6 million abortions were performed in 2023 alone. By comparison, communicable diseases, the second cause of death, accounted for 13 million...
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee this week advanced legislation that would cut off public funding for abortion providers and their affiliates. SB 1168, sponsored by Sen. Mary Elizabeth Coleman (R-Arnold), would prohibit any abortion facility or its affiliates...
Joan Andrews Bell, a 76-year-old Catholic and pro-life activist, has been sentenced to over two years in prison for her involvement in a “rescue” at a Washington, D.C., abortion clinic. Three other activists — Jean Marshall, 74, Jonathan Darnel, 42, and Herb Geraghty,...
On Thursday, May 9, Governor Parson signed HB 2634 into law. The bill prohibits any abortion facility or its affiliates from receiving public funds. Federal and state law currently prohibit public funds from being used for abortion; this bill expands that prohibition...
Abortion supporters on Friday delivered boxes of signatures to the Secretary of State, seeking to put a pro-abortion constitutional amendment on the ballot. Representatives of Missourians for Constitutional Freedom claim that the group collected over 380,000...
Thousands of Missourians attended the Midwest March for Life at the Missouri Capitol on Wednesday. Bishop Rice of the Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau gave the opening prayer. More than 550 Catholics attended the closing Mass that was concelebrated by Bishop Rice...
The Missouri Catholic Conference has put together resources available for opposing the abortion initiative petition on our website. The deadline for abortion supporters to collect enough signatures to put the petition on the ballot is May 5, 2024. We encourage...