A Missouri judge on December 20 temporarily struck down several pro-life laws as unconstitutional, legalizing abortion in the state. Jackson County Judge Jerri Zhang blocked Missouri’s near-total abortion ban, along with the gestational age bans at eight, fourteen,...
Closing out the final pending clemency petitions of his administration, Governor Mike Parson granted 16 pardons and approved nine commutations. Click here for the list. In addition to granting 16 pardons and nine commutations, Governor Parson denied 23 clemency...
Archbishop Gregory Aymond of New Orleans offered prayers Wednesday morning after the driver of a pickup truck drove into a crowd of people at a New Year’s celebration on the city’s famed Bourbon Street, killing at least 15 and injuring dozens of others. The incident...
House Republican lawmakers discussed repealing the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act on Wednesday after hearing testimony alleging the law has been weaponized against pro-life protesters. The FACE Act, which has been federal law for 30 years, imposes...
Amendment 3, which will allow abortions in the state, went into effect on December 5. Planned Parenthood clinics have not resumed abortions, however, as they wait for a ruling on challenges to Missouri’s abortion regulations. Less than 24 hours after voters approved...
The United Kingdom’s Department of Health and Social Care in a December 11 statement said the “emergency measures that restricted the sale of puberty-suppressing hormones will be made indefinite.” The decision to ban puberty blockers is based on “independent expert...
This week, Canada’s health department published its “Fifth Annual Report on Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) in Canada 2023”. Official statistics indicated that 15,343 people were euthanized last year, out of a total of just under 20,000 requests, the highest figure...
On Tuesday, Josh Hawley, Republican U.S. Senator for Missouri, warned the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) not to destroy any records related to the investigation of traditionalist Catholics or the convictions of pro-life...
Monday, December 2 marked the first day Missouri legislators could file bills for the 2025 legislative session. Legislators wasted no time, filing over 900 bills in the first days of pre-filing. This number represents nearly one-fourth of all the bills filed in 2024....
At 6 p.m. on December 3, 2024, the state of Missouri executed Christopher Collings for the 2007 rape and murder of nine-year-old Rowan Ford. Prior to his execution, Collings issued a final statement in which he accepted the situation and apologized to those he had...