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WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has published a proposed rule to rescind the Trump administration's enforcement of a Title X provision that "draws a bright line between abortion and family planning," as the U.S. bishops' pro-life committee chairman has described it.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (CNS) -- Born in southeastern Nigeria, Obianuju Ekeocha said she was raised in a community where people are pro-life without even knowing that wording.

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities has launched a campaign urging Catholics to write letters to pharmaceutical companies urging them to stop the use of abortion-derived cell lines in the development and testing of vaccines.

The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops was "thrilled to report" the state Senate passed several pro-life bills supported by the conference, executive director Jennifer Allmon said March 31.

The Supreme Court has agreed to take on a case next term from Kentucky's attorney general, who is seeking to defend the state's abortion law that was struck down by a lower court.

Even though he hasn't been born yet, Fulton Joseph Hood of Dunlap, Illinois, has showered blessings on his parents, Royce and Elise, and five older siblings.

Politicians in Northern Ireland voted overwhelmingly in favor of a bill to prevent the late-term abortions of babies with disabilities.

The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act, signed into law March 11 by President Joe Biden, will provide relief to Americans in need amid the pandemic, but it lacks "protections for the unborn," the U.S. bishops said.

The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act heading to President Joe Biden's desk for his signature will provide relief to Americans in need amid the pandemic, but it lacks "protections for the unborn," the U.S. bishops said.

With abortion and assisted suicide front and center in the New Mexico Legislature, "I wonder, what have we become?" Santa Fe Archbishop John C. Wester said in a March 3 statement.

The independent drama "Roe v. Wade" had its red-carpet premiere, billed as the first large-scale movie opening since the pandemic began, on Feb. 26 at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando.

If the House of Representatives passes the Equality Act, its mandates will "discriminate against people of faith" by adversely affecting charities and their beneficiaries, conscience rights, women’s sports, "and sex-specific facilities," said the chairmen of five U.S. bishops' committees.

Overturning Roe v. Wade will not be the silver bullet many in the pro-life movement have hoped for. Even if the Supreme Court delivers a symbolic repudiation of its 1973 ruling, abortion will continue with state oversight and passions will run high on the extremes of the debate, according to speakers on a Jan. 27 webinar.

Catholics oppose abortion out of strong moral conviction. How ought to Catholics engage other Americans who strongly disagree about the moral consequences of abortion?

What happens when human rights become circumscribed on the basis of capacity, or ethnicity, or some other consideration. The meaning of selective abortions of fetuses diagnosed with Down syndrome, such as in Denmark, where only 18 Down children were born in the entire country in 2019, and in Iceland, where the syndrome effectively has been “eradicate” is not lost on the disabled and their families.

Carter Snead, a leading expert on public bioethics, advocates for a new conception of human identity in American law and policy. Carter addresses three complex issues in bioethics: abortion, assisted reproductive technology, and end-of-life decisions.

O. Carter Snead discusses the difference between a secularist account of a human person against a Catholic account of the human.

This landmark study is unique in its approach and sample. While most interview-based studies on abortion include only activists in social movements, people with personal experiences of abortion, and affiliates of particular religious traditions, this study draws from a cross-section of everyday Americans, many of whom had never spoken with someone about abortion before.

Ms. Hunsberger explores the concept of radical hospitality as a mode of communication that emphasizes compassion and non-judgmentalism when encountering and walking with women.

Hosted by Jessica Keating, M.Div.. Erika Bachiochi, J.D., Ethics and Public Policy Center discussed "Women, Pregnancy, and Authentic Reproductive Justice."