Pro-Life

By Andrea M. Picciotti-Bayer, EWTN News – Rooted in first principles, these students are reshaping campus debates through moral courage rather than outrage… There is a new kind of radical on college campuses today, and they look nothing like what we have come to expect… They are not barricading buildings or shouting down speakers. They are not demanding the overthrow of institutions or vilifying those who disagree with them. Instead, they are challenging institutional decisions and the dominant culture of their peers while living according to their deepest Christian beliefs. …

By Carole Novielli, Live Action News – The State of Louisiana faced off against the FDA in a US District Court this week over mail-order access to the abortion pill. The State is seeking a preliminary injunction against the FDA’s 2023 REMS safety protocol changes, which included the removal of in-person dispensing requirements for the abortion pill mifepristone (200mg)… The State argues that allowing the abortion pill to be dispensed via the mail violates the Comstock Act, causes sovereign harm by facilitating illegal abortions, and causes economic harm by increasing Louisiana’s Medicaid costs. …

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet, Human Life International – Isadora Borges is a 34-year-old veterinary student from Paraíba, Brazil. She is not a politician, a lobbyist, or the leader of any protest movement. She is simply a young woman who, in November 2020, posted two comments on X stating what the vast majority of human beings have always understood: that a person born male is male, and that no surgery, hormone, or change of clothing alters that biological fact.

By Jacqueline O’Hara, Catholic Herald – In recent years, the language of ‘medical consensus’ has been invoked to shut down debate over some of the most divisive ethical questions in America. Mounting legal challenges suggest that what is often described by partisans on one side of the debate as ‘settled science’ may, in fact, be shaped as much by politics as it is by evidence. Nowhere is this tension clearer than in the fight over mifepristone… Pro-abortion activists have spent years downplaying the serious and potentially life-threatening harms associated with mifepristone on the grounds that the medical community says the science of the abortion drug is ‘settled’. ….

By Ellie Gardey Holmes, The American Spectator – Abortion doctor Shelley Sella is so proud of her 20-year career killing babies that she is traveling around the country in a sort of victory tour. Calling herself, in celebratory fashion, “the first woman to openly practice third-trimester abortion care in the U.S.,” Sella has spent the past year promoting her new book and evangelizing people into supporting late-term abortions. Her book, titled Beyond Limits: Stories of Third-Trimester Abortion Care, tells the stories of six babies she killed. And, yes, she herself calls them “babies.”

By Michael Seibel, Live Action News – As pro-life advocates celebrate hard-won victories in closing Planned Parenthood clinics across the country, a far more insidious threat has been quietly expanding under our noses… the Ryan Program—has grown into a nationwide network that trains thousands of doctors in abortion procedures, legitimizes the practice as “health care,” and embeds pro-abortion ideology deep within America’s medical establishment… If we continue to focus solely on defunding Planned Parenthood while ignoring this academic powerhouse, we risk losing the long-term fight.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – Louisiana pressed a federal judge Tuesday to block a Biden-era Food and Drug Administration rule that eliminated the in-person dispensing requirement for the dangerous abortion drug mifepristone that has killed millions of babies and injured thousands of women… Louisiana is arguing the change enables illegal chemical abortions in the state, endangers women through unsupervised use and coercion, and directly undermines Louisiana’s ban on abortion.

By Jerry Cox, LifeNews – On February 13, Family Council joined 43 other pro-life leaders in a legal brief challenging mail-order abortion drugs… The case is Louisiana v. FDA, in which the State of Louisiana is challenging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s 2021 and 2023 rule changes that removed important restrictions on RU-486 and allowed abortion drugs to be delivered through the mail without an in-person visit with a doctor… Since then, abortionists in other states have marketed abortion drugs to women in Arkansas even though abortion is generally prohibited except to save the life of the mother and it is a crime to deliver abortion drugs by mail into the state. …

By Dan Hart, The Daily Signal – Lawsuits filed by young people who were permanently disfigured by procedures attempting to reassign gender are multiplying, and more and more professional medical associations are backing away from endorsing the procedures for minors. Experts like Walt Heyer, who formerly spent eight years living a transgender lifestyle, say it’s just the beginning of a burgeoning movement… On Jan. 30, a New York jury awarded 22-year-old woman Fox Varian $2 million after she sued a psychologist and a plastic surgeon for deviating from standard medical practice and informed consent when they pushed her toward getting a double mastectomy at the age of 16 amid feelings of confusion over her identity as a female.

By Cassy Cooke, Live Action News – Key Takeaways: Of an estimated 300,000 American children being trafficked, it is estimated that just 1% are identified as victims and given the opportunity to escape… Most trafficking victims know their traffickers, and 90% experience pregnancy at some point during their victimization… Safe House Project has created an app, Simply Report, to help those who recognize the signs of trafficking to safely and quickly report what they have seen.

By Lisa Bourne, LifeNews – A pro-life rally in response to a baby reportedly left to die after a failed abortion drew thousands in Queensland, Australia, last week, according to organizers… “Last night thousands rallied in Brisbane in memory of baby Samuel,” South Australian pro-life advocate Joanna Howe posted on social media. “We will stand in the gap for him and fight for him and every baby.”… The image of baby Samuel went viral after Howe posted it Feb. 3, along with details about his situation.

By Virginia Grace McKinnon, Daily Signal – South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley, a Republican, received over 650 consumer complaints in December about advertisements across the state that read, “Pregnant? Don’t want to be?” directing consumers to Mayday Health… Jackley filed a cease and desist order in state court against Mayday Health, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides education about the abortion pill. The attorney general claimed that the advertisement was in violation of South Dakota’s laws on abortion.

By Troy Newman, LifeNews – The recent release of documents from the Epstein files, including the disturbing notebook in Data Set 12 (EFTA02731361.pdf), reveals a horrifying reality: Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell operated what amounted to a forced-breeding program, using vulnerable young girls as “personal incubators” to produce children for their own twisted purposes… The survivor’s handwritten entries appear to describe multiple pregnancies, forced births, and immediate removal of infants—often under conditions involving coercion, isolation, and possible eugenic selection based on physical traits like hair and eye color. References to a “superior gene pool,” trips to remote locations like New Mexico, and involvement of medical figures—including an Israeli doctor i

By Aubrey Harris, American Spectator – Earlier this month, some Senate members attended a closed-door briefing with FDA Commissioner Marty Makary. One of the topics of conversation? The abortion pill, mifepristone… Apparently, the briefing didn’t go super well. The FDA is in the process of doing a safety review of mifepristone, but according to Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Makary couldn’t give a timeline on that review… It should be noted that the safety review is rather important. Last year, the Ethics and Public Policy Center used insurance claims to determine that “the rate of life-threatening complications due to mifepristone is at least 22 times higher than what the FDA … suggest[s].”

By Suzanne Bowdey, LifeNews – Family Research Council’s Mary Szoch, director of the Center for Human Dignity, is equally emphatic that it’s time for the Trump administration to undo the damage done by Biden. “It’s disappointing that the FDA is continuing to drag out the studies of the abortion drug mifepristone… While we wait for these results, countless unborn children’s lives will be ended, and many of their mothers’ bodies will be maimed and their hearts broken. The Trump administration does not have to wait until the review is conducted to mitigate the damage caused by mifepristone.”

By Fr. Kevin Drew, Catholic Exchange – You shall season all your grain offerings with salt. Do not let the salt of the covenant with your God be lacking from your grain offering… That was God’s instruction in Leviticus (2:13). Salt was poured on the offering to prevent decay and corruption. It prevented the ancient Hebrews from giving the Lord a second-rate and therefore unacceptable sacrifice. … For several centuries, up until 1970, blessed salt was placed in an infant’s mouth by the priest at baptism. …

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet, Human Life International – Last week, I told you about how pro-euthanasia and assisted suicide measures are stalling in several nations in Europe, as opponents are raising significant concerns about how such laws have been abused in other nations, and how there are dignity-protecting options that provide authentically loving support for those facing end-of-life situations and dilemmas, e.g. better palliative care… Now, this week I can report a remarkable new development in the fight against radical gender ideology….

By Kenneth Craycraft, Catholic World Report – Broadly speaking, there are three major fronts in the war against transgender ideology: males cheating females in athletics; men invading women’s private spaces; and the medical and surgical mutilation of children. Recent news is very good on two of those fronts: athletics and mutilation. I am hopeful that the momentum in these campaigns will have a positive impact on protecting women’s private spaces.

By Olivia Gans Turner, LifeNews – On Friday February 6th, Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed the bill that send the deceptive and misleadingly labeled “Right to Reproductive Freedom Act” to the fall ballot. While that is the only official role Spanberger has to play formally in this process, she has been outspoken in her support for the passage of this extreme and reckless amendment to the Virginia Constitution… Now it is indeed, as she has said, up to the voters of Virginia to cast the deciding votes.

By Gregory Lyakhov, Patriot Post – The United States is heading toward a demographic cliff, and most policymakers still refuse to acknowledge it. In 2024, the United States recorded a fertility rate of roughly 1.6 births per woman — far below the 2.1 replacement rate required to sustain a stable population. When birth rates collapse, economies weaken, social systems strain, and national confidence erodes… No modern country has reversed population decline without first enduring serious consequences.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced plans to open two new clinics that pro-life advocates say will facilitate the killing of unborn babies through abortions, under the guise of providing “reproductive care” to young people ages 16 to 25… The clinics, named “Elevate You,” will be located at NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull in North Brooklyn and NYC Health + Hospitals/Queens in Southeast Queens… Backed by $4 million from MetroPlusHealth, the facilities will offer a range of services, including … so-called reproductive care — which includes abortion.

By Bridget Sielicki, Live Action New – SB 359 would allow doctors to prescribe lethal medication to patients who have been given a terminal diagnosis of six months or less to live. As written, the law would only apply to Virginia residents age 18 or older, and in order to qualify patients would need to make two oral requests at least 15 days apart. The doctor would also be required to have a one-on-one conversation with the patient to ensure the patient is not being coerced. In the committee hearing this week, Sen. Barbara Favola (D-Arlington) maintained that these were “enough guardrails,” to protect against any abuse.

By James Lynch, National Review – Notre Dame is experiencing significant backlash from pro-life Catholics in and around the school because of its decision to appoint vocal abortion advocate Susan Ostermann to lead the Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies at the Keough School of International Affairs. Two scholars — Professors Robert Gimello and Diane Desierto — have resigned from the Liu Institute in recent days over Ostermann’s appointment.

By Fr. Francesco Giordano, STD, Catholic Exchange – For decades, debates over sexuality and the end of life have been framed as settled in advance, leaving many with the sense that Western societies would not merely change, but steadily accelerate away from the moral framework of Christian civilization. In both areas, moral change has been presented as moving in a single, predictable direction—what is often described as the steady widening of the Overton window. Dissent, when it appears, is treated as a temporary delay rather than a genuine challenge. …

By Erica Inzina, J.D., LifeNews – Louisiana Attorney General announced today that she plans to sue New York Governor Kathy Hochul and California Governor Gavin Newsom for their refusal to honor Louisiana’s extradition requests for doctors in their states who have committed felonies in Louisiana by sending abortion pills into the state… Benjamin Clapper, Executive Director of Louisiana Right to Life has issued the following response: “Louisiana Right to Life wholeheartedly supports AG Murrill’s consistent effort to protect Louisiana women and their unborn babies. …”

By Carol Tobias, LifeNews – In January, the Trump administration took several giant steps forward in protecting innocent, preborn human life. Here’s just a partial list… *The Mexico City Policy [MCP], first issued by President Ronald Reagan in 1985, prevented US tax dollars from being given to international organizations that “perform or actively promote abortion as a method of family planning.”  That policy was rescinded and re-enacted several times as pro-abortion Democrat presidents and pro-life Republican presidents cycled through the White House. …

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – In a significant pro-life victory, Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion business, has voluntarily dismissed its lawsuit challenging a key defunding provision in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that revokes its taxpayer funding… The dismissal, filed quietly on Friday, comes after a federal appeals court ruling that allows the Trump administration to continue withholding Medicaid reimbursements from abortion companies. …

By Bridget Sielicki, Live Action News – The Indiana Senate passed a bill last week that would curtail illegal abortion pill distribution in the state by allowing private lawsuits against those who manufacture, prescribe, or distribute the pill… The Indiana Senate passed a bill that would allow civil lawsuits against those who manufacture, prescribe, or distribute the abortion pill… Indiana law protects nearly all preborn children from abortion… The bill aims to stop the flow of illegal abortion pills into the state.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – Laura Fernández, a staunch pro-life advocate who has described abortion as nothing more than murder, won Costa Rica’s presidential election on Sunday, securing a first-round victory and becoming the Central American nation’s next leader… Fernández, who previously served as planning minister and chief of staff under outgoing President Rodrigo Chaves, triumphed in what outlets described as a landslide, capturing 48.3% of the vote with 94% of polling stations counted, surpassing the threshold to avoid a runoff.

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet, Human Life International – Advocates for euthanasia and assisted suicide see “dying with dignity” as “liberation,” believing that a life with pain and suffering lacks meaning. By contrast, Catholic tradition values both the dignity of the human person and the gift of life through the lens of Christ’s redemptive love. The Church knows that suffering is an inescapable aspect of life and that this suffering ultimately unites us to God… The more our society opens the door to and positively incentivizes assisted suicide, the less free individuals (and now, couples) will be to embrace the trials of the end of life, free of the psychological, moral, and medical pressure to take the “quick and easy” way out.

By Nancy Flanders, Live Action News – Though end-of-life care has been debated for decades, well-meaning Americans have been misled by those who intentionally conflate palliative care with euthanasia and assisted suicide — but only one of these options is ethical… Some U.S. states have in recent years passed legislation allowing doctors to become both killers and suicide accomplices. While marketed to the public as a “compassionate” way to help people facing so-called “terminal” diagnoses, behind the scenes, health insurance companies and governments have touted how “assisted dying” saves them money.

By Anne Hendershott, The American Spectator – After securing the Supreme Court majority that overturned Roe v. Wade, President Trump now finds himself lectured to by a vocal minority of pro-life activists who seem to have forgotten who delivered the greatest pro‑life victory in half a century. A movement that spent decades fighting for the end of Roe should be united in gratitude to the president, yet an increasing number of pro‑lifers have chosen to treat President Trump not as the leader who delivered the impossible, but as a disappointment measured against their ever‑shifting purity tests.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – The Catholic Bishop of Saskatoon in Canada has issued a strong condemnation of abortion, describing it as resulting in the killing of unborn children and contributing to a broader cultural devaluation of human life… In a pastoral message released January 24 for Reverence for Life Sunday—observed Jan. 25 in the Diocese of Saskatoon—Bishop Mark Hagemoen highlighted the ongoing impact of the 1988 Supreme Court of Canada decision in the Morgentaler case, which struck down restrictions on abortion and left in place abortions up to birth for any reason

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – The Department of Veterans Affairs has halted the killing of unborn babies in abortions at its facilities nationwide, complying with a Justice Department opinion that restores longstanding federal prohibitions on taxpayer-funded abortions for veterans… The reversal, effective immediately, overturns a 2022 Biden administration policy that had expanded abortion access within the VA system, allowing VA doctors to perform abortions even in violation of federal law and state protections for the unborn.

By Greg Piper, Just the News – When a medical transparency group sought all records on the government’s approval of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, the Food and Drug Administration told a court it would need 55 years to redact them under Freedom of Information Act exemptions. The gambit didn’t work… The FDA won’t take that long to finish an abortion pill’s safety review, which was prompted by a think tank report last spring, promised by Commissioner Marty Makary in June and reiterated by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in September, but the agency can’t give a specific timeframe.

By Sheena Rodriguez, Live Action News – Though the Trump administration claims to be pro-life and has made efforts to combat destructive transgender ideology, it has also disturbingly thrown support behind the expansion of in-vitro fertilization (IVF), which comes with a heavy cost in the destruction of a staggering number of the most vulnerable human beings… To make good on his intention to make IVF more accessible and affordable, President Trump promised access to discounted IVF drugs through the TrumpRX website. This month, it is set to officially launch, with the inclusion of a fertility drug from biopharmaceutical company EMD Serono.

By Nancy Flanders, Live Action News – According to new reports, Canada is allowing prisoners to end their lives through assisted suicide despite having banned capital punishment decades ago… Canada fully banned capital punishment — the death penalty — in 1998… Medical Assistance in Dying was approved in Canada in 2016… From 2016 to 2025, at least 67 prisoners in Canada have requested assisted death, with at least 15 approved and killed. …

By Randall O’Bannon, Ph.D., LifeNews – Since the Dobbs decision, the Guttmacher Institute has been publishing monthly abortion estimates based on data submitted from a national sample of abortionists. In the last few weeks, it has compiled these monthly totals and published a new estimate for abortions in 2024 – 1,126,970… Guttmacher says this number reflects 1,050,660 abortions “provided by clinicians in U.S. states without a total ban in 2024″ plus an additional 76,310 “provided via telehealth to states with total bans in 2024,” according to estimates Guttmacher takes from the Society of Family Planning (SFP). …

By Tyler Arnold, Catholic News Agency – “Now you have to be a little flexible on Hyde,” the president said. “You know that you got to be a little flexible. You got to work something [out]. You got to use ingenuity. You got to work. We’re all big fans of everything, but you got to be flexible. You have to have flexibility.”… Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, criticized Trump for urging flexibility on the provision, calling its support “an unshakeable bedrock principle and a minimum standard in the Republican Party.”

By Katy Faust, The Federalist – Then there is Elon Musk, who has openly declared that having many children is a moral duty to save civilization. Musk has at least 14 publicly known children, many conceived through IVF, surrogacy, or relationships intentionally structured around reproduction rather than marriage. He has said that “smart people” need to have more kids — and has used reproductive technologies to curate which women will bear them. …

By Father Jerry J. Pokorsky, Catholic World Report – Every person, from king to commoner, lives by a moral code. Catholic moral theology is grounded in the Ten Commandments and the principles of Natural Law…. The Catholic Church clusters its moral precepts—Natural Law, God’s positive law, and Church discipline—around the Ten Commandments. Catholic moral theology is reasonable and governs human acts. The deliberate violation of a moral precept, with freedom and full consent, renders a person guilty. Although most sins are venial and weaken the soul, some sins are mortal and rob it of sanctifying grace. God grants His grace and the sacraments to restore that grace and return us to the path of salvation.

By Cassy Cooke, Live Action News – If 2025 proved one thing, it’s that the pro-life movement is not slowing down. And Live Action continues to lead where culture, truth, and accountability meet… Here are some of the biggest victories the pro-life movement celebrated in 2025… Defunding Big Abortion of an estimated $700 million… This summer, the reconciliation bill known as the “Big Beautiful Bill” passed Congress and was subsequently signed by President Trump on July 4.

By Nancy Flanders, Live Action News – Fox News contributor and liberal commentator Leslie Marshall has shared the heartbreak of her journey with in vitro fertilization (IVF), including that she went through 13 cycles and 11 miscarriages… Marshall and her husband have two children: one from adoption and one via IVF. Her first son died as an infant due to Canavan disease, a genetic condition. There was a 25% chance that any child they had would have the condition and a 75% chance that the child wouldn’t. …

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – Radical pro-abortion Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who signed a law allowing infanticide by letting babies die who survive abortions, announced Monday he will not seek reelection amid an ongoing fraud scandal plaguing his administration… Walz, a pro-abortion Democrat who initially launched his bid for a historic third term in September, reversed course, citing the need to focus on combating widespread fraud in state programs rather than campaigning.”

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – Louisiana is pushing to temporarily reinstate an in-person requirement for dispensing abortion pills in a federal lawsuit that could protect thousands of unborn babies from chemical abortions enabled by a Biden administration rule… The state’s motion, filed December 17 in U.S. District Court, challenges the 2023 Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy rule from the Food and Drug Administration, which allows remote prescription and mailing of the abortion drug mifepristone. A hearing on the request to restore the in-person safeguard is set for February 24.

The Editors, National Catholic Register – Puerto Rico Gov. Jenniffer González-Colón just signed a bill into law that affirms the biological fact that life begins at conception… Indeed, it’s a gift that’s bestowed lovingly by God himself upon every single human being he has created, in his own image and likeness… And it’s a gift that needs to be cherished and protected throughout the entirety of every human journey, from the moment of conception through the time of natural death… Properly catechized Catholics already know this…

By Brooke Myrick BSN, RN, LifeNews – With the irrefutable data being released from a recent study investigating the dangers of mifepristone, the truth of the harmful impact this drug continues to have on women is inescapable… After review of the study evaluating insurance claim data of women who had undergone a chemical abortion, it is now understood that mifepristone is 22 times more dangerous than previously shared by the abortion industry… This data supports and is equivalent to what medical professionals in pregnancy help organizations have understood for some time. …

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet, Human Life International – Two major reports this week have drawn attention to the horrors of the commercial surrogacy industry… On Dec. 13, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) published an exposé on Chinese videogame billionaire Xu Bo, who has allegedly fathered more than 100 children using the services of paid surrogates… Meanwhile, the day after The Wall Street Journal published its exposé, The New York Times published its own devastating and lengthy exposé of the abuses that are rampant within the commercial surrogacy industry.

By Laura Echevarria, LifeNews – A new law in Puerto Rico recognizes that unborn babies are people starting at conception. It’s a precursor to potentially passing an abortion ban that would truly protect babies before birth… Signed into law by Governor Jenniffer González Colón in late December 2025, PS 504 amends Puerto Rico’s Civil Code to recognize the unborn child as a “natural person” from conception for civil purposes, such as inheritance or other favorable rights.

By Kim Hayes, LifeNews – “Women considering abortion should be informed of the possibility that they may experience persistent emotional distress,” Paul Sullins, Ruth Institute senior research associate concluded in a report published in the International Journal of Women’s Health Care… Most women seeking help are at a minimum five years removed from the abortion experience with one, two or even as much as three decades passing before women (and even men) seek healing through these ministries. …

By Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell, The Daily Signal – The Department of Justice has reversed the Biden administration’s decision to allow Department of Veterans Affairs doctors to perform abortions on the taxpayers’ dime… After the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the Biden administration told Veterans Affairs doctors that they could perform abortions, even though federal law prohibits taxpayers from funding abortion… In 2022, the DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel advised that federal law authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs and its employees to provide abortion services.

By Samantha Flom, The American Spectator – We are either all created equal with the unalienable rights of “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,” or we are not. There is no single point during pregnancy when a human being suddenly becomes a person worthy of those rights. There is no magic in the birth canal that transforms a “fetus” into a “baby” deserving of legal protection… The only qualification for human rights should be humanity. Here’s hoping that this time around, it doesn’t take another bloody war for the United States to acknowledge that.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – A pro-life activist was arrested while distributing pregnancy resource pamphlets on a public sidewalk outside a Planned Parenthood abortion center in San Francisco… The arrested is being called a violation of First Amendment rights of pro-life Americans to protest abortion or help women find alternatives… Anastasia Rogers, an organizer with the pro-life group Survivors San Francisco, was handcuffed and taken into custody Thursday after a security guard at the abortion giant alleged “threatening language” in an Instagram post she made about her sidewalk outreach, Pro-Life San Francisco said in a statement. 

By Carole Novielli, Live Action News – The State of Louisiana and coerced abortion victim Rosalie Markezich have filed a motion for a preliminary injunction against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) enforcement of the 2023 REMS safety protocols, which removed in-person dispensing requirements for the abortion pill mifepristone (200mg)… The lawsuit contends that the 2023 REMS “unlawfully remov[ed] the in-person dispensing requirement for the sole purpose of allowing out-of-state doctors to facilitate illegal mail order abortions in pro-life states like Louisiana.”…

By Michael New Ph.D., LifeNews – Last week the Society of Family Planning released updated abortion data through its #WeCount project. The latest update contains both state and national abortion data through the first six months of 2025. Unfortunately, the news is not good for pro-lifers… According to the WeCount data, over 591,000 abortions were performed in the first six months of 2025. This represents a 1.1 percent increase when compared to the first six months of 2024… The WeCount data provides some important information on how policy changes impact the incidence of abortion.

By Nancy Flanders, Live Action News – Coalition Life, a hearse arrived at the Planned Parenthood in Fairview Heights, Illinois, on October 31. The driver told sidewalk counselors she was there “picking someone up to take them to the funeral home.” She later exited Planned Parenthood with a bag… On October 31, a hearse arrived at the Planned Parenthood in Fairview Heights, Illinois… The driver told sidewalk counselors that she was there “picking someone up to take them to the funeral home.”… The driver later left Planned Parenthood carrying a bag believed to contain a baby aborted late in pregnancy. ….

By Anna Callahan, LifeNews – In response to GOP Reps. Fitzpatrick, Lawler, Bresnahan and Mackenzie partnering with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ push to force a vote on extending Obamacare subsidies without Hyde protections, SBA Pro-Life America issued the following statement: “The GOP cannot afford to take its pro-life base for granted heading into 2026,” said SBA Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dan …

By Michael Pakaluk, The Catholic Thing – Let’s start with the “O Antiphons.”  They began yesterday.  There are seven of them, and they end on December 23. Then, with Christmas Eve and Christmas, they make nine – a novena – which is a period of expectation, the same in number as the months of pregnancy… So, the lead up to Christmas is like a leading up to birth… It’s fine and all to discourse about the O Antiphons, but to hear them in situ, it is necessary to go to Mass for those seven days, or to pray Vespers.  If the first, and we receive Holy Communion, we repeatedly express our hope of receiving the Lord by, well, receiving the Lord.

By Greg Maresca, The American Spectator – (recently a) discerning headline ran in the Wall Street Journal: “The Chinese Billionaires Having Dozens of U.S.-Born Babies Via Surrogate.” Chinese billionaires are using surrogacy laws in the U.S. to construct family dynasties, while raising significant ethical, legal, and national security concerns in the process… The most prolific case that highlighted this growing and largely unregulated surrogacy marketplace was that of Xu Bo, a billionaire Chinese video game mogul who has fathered over 100 children… Yes, you read that right.

Fr. Shenan J. Boquet, Human Life International – Why Canada Is an Outlier on Late-Term Abortion Laws… When, very occasionally, the topic of abortion comes up, the almost uniformly pro-abortion media is effective at throwing sand in the eyes of their readers. They will dutifully quote pro-abortion propaganda claiming that while it is “technically” true that Canada has no abortion law, no late-term abortions actually occur in Canada. …

By Angeline Tan, Live Action News – Vatican Nativity scene sends a strong pro-life message for Christmas
The Vatican’s Nativity scene for Christmas this year is being applauded for its pro-life message… The Vatican puts a different Nativity scene on display each year for Christmas… (the Nativity) Titled “Nacimiento Gaudium,” or “Joyful Birth,” this year’s Nativity was created by a Costa Rican artist with the help of pro-life prayer ministry 40 Days for Life… The scene will display more than 25,000 ribbons instead of straw; each represents a baby saved through the prayers and witness of 40 Days for Life.

By Raimundo Rojas, LifeNews – Last week at the United Nations, the American delegation did something no U.S. administration had ever done. It walked straight into the middle of the UN’s flagship humanitarian debate and said, in clear diplomatic language, that killing unborn children is not humanitarian work and never will be… The General Assembly was considering its yearly resolution, “Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations.” For more than thirty years, this omnibus text sailed through by consensus.

By Sarah Neely, LifeNews – Operation Rescue’s 2025 survey of every abortion clinic in America revealed 54 clinics that have closed or halted abortions — the highest number of closures since 2022, when Operation Rescue verified 88 closures following the fall of Roe… Of those 54 closures, 36 were Planned Parenthood abortion facilities. However, Planned Parenthood also closed an additional 28 referral locations since OR’s last survey, which amounts to a record total of 64 Planned Parenthood closures in one year.

By Angeline Tan, Live Action News – New reproductive technology is again highlighting the eugenics-based mindset prevalent within the fertility industry… In 1978, the first baby conceived through in vitro fertilization (IVF) was born… Millions more have been born since then, though countless millions more have been created and then destroyed… IVF often leads to the commodification of children, with would-be parents choosing embryos based on various characteristics and traits. ….

Guest Column, by Elizabeth Sutcliffe, Live Action News – As a Canadian author, Catholic speaker, and post-abortive advocate, I am writing to my American neighbors with a sincere warning. What has unfolded in Canada over the past several decades is not simply political drift or cultural confusion — it is what happens when protections for the most vulnerable are stripped away, when moral boundaries are dismissed, and when good people do not rise up to defend life… Canada has become the canary in the coal mine, and what has happened here will happen elsewhere when truth is abandoned.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a key provision of President Donald Trump’s signature domestic policy bill, allowing the administration to defund the Planned Parenthood abortion business… The One Big Beautiful Bill that Trump signed this summer withholds Medicaid funding from Planned Parenthood and other major abortion sellers, delivering a major victory to pro-life advocates seeking to end taxpayer support for organizations that kill babies in abortions. …

By Anna Callahan, LifeNews – Abortions in the U.S. have increased this year under a remaining Biden policy that subverts the pro-life laws in 21 states. This week #WeCount issued a report showing a 40% increase in mail-order abortions from the first six months of 2024 to the first half of 2025… Biden’s mail-order abortion policy removed basic standards on mifepristone that were in place during the first Trump administration like in-person doctor visits. Since then, women have come forward after being poisoned by abusers. …

By Nancy Flanders, Live Action News – A new method of in vitro fertilization (IVF) known as “natural” or “ethical” IVF has gained popularity, especially among adults experiencing infertility who don’t want to create multiple embryos that will generally not survive… For individuals wishing to use IVF, but feeling conflicted about creating more embryos than they would want to carry to term, “ethical” or “natural” IVF appears to be a solution — but is it?

By Tyler O’Neil, LifeNews – Senate Democrats today blocked a Republican health plan that would defund abortion by ensuring that Obamacare subsidies are not used to fund killing babies in abortions… Democrats blocked the Crapo Cassidy bill on a 51 to 48 vote, with 60 votes necessary for the measure to move forward for debate and a final vote… The vote was remarkable in the sense that over 50 Republican Senators agreed to the pro-life healthcare plan that would ensure that abortions are not funded with taxpayer dollars.

By Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture – In 2008, Dr. George Delgado, a family physician in San Diego County, California, received a phone call from a pro-life sidewalk counselor, Terry Palmquist, explaining that a woman in Texas had asked her for help after starting a chemical abortion using mifepristone. The woman had changed her mind and wanted desperately to know whether the abortion could be stopped… In response to Terry’s request for a solution, Dr. Delgado wracked his brain. Then he asked Dr. Thomas Hilgers at the Saint Paul VI Institute in San Francisco to comment on the possibility of combatting the mifepristone with progesterone. …

By Steven Ertelt, LiveNews – The number of independent abortion clinics that ceased operations in 2025 reached 23 as of October, nearly double the 12 closures recorded in 2024 and matching the 23 from 2023…. The report from the pro-abortion group “Abortion Care Network” focuses on abortion centers not affiliated with the Planned Parenthood abortion company. They kill 58% of babies whose lives are ended in abortions… These closures represent a significant step forward in the protection of unborn babies …..

By Ashlynn Lemos, LifeNews – The children’s book… ““Abortion Is Everything” speaks directly to five to eight-year-olds about what abortion is, how it might feel, and why people have abortions. With accessible, inclusive language, (the book) frames abortion as the actualization of a uniquely human superpower: our capacity to imagine the future and make choices that lead us towards the life we envision. Abortion is a tool that allows human beings to shape our destinies, and which has shaped the entire world around us.”

By Mark Wiltz, Live Action News – For 50 years, the pro-life movement fought to return abortion law to the states by ending Roe v. Wade. That goal was achieved. Yet this week, a ruling from a federal courtroom in Boston revealed a harder truth: while abortion policy may now rest with the states, the systems that fund and normalize abortion remain firmly under federal control… At the center of that struggle sits Planned Parenthood and the question that has defined this movement for decades: Should American taxpayers be forced to subsidize an industry built on the destruction of unborn human lives?

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – Pro-life advocates are bracing for a pivotal battle in 2026 as voters in seven states prepare to weigh in on ballot measures that could either safeguard legal protections for the unborn or create a fake right to kill babies in abortions… With two measures already certified for the November 3 election and five others possibly advancing toward ballots, the elections represent a critical front in the fight to protect babies from abortions… These initiatives, particularly those backed by abortion groups, threaten to undermine parental rights, medical ethics and the moral fabric of communities by prioritizing killing babies …

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – A federal judge on Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from cutting off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood in 22 states and Washington, D.C… The decision hands a temporary victory to the abortion business and Democrat-led states challenging the policy as unconstitutional… U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani, an Obama appointee in Massachusetts, issued a preliminary injunction against a provision in the Republican-led Congress’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act …

By Stefano Gennarini, J.D., Live Action News – More governments than ever voted for eliminating controversial language related to abortion and LGBT issues in the ongoing UN General Assembly… In the Third Committee of the General Assembly, forty-eight governments voted in favor of removing “sexual and reproductive health” language from a resolution on children. Seventy governments voted to remove “sexual orientation and gender identity” from a resolution on persons with disabilities.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – Abortions funded through the U.S. military’s TRICARE health care system have plunged to their lowest levels in five years, with fewer babies killed in abortions… The sharp decline is attributed to President Donald Trump’s reversal of Biden-era policies that expanded access to abortions, according to Defense Health Agency records released this month.

By Shawn Fleetwood, The Federalist – In his line of questioning to Platkin’s chief counsel, Sundeep Iyer, Thomas asked the defendant about the Democrat attorney general’s rationale for investigating First Choice to begin with. He specifically probed whether Platkin received “any complaints that formed the basis of [his] concern about the fundraising activities [by First Choice].”… Iyer seemingly attempted to skirt the senior justice’s question. He began by saying that they “certainly had complaints about crisis pregnancy centers,” but was cut off by Thomas, who more specifically asked about “this crisis pregnancy center.”

By Carole Novielli, Live Action News – Key Takeaways: The Guttmacher Institute notes that telehealth abortion with the ability to mail abortion pills to abortion seekers has contributed to the increased abortion numbers since the end of Roe v. Wade… In 2023 and 2024, Guttmacher and #WeCount reported increased abortion numbers overall, with the abortion pill comprising about 63% of those. The numbers are staggering… Federal laws already exist that ban sending drugs through the mail with intent to use them for an abortion. These laws are simply not being enforced at this time.

By Michael New Ph., LifeNews – This fall, the International Journal of Women’s Health Care published a study by Paul Sullins of the Ruth Institute and the Catholic University of America. It provides strong statistical evidence that many women who obtain abortions experience emotional distress — even many years after the abortion took place. Unlike previous research, this new study only analyzed women between the ages of 41 and 45. Therefore, among women who have had abortions, the average time between the abortion and the survey was approximately 20 years.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – Pro-life advocates are urging Congress to broaden the reach of the Hyde Amendment to prevent taxpayer dollars from subsidizing abortions through Obamacare… They are warning that the health care law represents the largest expansion of abortion funding in decades and are accusing Democrats of spreading misinformation about its protections…

By Isabella Childs, Live Action News – In 2022, when Jessica Williams was going through what she now calls “one of the hardest seasons of my life” in the midst of a divorce from her husband, she took the abortion pill after learning she was pregnant by another man… Williams took the first pill in the abortion pill regimen, mifepristone, after her husband demanded that she do so. Immediately confronted by the fact that her preborn child was dying, Williams turned to a pregnancy resource center for help.

By Gregory Lyakhov, Patriot Post – A nation is judged by how it protects those who cannot defend themselves… Abortion has shaped American politics for half a century, yet public debate usually reduces it to a simple formula: Republicans oppose it, and Democrats defend it. That framing avoids the real question beneath every argument — moral, legal, scientific, or philosophical. Everything ultimately depends on one factual point: when does human life begin?… No coherent moral system permits intentionally ending an innocent human life. ….

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – Planned Parenthood has shuttered its Bixby Health Center abortion facility in Los Angeles, marking the 44th such closure nationwide this year amid federal defunding of the abortion giant… The facility at 1057 Kingston Ave. in the Boyle Heights neighborhood is no longer listed on the organization’s website or Google Maps, pro-life advocate Katie Xavios announced Monday on X. The closure comes even after California Governor Gavin Newsom announced he was spending $140 million to fund the abortion corporation.

By Angeline Tan, Live Action News – In view of the U.S. bishops’ yearly fall meeting conducted recently in Baltimore, Bishop Daniel E. Thomas of Toledo, Ohio, who presently chairs the bishops’ pro-life committee, showcased the key role that the post-abortion ministry, Project Rachel, has in boosting pro-life efforts across the country… Project Rachel is a ministry focusing on post-abortive women… Though the Catholic Church acknowledges abortion as a sin, it likewise believes in God’s mercy… Bishop Thomas argued that compassion must lead the fight to win hearts and minds.

By Julia Smucker, LifeNews – Methodist theologian Stanley Hauerwas once wrote, “My Uncle Charlie is not much of a person but he is still my Uncle Charlie.”… This striking sentence introduced his argument on the limits of “personhood” language in medical contexts. Yet it also captures the power of having known a human being as a person, a subjective but universal human experience that belies attempts to categorize certain humans as nonpersons… It’s subjective not in the sense of being a mere matter of personal opinion, but of being rooted in personal experience (the experience of the subject). In Hauerwas’ example, I’ve experienced Uncle Charlie as a person because I’ve known him as a human individual with a name, a relationship to me, and human traits specific to him, and no ethical or philosophical abstraction can undo this.

By Shawn Fleetwood, The Federalist – A pro-life pregnancy center is gearing up to fight back against New Jersey Democrats’ lawfare at the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court early next month… “Our state has done everything they could to make New Jersey a sanctuary state for abortion. Since pregnancy centers like ours do not perform or refer for abortions, we are targets for a government that disagrees with our views,” First Choice Women’s Resource Centers Executive Director Aimee Huber said during a Thursday press conference. “If our attorney general can bully us, it can happen in other states that promote abortion.

By Carole Novielli, Live Action News – Abortion numbers are increasing, nearing levels we have not seen in the U.S. since 2011 — and recently revised statistics from the Guttmacher Institute reveal they’re increasing more than we were originally told… We now end the lives of nearly 3,000 preborn babies by abortion every day in America, but that death toll is likely far greater, given the large numbers of uncounted chemical abortions happening across the country, even in pro-life states. …

Rev. Jim Harden, LifeNews – Zohran Mamdani is now the Mayor-elect of New York City. During his campaign, he “vowed to ‘protect New Yorkers from’ pro-life pregnancy centers which he accused of spreading ‘false or deceptive information.’” His threat refers directly to CompassCare. CompassCare runs the only three pro-life medical pregnancy centers in all of New York City. His threat mimics the lawsuit brought by pro-abortion activist Letitia James, New York’s Attorney General, who endorsed Mamdani’s mayoral bid. …

By Nancy Flanders, Live Action News – The dark truth of surrogacy: Creating children with ‘no mother at all’ … A set of twins born in New York in 2023 have lived in a foster home since birth because the Department of Social Services determined they had no mother at all and should be considered wards of the state… MaryBeth Lewis awaited the arrival of twin babies — a boy and a girl — who were being carried by a surrogate in upstate New York. But there were problems. MaryBeth wasn’t actually the biological mother of the babies, and her husband wasn’t the biological father.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – Bishop Thomas Paprocki of the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois has issued an urgent plea for Catholics and all people to contact Gov. J.B. Pritzker and demand he veto a controversial assisted suicide bill that pro-life advocates say would endanger vulnerable residents and undermine the sanctity of human life… The call to action comes just days after the Illinois State Senate approved Senate Bill 1950 in a surprise early-morning vote on October 31, amending the measure onto an unrelated food sanitation bill to legalize the use of lethal drugs for assisted suicide.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – Democrat Abigail Spanberger is projected to be elected Virginia’s first female governor Tuesday, defeating pro-life Republican Winsome Earle-Sears in a contest that pro-life advocates warned could transform the state into the “abortion capital of the South.” With exit polling data and early precincts reporting, the abortion activist is projected to become Virginia’s next governor and the first woman to hold the state’s highest office, according to Decision Desk HQ.

By SBA ProLife, LifeNews – Virginia is one of two states holding regularly scheduled state legislative elections in 2025, making it one of the most watched “off-year” elections leading up to midterms next year. Voters will select all 100 members of the House of Delegates Tuesday, as well as the governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general. Party control of the House especially will set the course of the battle for life in the largest southeastern state that has not enacted protections for unborn babies and mothers in the law after Dobbs ….

By John M. Grondelski, The Catholic Thing – Pope Leo XIV has joined the chorus of those lamenting the implosion of global fertility levels. Speaking after a visit with the President of Italy, the Pope urged action to implosion of fertility and the collapse of childbearing. Encouragingly, he specifically extolled gendered names for family members: “‘Father,’ ‘mother,’ ‘son,’ ‘daughter,’ ‘grandfather,’ ‘grandmother’. . .[t]hese are words that in Italian tradition naturally express and evoke sentiments of love, respect, and dedication – sometimes heroic – for the good of the family, community, and therefore for that of society as a whole.”

By Bishop James D. Conley, The Catholic Thing – President Trump recently announced measures to expand access to and reduce costs associated with in vitro fertilization (IVF). This is being billed as a pro-family and pro-life effort to help “American families have more babies.” While the intention and goal are noble, IVF, in fact, undermines human dignity, marriage, and family life for a variety of reasons… But first, a word to those conceived through IVF, those struggling with infertility and, by extension, those wrestling with this aspect of the Church’s teaching, which can seem counterintuitive, confusing, and even harsh.

By J.T. Young, LifeNews – Virginia’s and New Jersey’s gubernatorial races show the Republican candidates currently matching or beating Donald Trump’s past presidential margins. This is big for these state races and for gauging the overall country’s mood. It could be bigger still if it presages a Republican threat to Democrats’ “second blue wall” in 2026 and 2028… In Virginia, the Republican, Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, has been trailing the Democrat, former Rep. Abigail Spanberger, by double digits as recently as the beginning of October.

By Jonah McKeown, National Catholic Register – This process essentially creates a ‘three-parent embryo.’… Regarding the conception of human children: What if mothers could be removed from the equation?… It’s a thought experiment that points to an idea so preposterous and unnatural that it seems almost incoherent. But researchers at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland published a paper Sept. 30 chronicling a process that could lead to exactly that — human eggs created from other human cells, such as skin cells, rather than produced naturally by a woman’s body.

By Kelli Keane, Live Action News – John Pisciotta went from being a pro-life “fan” to an activist in 1994… Pisciotta, then an economics professor at Baylor University, told Live Action News that he “debated whether to attend or not,” but then “the Holy Spirit nudged me to show up.” Thomas’ and Benham’s words about the horrors of abortion changed the course of Pisciotta’s life… “I decided that day, fighting abortion would become a part of my life. From a small mustard seed, Pro-Life Waco grew over three decades to be a diverse and unflinching community action organization,” he said.

By Joy Pullmann, The Federalist – According to demographer Nicholas Eberstadt, for the first time in human history since the bubonic plague in the medieval 1300s, global population is declining. The world’s fertility rate just hit a 60-year low, and it’s set to keep decreasing. The nations with replacement-rate fertility are largely terrible places where people die young, such as Somalia, the Congo, and Afghanistan.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Friday that the state will redirect more than $35 million in taxpayer funds to the Planned Parenthood Abortion business to offset federal Medicaid cuts, a move pro-life advocates decried as a blatant subsidy for the nation’s largest abortion company at the expense of vulnerable women and unborn children. The funding, allocated across five Planned Parenthood affiliates operating 47 clinics statewide, aims to sustain the abortion giant after defending under the bill Congress passed this year.

Fr. Shenan J. Boquet, Human Life International – A recent headline on an article published by the BBC is astonishing. “China offers parents $1,500 in bid to boost births,” it reads… Wait a minute. China’s Communist government is now paying for couples to have children? The same Communist Party that, for decades, enforced the most brutal population control regime on earth?… It’s worth briefly reminding ourselves of just how extreme, how barbaric, how iron-clad China’s population control measures were.

By Fr. David Nix, Padre Peregrino – There’s a few things to notice here. First, all three Chicagoans, Cardinal Bernadin (top left) and Bishop Prevost (middle) and Cardinal Cupich (top-right) all promoted the “Seamless Garment” theology of bioethics, also called “the consistent ethic of life.” This is not merely my suspicion or a conspiracy theory. You can hear that Prevost literally promotes “Bernadin” and “Cupich” and “consistent ethic of life” in the above two links and quotes with those exact words in bold.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – Seven Democrat states have pledged tens of millions of dollars in taxpayer funds to prop up Planned Parenthood amid federal defunding under Congress and President Donald Trump. The move is drawing sharp condemnation from pro-life advocates who say the states are propping up the nation’s biggest abortion company… The taxpayer-funding commitments from New York, California, Oregon, Washington, Illinois, Massachusetts and Hawaii come in response to a one-year moratorium on Medicaid reimbursements for nonprofits that kill babies in abortions, enacted as part of Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” signed in July.

By Cassy Cooke, Live Action News – In a Stat News op-ed, Arthur Caplan expressed horror that every one of the women’s rights groups with whom he met in an online Zoom conference opposed surrogacy… “Every single speaker condemned the practice as exploitative, coercive, and inconsistent with the view that the birth mother is the ‘real’ mother of every baby,” he said. “I later found out more than 250 women’s organizations from 18 countries have called for a total ban on surrogacy — even altruistic surrogacy, when a sister, family member, or close friend assists for free.”

By  S.A. McCarthy, LifeNews – President Donald Trump and his administration are undoing a Biden-era immigration provision that would have facilitated abortions for children. The Daily Signal reported that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is terminating rules and programs that violate the Hyde Amendment, which prohibits the use of federal taxpayer dollars for abortions… The move includes ending a rule change from 2022 affecting the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), a division of HHS that deals with unaccompanied children (UACs) encountered crossing the border.

By Mollie Hemingway, Jordan Boyd, The Federalist – “The majority of Americans believe we need more restrictions on the abortion pill,” Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo. said in a statement to The Federalist. “Mifepristone is extremely dangerous and even deadly for women, with nearly 11 percent of women who take it experiencing an adverse health event – sometimes serious enough to send them to the emergency room. Not to mention, the drug is 100 percent lethal to the child. It’s time for the FDA to restore common-sense safety standards to the chemical abortion drug immediately.”

By Elise Winland, Catholic Vote – CatholicVote has joined more than 50 pro-life leaders in a joint letter urging the Trump administration to permanently block Planned Parenthood from any taxpayer-funded program…. Students for Life Action spearheaded the Oct. 22 letter, which thanked the administration for previous efforts to cut abortion funding but urged a final step: formally debarring Planned Parenthood from every federal program. The coalition included CatholicVote, the American Life League, Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life, and the Family Research Council.

By Madison LaClare, LifeNews – A letter signed by more than 100 pro-life organizations urged lawmakers to end the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) so-called “COVID subsidies” that bypassed long-standing protections against taxpayer-funded abortion… These subsidies, which are set to expire at the end of the year, have become a sticking point in the ongoing government funding debate… As the government shutdown drags on with no near end in sight, members of Congress need to ask themselves what the ACA subsidies mean to them. Democratic leaders in Congress are using the extension of these subsidies as leverage to keep the government shut down. They know that Republicans have never voted for the ACA and are unlikely to do so now ….

By Olivia Gans Turner, LifeNews – Never has this been the norm in our society, but it has become so in Virginia during this off-year election cycle… “How has this happened?” many of us ask. Why has the Democratic candidate for Virginia Attorney General, Jay Jones, been given a pass by his running mates after it was brought to light that he had texted a colleague about his fantasies involving shooting the Republican House Speaker, as well as his young children?  Is his limp semi-apology enough to make him eligible to be the state law enforcement officer? These are questions only the voters of Virginia can answer this month. ….

By Carole Novielli, LiveAction – A recent release published at Newsweek noted that the $8 million given to Afaxys came from well-known abortion pill investor, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, and an “anonymous” foundation. Where we see Packard funding, we often also see funding from the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation (Warren Buffett), which has been frequently revealed later as the “anonymous” donor… The release also stated that Christian Bloomgren, a “former general manager at Planned Parenthood Federation North America,” will “take over” Afaxys — and he is not the first executive with ties to both Planned Parenthood and Afaxys.

By Melissa O’Rourke, LifeNews – The Trump administration is looking to slash an office at the HHS whose critics say has been a major driver of gender ideology and abortion policies in the federal government… The Office of Population Affairs (OPA) saw roughly 30 employees issued reduction-in-force (RIF) notices Oct. 10, effectively sidelining most of the agency’s staff, individuals familiar with the matter told the Daily Caller News Foundation. The cuts come as White House officials repeatedly warned that staffing reductions could occur if Democrats continue to refuse to reopen the government.

By Elise Winland, Catholic Vote – Kehoe rejected the criticism, saying his pro-life position remains unshaken… “I’ve said forever that I’m a defender of innocent life,” the governor said, according to the outlet. “Those young babies that have never had the chance to make any decisions that unfortunately become the victim of abortions, I’ll always stick up for that life as long as I’m in this office and anywhere else. I think that’s much different than somebody who murdered in cold blood a law enforcement officer, a hero in our state.”

By Most Rev. Michael F. Burbidge, Catholic Diocese of Arlington, VA – The White House yesterday announced new fertility initiatives intended to promote the growth of American families. President Trump announced the creation of a new optional fertility insurance benefit that will allow employers to offer a range of fertility care services alongside longstanding medical, dental, and vision benefits. Certainly, this is a welcome opportunity for all employers, and especially for the Church and its apostolates, to enhance their healthcare coverage by offering new or expanded coverage for ethical fertility care, including treatments like NaProTechnology that address and resolve underlying causes of infertility. Unfortunately, the White House is also promoting unethical and unjust IVF procedures as a part of its fertility initiative.

By Katrina Trinko, LifeNews – Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy even warned Thursday that the low birth rate poses “a national security threat.”… “When my uncle was president, the fertility rate in this country was 3.5%,” he said. “Today it is 1.6%. The replacement rate—in other words, the amount of fertility that you need in order to keep your population even—is 2.1%. We are below replacement right now. That is a national security threat to our country.”… But while IVF, or in vitro fertilization, gets much of the attention for solutions for infertility, it’s not the only option.

By John Pisciotta, LifeNews – Planned Parenthood in Tyler closed on July 17. On October 12, the pro-life community of East Texas celebrated. The Tyler facility opened in 2012 as part of the Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas affiliate… The celebration was sponsored by Tyler 40 Days for Life.  Lars Gustafson led 40 Days for the past two years. Lars made a commitment to continue 40 Days for Life in Tyler in 2026, to the cheers of nearly 200 attending. ….

By Kate Quiñones, CNA – President Donald Trump is expanding access to in vitro fertilization and other fertility treatments by partnering with pharmaceutical companies and expanding insurance options… According to a White House announcement on Oct. 16, the Trump administration is working with major pharmaceutical companies to bring IVF drugs to the U.S. at lower prices. The administration is also expanding insurance coverage for fertility care… The agreement with leading pharmaceutical group EMD Serono will make IVF drugs available “at very, very heavily reduced prices — prices that you won’t even believe…”

By Dan Hart, LifeNews – As the federal government shutdown stretches into its 14th day, reports from Capitol Hill and the White House suggest that the impasse won’t end anytime soon, with the Trump administration refusing to budge on the Democrats’ demands of expanding COVID-era Obamacare subsidies and other spending by $1.5 trillion. … One Office of Management and Budget (OMB) official told Punchbowl that the agency is “making every preparation to batten down the hatches and ride out the Democrats’ intransigence. Pay the troops, pay law enforcement, continue the RIFs [reduction in force], and wait.”

By Hector O. Chapa, M.D., Live Action – A recent commentary written by a psychiatry resident-in-training and published on October 11, 2025, in MedPage Today, paints natalism (the belief that human reproduction is essential for the continuation and flourishing of society) as “incompatible” with public health… This perspective overlooks a fundamental truth: without natalism, there would be no public at all. The very existence and continuation of society depend on birth rates that sustain or grow the population.

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet, Human Life International – In Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship, the U.S. bishops provide ethical guidance on the political responsibilities of Catholics. It assists Catholics, in light of the Church’s teaching, to form their consciences and to learn about Catholic social doctrine on fundamental moral issues, which give shape to political, cultural, and social issues… As a pro-life leader, I am delighted with the strong language in the guide on the topic of abortion. “The threat of abortion remains our pre-eminent priority,” the introduction to the most recent version of the guide states, “because it directly attacks our most vulnerable and voiceless brothers and sisters and destroys more than a million lives per year in our country alone.”

By Matthew McKenna, Catholic Exchange – Recently, one couple shared their story about discerning the morality of embryo adoption and their final decision to go through with it because they are otherwise infertile.  A significant portion of the article centers around the moral reasoning through which they determined that it was an acceptable choice.  Sadly, and despite their best efforts to find moral guidance, there are serious issues with their reasoning and interpretation of Magisterial teachings which have led them, and may lead others, astray.

By Robert G. Marshall, Catholic Culture – The State of Virginia’s 2025 General Assembly passed a proposed so-called Reproductive Freedom Constitutional Amendment (RFCA) to Virginia’s Constitution (S.J.Res 247) which will be on Virginia’s November, 2026 ballot if passed a second time by Virginia’s 2026 legislature. Other states have faced or will face similar challenges, so the Virginia experience should put all American citizens on their guard.

By Tony Perkins, LifeNews – When the U.S. Supreme Court handed down the Dobbs decision in June 2022, many in Washington and the media declared that abortion was now a matter for the states. While the ruling did not explicitly say abortion was a state issue, it did affirm that states have the authority to regulate abortion — and in doing so, it appeared to cut the strings of federal control, freeing states to protect the unborn.

By Liberty Counsel, LfeNews – This week, Louisiana filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for allowing dangerous abortion pills to be mailed nationwide which undermines federal law, the 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson decision, and state pro-life abortion laws. Louisiana, and a state resident who survived abortion pill poisoning, are petitioning for the FDA to reinstate a rule that only allows the abortion pill Mifepristone to be dispensed in person. From 2016 to 2021, the FDA under the Obama and Biden administrations deregulated Mifepristone removing nearly all safeguards, including the in-person dispensary requirement under Biden, despite the drug’s questionable safety record.

By Angeline Tan, Live Action News – Key Takeaways: A group of House Republicans have reacted to the FDA’s approval of a new generic abortion pill by calling for top FDA officials to be fired… Pro-life groups and others view the move as a betrayal of HHS and FDA’s promise to review the abortion pill mifepristone’s safety… The Trump administration has attempted to explain the generic approval by claiming that they were simply following what is required by law.

By Elise Winland, Catholic Vote – Fifty-one Republican senators are calling on the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to reconsider their approval of a new generic version of the chemical abortion drug mifepristone… In a letter sent Oct. 9 to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and FDA Commissioner Marty Makary, the lawmakers — led by Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. — warned that they are “deeply concerned” by the drug’s approval and urged the agencies to suspend further authorizations until a full safety review is completed.

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet, Human Life International – October is once again Respect Life Month, a time the U.S. bishops set aside each year to remind the faithful of the dignity of every human life. However, for me this year’s Respect Life Month is especially meaningful, since this year we mark the 30th anniversary of Pope St. John Paul II’s great encyclical Evangelium vitae (The Gospel of Life).

By Sheena Rodriguez, Live Action – Researchers deliberately create motherless human embryos from skin cells… Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University say they have created human embryos without sperm or egg, but with human skin cells — in hopes that this technique could one day be used to create genetically-related children for infertile or same-sex couples… A process known as IVG has been used to make human embryos without using a sperm or egg, but adult skin cells. …

By Andrea M. Picciotti-Bayer, National Catholic Register – Oral argument in the ‘Chiles v. Salazar’ case indicates that a majority of the U.S. Supreme Court’s justices believe the ban is a violation of the First Amendment’s free speech guarantee… After Tuesday morning’s oral argument in Chiles v. Salazar, it is clear that a majority — if not all nine justices — agree that an exacting review known as “strict scrutiny” should apply to Colorado’s ban on so-called “conversion therapy,” given its profound impact on the First Amendment’s free speech guarantee.

By Nancy Flanders, Live Action – While preliminary data from the pro-abortion Guttmacher Institute estimates that in the first six months of 2025, there was a five percent (5%) decline in “clinician-provided abortions” in states that do not have laws protecting all children from abortion, there is good reason to doubt these numbers… The preliminary data estimates (collected far differently than before the reversal of Roe v. Wade) also show an eight percent (8%) decline in abortions in pro-abortion states for women traveling from pro-life states.

By Nancy Flanders, Live Action News – The FDA has just approved a new generic version of the Mifeprex (mifepristone 200mg) abortion pill, as evidenced by a letter sent to Evita Solutions, LLC, on September 30…. According to Dun & Bradstreet, the principal for Evita Solutions — a pharmaceutical manufacturer — is Robert Patane, and the business is located in Glen Allen, Virginia. According to Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, Evita Solutions describes its mission as one to “normalize abortion” and make it “accessible to all.”

By Catholic Vote – Durbin, “one of the highest-ranking Democratic Catholics in U.S. office, told NBC News on Wednesday that he was ‘overwhelmed’ by the support he received from Pope Leo XIV… Durbin told NBC news he had chosen to decline the award “because the reaction has been so controversial against the Cardinal who proposed it, and I see no point in going forward with that.”… As CatholicVote reported, Pope Leo suggested Sept. 30 that, “while he was not very familiar with the controversy, it seemed suitable to honor Durbin for his 40 years of public service unrelated to abortion.”

By Mark Wiltz, LiveAction – As the possibility of a government shutdown looms, the real battle is not about procedure or partisan politics but about whether taxpayer dollars will be used to fund abortion coverage and radical gender interventions under the guise of health care… At the center of the fight are proposals to extend and expand Obamacare’s “premium tax credits.” Supporters claim these credits are necessary to make health insurance more affordable. But in practice, they open the door for federal subsidies to flow into health plans that include elective abortion and ‘gender-affirming’ procedures.

By Daniel Payne, Catholic News Agency –  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week approved a new abortion pill made by a company that explicitly says it seeks to “normalize” abortion… A Sept. 30 letter obtained from the office of Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, said the FDA approved the abbreviated new drug application for “mifepristone tablets” from Evita Solutions, a Virginia-based pharmaceutical company. …

By Bishop Joseph E. Strickland, Pillars of Faith – There is much confusion surrounding remarks from the Holy Father regarding the sanctity of human life and the moral clarity of the Church’s teaching. While some may call these “complex ethical issues,” I must affirm without hesitation that on matters of life and death, the truth is not complex – it is clear, revealed, and unchanging… The Catholic Church has always taught that every human life, from the moment of conception until natural death, is sacred. Abortion is the deliberate taking of innocent life. The Catechism of the Catholic Church states plainly: “Human life must be respected and protected absolutely from the moment of conception” (CCC 2270). There is no ambiguity here.

By Melissa O’Rourke, LifeNews – Planned Parenthood officially shut down its last two clinics in Louisiana on Tuesday, leaving the state as the most populous in the country without any of the abortion provider’s locations… With the closures in Baton Rouge and New Orleans, Louisiana joins Wyoming, North Dakota, and Mississippi as the only states without any Planned Parenthood clinics. The shutdowns follow major federal funding cuts for abortion providers under the Republican-passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

By Daniel Payne, Catholic News Agency – U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Illinois, will decline an award from the Archdiocese of Chicago after global backlash over his strong pro-abortion views that included comments from Pope Leo XIV and criticism from U.S. bishops… Chicago archbishop Cardinal Blase Cupich announced Durbin’s decision in a Sept. 30 statement, revealing that Durbin informed the prelate that he “decided not to receive [the] award” at the archdiocesan Keep Hope Alive celebration on Nov. 5. Durbin was scheduled to receive a “Lifetime Achievement Award for support to immigrants” at the event.

By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture – In rolling out the shopworn “seamless garment” approach, the Pope suggested that some other unnamed politicians should not be classified as pro-life. American Catholics have been debating that issue for 40 years. But right now the issue is not the status of those other hypothetical politicians. The question is whether Durbin is pro-life. By the Pope’s own statement, he is not. “The Church teaching on each one of those issues is very clear.” Therefore Durbin should not be honored by a Catholic institution. Case closed.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – The Planned Parenthood abortion business will close two centers in Louisiana today – making it so the southern state is totally free of the nation’s biggest abortion business… Both Planned Parenthood facilities in Louisiana will close their doors effective today… Notably, the New Orleans facility was constructed with the stated goal of becoming a regional abortion center, intending to perform nearly 2,844 abortions per year. With Louisiana banning abortions and a new federal law defunding Planned Parenthood, babies across the state are protected and that goal was not achieved.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – Archbishop Joseph Naumann is the latest Catholic leader to condemn the award Cardinal Blasé Cupich is giving to pro-abortion Senator Dick Durbin… As LifeNews has extensively reported, Cupich faces heavy criticism from millions of Catholics and even fellow Catholic Church leaders for his decision to bestow a Lifetime Achievement Award on Durbin… In a statement released to the National Catholic Register, Naumann said it is a “source of scandal” to give an award to Dubin and reward him for his decades-long promotion of abortion, calling it a case of “pastoral neglect.”

By Robert P. George, The Catholic Thing – As the Pope makes clear in Evangelium Vitae, the pro-life imperative also entails political responsibilities. This is most evident in the case of public officials—legislators, judges, and others charged to shape and apply our laws. Public officials are bound to act in conformity with the great truth of our Declaration of Independence that all human beings are “created equal” and “endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights,” including, in the very first place, the “right to life.” “As far as the right to life is concerned,” Pope John Paul II writes, “every innocent human being is absolutely equal to all others”

By Shannon Mullen, National Catholic Register – Another U.S. bishop has publicly rebuked Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich for his plan to honor pro-abortion Sen. Richard Durbin with a lifetime achievement award… In a statement released to the Register on Saturday, Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann, the recently retired ordinary of Kansas City, Kansas, said it is a “source of scandal” for the cardinal to recognize the Illinois senator in this way, calling it a case of “pastoral neglect.”… Archbishop Naumann is the latest American prelate to chastise Cardinal Cupich for deciding to honor Durbin — a Catholic politician whose own bishop banned him from receiving Communion in the Diocese of Springfield, Illinois …

By Anne Hendershott, Catholic World Report – Earlier this month, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed new anti-abortion legislation to end the availability of the “abortion pill” in his state. Acknowledging that more than 19,000 abortion pills are shipped into Texas each year—with many of them used to circumvent the state’s heartbeat law and other protections—the Governor signed HB-7, a bill known as the “Woman and Child Protection Act.”

By by Bridget Sielicki, Live Action News – In May, two abortion businesses filed a lawsuit to overturn several pro-life protections in the state. They argued that a state amendment passed last fall in which abortion was enshrined as a constitutional “right” means that there should be no restrictions on abortion at all… The lawsuit targeted a number of laws, including those that prohibit abortion due to the preborn child having genetic anomalies, informed consent laws requiring a 24-hour waiting period and an ultrasound prior to the abortion, and laws prohibiting mail-order abortion pills. …

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy has sent a letter to the governors of 22 states, who are worried about the dangers of the abortion drug mifepristone, telling them he has opened a “real-world” review of it. The high-level study of the drug was initially announced earlier in the week… The abortion pill has killed dozens of women and injured tens of thousands more – and of course it has killed millions of babies… Kennedy and FDA Commissioner Marty Makary wrote to 22 Republican attorneys general informing them of the review, which they said will examine “real-world outcomes and evidence, relating to the safety and efficacy of the drug.”

By John Stonestreet , LifeNews – A whistleblower lawsuit against Planned Parenthood under the federal False Claims Act could force the nation’s largest abortion business to repay as much as $1.8 billion in fraudulent Medicaid claims… The lawsuit, filed in 2021 by an anonymous whistleblower identified only as “Doe,” accuses Planned Parenthood of continuing to bill Medicaid for services in Texas and Louisiana even after those states revoked the abortion organization’s eligibility in 2015. The revocations followed undercover videos released by pro-life activist David Daleiden that showed Planned Parenthood altering abortion procedures to harvest and sell aborted baby parts.

By Anne Hendershott, Crisis Magazine – Cardinal Cupich must know—as all faithful Catholics have known for decades—that Sen. Durbin could be counted on for voting in favor of the most radical abortion policies. Most recently, on January 22, 2025, Durbin voted against the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act which would require medical intervention for infants who survive an attempted abortion. Later in the year, Durbin voted against defunding Planned Parenthood. The previous July, Durbin voted in favor of the Reproductive Freedom for Women Act. And two years earlier, Durbin supported late-term abortion by voting against the Kennedy Amendment 3758 which would have banned abortion after 20 weeks.

By Gretchen R. Crowe, Our Sunday Visitor – OSV News: You issued a formal fraternal correction earlier this week to Cardinal Cupich over the decision to give Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois a “Lifetime Achievement Award.” What in your mind is the best outcome at this point?… Bishop Thomas J. Paprocki: I believe the best outcome at this point would be that Cardinal Cupich and the Archdiocese of Chicago would rescind giving their life achievement award to Senator Durbin… I think that it’s clear that he’s had a very strong, consistent pro-abortion policy as a United States senator, and despite whatever other good things he’s done, we talk about the consistent ethic of life.

By Bridget Sielicki, Live Action – Frausto tearfully described finding the helpless infant and starting chest compressions until help arrived… “I ran out here with no shoes… And I just started doing compressions on the baby’s chest just due to the fact that she looked like she was losing life. And we called EMS, firefighters, the cops, and they arrived. They took her…” she said, speculating that the baby girl looked as if she had been born that same day… “You know, there’s people out here that literally can’t have kids that wish they could, and you’re dumping kids in the trash can,” Fausto said, appalled. “I mean… it’s not illegal to take your child to a fire station and drop them off. It’s not. ….

Source: X by Staff – Today Bishop Michael Olson, Bishop of Fort Worth, became the publicly called on Cardinal Cupich to cancel his plan to award Senator Dick Durbin a lifetime achievement award with a post on X: “At every Mass we ask the Lord Jesus for the gifts of peace and unity in his Church, and at this time of strife and division, Cardinal Cupich could promote peace and unity by withdrawing the invitation to Senator Durbin to receive an award and instead use the event to highlight – “

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – Catholic bishop, Bishop David Ricken of Green Bay, Wisconsin is the latest bishop to oppose the award – saying that nothing makes up for Durbin’s longstanding pro-abortion record to make him deserving of such an honor… Ricken wrote on X that the Archdiocese of Chicago’s plan to honor Senator Durbin is “untenable” – writing that Cupuich’s honoring of Durbin’s work on immigration and his decades of voting for abortions up to birth “are not mutually exclusive but must be inclusive.” ….

By Judie Brown, LifeNews – Cardinal Blase Cupich of the Archdiocese of Chicago announced his intent to award Senator Dick Durbin a “Lifetime Achievement Award” for Dick’s work on immigration… Senator Dick Durbin, who calls himself a Catholic, has served in the U.S. Congress since 1983. For over 40 years, Dick has not only supported abortion and worked to protect this heinous act, but he has protected Planned Parenthood and worked to enshrine abortion as a “constitutional right.” That’s more than 60,000,000 dead children, with his full support. Dick could not be further from Christ.

By David Prentice Ph.D., LifeNews – Anyone who viewed the stomach-churning videos in 2015, from undercover reporting by David Daleiden and colleagues, were exposed to the horrific truths about trafficking in aborted baby body parts and awakened to the inhumane science taking place under the guise of “fetal tissue research.”… Defenders of the gruesome experiments claimed that aborted fetal tissue was essential, uniquely able to be used in research, and would produce lifesaving therapies. The unethical nature of such research—the fact that it requires an ongoing slaughter of preborn babies—was brushed aside. Unborn babies paid the price for proponents’ willfully ignoring objective facts in hopes of gaining taxpayer dollars.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – Cardinal Blase Cupich, head of the Archdiocese of Chicago, plans to honor radically pro-abortion Senator Dick Durbin with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the “Keep Hope Alive” Benefit on November 3… The award is prompting fierce backlash from pro-life advocates who decry the decision as a betrayal of pro-life Catholic teachings and a grave scandal that violates the sanctity of life… Illinois Right to Life, a leading statewide pro-life organization, condemned the award ….

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion company, is expanding its reach into selling trans hormones by instructing teenagers on evading parental consent and medical safeguards… That’s according to a recent workshop exposed by critics who warn it endangers vulnerable youth. The abortion organization, which operates nearly 600 centers nationwide, has positioned itself as the leading seller of cross-sex hormones for so-called gender transitions, treating 40,000 patients last year alone, with 40% aged 18 to 22.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – The young man who allegedly assassinated a beloved pro-life conservative activist was himself a radical leftist who self-identified as Antifa… The 22-year-old man accused of fatally shooting pro-life conservative activist Charlie Kirk had scrawled “Hey fascist, catch” on a bullet casing recovered from the scene, law enforcement officials said Friday… The initial details about the shooter are painting the suspect as a radicalized leftist who turned against his staunchly Republican family.

By Thomas More Society, LifeNews – One such story is that of Ashley, a young woman who found herself at a difficult crossroads, overwhelmed and uncertain as the father of her child pressured her to have an abortion against her will… She was told by abortion facility staff that her decision to take the abortion pill was final—that there was no way to save her baby despite her immediate regret. “I felt trapped, like I had no options left,” Ashley later recalled.

By S.A. McCarthy, LifeNews – President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are defunding scientific research that uses aborted fetal tissue. According to Breitbart News, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has still been funding 17 grants that use aborted fetal tissue for testing and research. Most of those programs were initiated under then-President Joe Biden but are scheduled to continue being funded through 2026. However, NIH told Breitbart News that the health agency will not renew the problematic grants.

By Jade A. Lee, LiveAction – For many, the likelihood of a post-Roe world seemed impossible. From 1973-2022, for nearly 50 years, the Roe v. Wade abortion law dominated the United States. The resulting consequences of that 1973 Supreme Court decision were an estimated 63 million human beings killed by abortion in the U.S… The pro-abortion arguments fueling this crisis are strikingly similar to the pro-slavery movements that were common throughout legalized slavery in America. …

By Nancy Flanders, LiveAction – Charlie Kirk believed ‘every human being… is sacred’… President Trump announced Kirk’s tragic death on Truth Social, writing, “The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead. No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie. He was loved and admired by ALL…” … President Trump ordered the American flag to be flown at half-mast at the White House through Sunday in honor of Kirk.

By Ashlynn Lemos, LifeNews – Grief swept across our nation yesterday, September 10, with the tragic news that Charlie Kirk—conservative activist and co-founder of Turning Point USA—was assassinated at Utah Valley University… While speaking on his ‘The American Comeback’ tour, Charlie Kirk was fatally shot in the neck by a sniper around 12:20 p.m.. He had been sitting under his branded tent before a crowd of about 3,000 excited students and liberal protestors, preparing to answer a question about transgender shootings, when the attack occurred. …

By Bridget Sielicki, Live Action News – Texas lawmakers pass bill to stop flow of abortion pills into state… Lawmakers in the Texas Senate voted to pass Texas House Bill 7 (HB 7) this week during a second special session called by Governor Greg Abbott. The bill “prohibits the manufacture, distribution, mailing, transportation, delivery, and prescription of abortion-inducing pills for the purpose of obtaining an illegal abortion.” ….

By Kristan Hawkins, LifeNews – How’d you like to learn school administrators were secretly shuffling minors off for abortions – hiding everything from the kids’ parents – and paying for it all with YOUR tax dollars?… If pro-abortion Democrats seize total control of Virginia’s state government this November, this type of evil could become more and more common… Just check out this recent headline from The Washington Times explaining what public school teachers in Fairfax County have been doing.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – A late-term abortion business in the nation’s capital has stopped killing babies following a complaint against its abortionist… As LifeNews recently reported, a late-term abortionist who kill babies in Washington, D.C. was caught disoriented and wearing a full arm cast before he reportedly began doing risky late-term abortions… Local pro-life advocates who encountered and photographed Cesare Santangelo say he was in no condition to do surgical abortions. They said that if he did abortions that day, he would put women’s lives at risk.

The Editors, National Catholic Register – There’s only one way Donald Trump’s second administration can be remembered as a pro-life presidency in a manner comparable to his widely praised first term in office… Then, he displayed impeccable pro-life credentials by fulfilling his crucial 2016 campaign promise to appoint U.S. Supreme Court justices who could be relied upon to help overturn the court’s disastrous Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationally — as they did via their support for the court’s landmark Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health decision in 2022.

By Marie Tasy, LifeNews – Deep in our souls we grieve over the senseless and horrific tragedy that took place this week at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis. Two young schoolchildren were killed and 15 others were wounded by an individual who was clearly in need of major spiritual and psychiatric help. We add our prayers for the many victims and their families who are suffering such uncomprehensible loss… We are grateful to the first responders and medical professionals whose bravery, compassion, and unwavering dedication brought comfort and care to the injured children and to the entire affected community.

By Matthew McKenna, Catholic Exchange – One of the many issues with IVF is that numerous extra embryos are made in order to increase the chances of having a successful birth.  When these additional embryos are produced, they get stored (frozen) or discarded (aborted).  In the United States alone, there are anywhere from one million to ten million frozen embryos in storage.  What are we to do with these frozen embryos? Within Catholic theology there is a debate on this issue, with faithful, orthodox Catholics on both sides.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – A sharp exchange between the United States and China erupted at the UN this week, as China’s ambassador criticized Pres. Donald Trump’s pro-life policies, particularly his decision to defund the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)… The confrontation highlighted deepening tensions over global abortion policies and the U.S. commitment to halting taxpayer funding for organizations linked to abortion…

By Bridget Sielicki, Live Action News – In a new report, a senior United Nations official is calling for a ban on all forms of surrogacy, detailing the many ways in which the practice is exploitative and promotes violence against women and girls… Key Takeaways: A report of the United Nations Special Rapporteur calls for an end to all surrogacy… The report will be presented to the UN General Assembly in October… The report details many of the ways in which surrogacy exploits women and girls.

By Kimberlyn Schwartz, LifeNews – The Texas House of Representatives passed a major Pro-Life bill Thursday aimed at stopping mail-order abortion pills… The Woman and Child Protection Act (HB 7 by Rep. Jeff Leach, sponsored by Sen. Bryan Hughes) will head to the Senate for final approval next week… Chemical abortions are the biggest threat to preborn babies today. Abortion businesses are closing brick-and-mortar facilities but shifting their tactics online and underground. Activists send deadly pills into Texas illegally from other states and countries—to the tune of at least 19,000 orders of abortion drugs each year.

By Hélène de Lauzun, The European Conservative – In July, the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, Reem Alsalem, presented a report stating that “the practice of surrogacy is characterised by exploitation and violence against women and children, including girls”… This is the first time that an international statement has been made on this sensitive subject in such unequivocal terms… The Casablanca Declaration, an international organisation bringing together associations and experts campaigning for the abolition of surrogacy worldwide, welcomed the report through its spokesman, Olivia Maurel, who was herself born through surrogacy and has made its universal and definitive abolition her cause. 

By Samantha Koch, Patriot Post – A recent study published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research analyzed data from thousands of women, comparing mental health outcomes after abortion versus childbirth. The conclusion was alarming: Women who had an abortion were significantly more likely to suffer from mental health issues. This wasn’t a small statistical blip. Standing in stark contrast to women who carried their pregnancies to term and experienced the stress of pregnancy and motherhood, the research found higher risks of depression, anxiety, and substance abuse following abortion.

By Nathan Moelker, LifeNews – In a resounding victory for constitutional principles and the rule of law, U.S. District Judge Lance Walker just delivered a decisive blow to the abortion industry’s latest attempt to circumvent the democratic process and force taxpayers to subsidize their operations… In Family Planning Association of Maine v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the court correctly denieda preliminary injunction that would have blocked implementation of the “Big Beautiful Bill’s” provision that defunds major abortion providers. This victory comes alongside the parallel Massachusetts case, Planned Parenthood v. Kennedy, where Planned Parenthood Federation of America challenged the same legislation.

By Jordan Boyd, The Federalist – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton hit abortion pill dealers accused of promoting and mailing abortion drugs to Lone Star State residents with cease and desist orders last week for their apparent violation of state and federal laws… The letters single out the abortion dealers Plan C and Her Safe Harbor, as well as an “affiliate” of Aid Access named Remy Coeytaux for “promoting, selling, or facilitating the shipment” of the drug regimen responsible for most of the nation’s abortions ….

By Frank Pavone, LifeNews – Hundreds of pastors and their spouses from a wide range of denominations gathered in Williamsburg, VA from August 18-21 for the “Liberty Pastors” camp, an intensive training in Biblical worldview and in how the Church can address key moral issues of the day… The abortion issue was featured prominently, not only through the presentation I was invited to give to all the pastors, but also through frequent reference by the other speakers to how particularly grave and harmful abortion continues to be. …

By Adam Pack, LifeNews -Virginia’s off-year gubernatorial contest is tightening less than three months ahead of election day with Republican Virginia Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears within striking distance of her Democratic opponent, according to recent polling… Earle-Sears, the GOP nominee for governor, trails former Democratic Virginia Rep. Abigail Spanberger by seven percentage points, according to a Roanoke College poll released Tuesday. A previous survey conducted by the pollster in May found the Democratic nominee leading Earle-Sears by 17 percentage points in the state’s 2025 governor race.

By Isabella Childs, Live Action – A woman is blaming Texas law for her decision to twice travel to Colorado to abort baby boys she and her husband conceived by IVF, after receiving diagnoses of bilateral renal genesis for each of their preborn sons… In her article, “Texas law forced me to choose: Watch my baby die or flee my home for medical help,” published by Courier Texas and reprinted by Ms. Magazine, Megan Bond described the abortions as “medical care,” and presented abortion as the couple’s only option and as her own self-sacrificial choice. Bond also blamed Texas’ pro-life laws for the couple’s suffering.

By Wesley J. Smith, Live Action – Opponents of euthanasia have been screaming about Canada’s god-awful euthanasia machine for years. And it keeps getting worse. Now, the mainstream media — usually in the tank for assisted suicide — has finally noticed, as demonstrated by a thoroughly researched and objectively presented story by Elaina Plott Calabro… Calabro discusses examples of doctors who have killed hundreds of patients, people who have had themselves killed because they couldn’t access proper support services, and many other cases. Euthanasia is Canada’s fifth-leading cause of death, with more than 15,000 patients terminated annually. …

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – With the state of Virginia under massive scrutiny following reports that a high school in Fairfax trafficked multiple girls out of state for secret abortions, members of Congress have introduced a federal bill to make it illegal nationwide… Cong. David Taylor has introduced the Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act in the House and Rep. Bob Onder (MO-03), and Rep. Mark Harris (NC-08) are key co-sponsors. …

By Tyler Arnold, Catholic News Agency – Planned Parenthood affiliates based in pro-life states rake in close to a half-billion dollars from various sources in annual revenue, which includes millions of dollars in taxpayer funds, according to a new report… The revenue data, which was unveiled by the Catholic nonprofit American Life League (ALL) on Aug. 18, found that the financial performance of Planned Parenthood affiliates in pro-life states is nearly identical to the performance of affiliates in pro-abortion states.

By Hannah Hiester, Catholic Vote – A Texas man is suing a California doctor, claiming that the doctor mailed abortion pills to his girlfriend, violated state and federal law, and caused the wrongful death of his two unborn children… According to the complaint against Dr. Remy Coeytaux, filed July 20, Jerry Rodriguez is seeking an injunction to stop the doctor from distributing abortion drugs in Texas on behalf of “all current and future fathers of unborn children in the United States.” Rodriguez also seeks $75,000 in damages. …

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – So far this year, the Planned Parenthood abortion business has closed 41 centers. Despite what the abortion giant and the media would have Americans think, they all participated in abortions… Some would kill babies directly with surgical abortions. Others would kill babies by selling the dangerous abortion pill that also kills and injures women. Still others would make abortion referrals – with Planned Parenthood locations in pro-life states arranging abortions in other states or using telehealth to sell abortion pills to women in violation of state pro-life laws. …

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – Costco Wholesale Corp. has announced it will not dispense the abortion pill mifepristone at its U.S. pharmacies, a decision hailed by pro-life advocates as a significant victory. …The abortion pill has been responsible for killing millions of babies and killing and injuring countless women… The retail giant’s decision comes amid pressure from Christian investors and pro-life organizations urging major retailers to refrain from distributing the abortion drug.

Catholic Vote News Feed – The Little Sisters of the Poor are not exempt from providing contraception to staff, a federal court ruled Aug. 13, blocking conscience protections set in place by the Trump administration… The Sisters intend to appeal the decision, which is the latest episode in a long saga that began when the Obama administration’s Health and Human Services (HHS) Department mandated the Sisters must provide the drugs even though the Catholic Church opposes the use of contraception unless it is strictly intended to address medical problems. …

By Cassy Cooke, Live Action – Safety regulations on abortion pills have been increasingly relaxed in recent years, and now, a group of 22 attorneys general have sent a letter to the FDA asking for the previous protocols to be reinstated… a coalition of 22 Republican attorneys general, led by Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach, sent a letter to Kennedy and Makary requesting that the previous REMS requirements be reinstated, citing a recent analysis from the Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC), which found that women experience serious adverse complications at a rate 22 times higher than the rate reported on the FDA label for abortion pills. …

By Hannah Hiester, Catholic Vote – The high school teacher who blew the whistle on allegations that Virginia’s Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) enabled a minor student’s abortion now says that she has raised concerns about the claims seven times since May 2022… CatholicVote previously reported that Zenaida Perez, a teacher at Centreville High School, met with a school investigator in May to tell him about the allegations that a school social worker facilitated one abortion for a student and tried to convince another to go through with an abortion. According to the claims, both students were minors at the time and their parents were not notified, violating Virginia law.

By Dave Andrusko, LifeNews – On Monday, in a 31 page decision, the Indiana Court of Appeals upheld the state’s highly protective 2022 abortion law, finding that it did not violate the “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” clause of the Indiana Constitution… The opinion was authored by Judge Paul Mathias. Chief Judge Robert Altice and Judge Mary DeBoer concurred in the unanimous decision which upheld the September 2024 ruling by Judge Kelsey Blake Hanlon… Senate Bill 1 passed in a 62 to 38 vote in the House, by 28-19 in the Senate, and was signed into law by Gov. Eric Holcomb.

By Laura Echevarria, LifeNews – The National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) submitted formal comments to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) strongly opposing three separate citizen petitions filed by abortion advocates and allied states that oppose any efforts to strengthen safety protocols and seek to remove the Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) safety requirements for the abortion drug mifepristone… National Right to Life also called on the FDA to reverse its approval of mifepristone. …

By Carole Novielli, LiveAction – Virtual abortion pill business Aid Access, its founder Rebecca Gomperts, and Christopher Cooprider have been slapped with a wrongful death lawsuit for the forced chemical abortion that killed the child of a Texas woman against her will… The complaint, filed by Texas attorney Jonathan Mitchell on behalf of Liana Davis, alleges that the defendants violated the federal Comstock Act and committed “felony murder,” among other violations… “Christopher Cooprider murdered Liana Davis’s unborn child by secretly dissolving abortion pills into a hot beverage that he had prepared and tricking Davis into drinking it,” the complaint alleges.

By Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell, LifeNews – House Republicans kept almost a billion dollars in funding for an agency targeted by the Department of Government Efficiency after the Biden administration used it to promote abortion in Africa… In April, Millennium Challenge Corporation employees received an email that they would be offered early retirement or deferred resignation after visits from DOGE, The New York Times reported.

By Anne Hendershott, Catholic World Report – While Republican pro-life policies are most often blamed for—or credited with—the shuttering of 37 Planned Parenthood abortion clinics since January 2025, the reasons for the closures are more complex than defunding abortion through H. R. 271: The Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2025… Abortion facility closures began long before the 2025 legislation and have as much to do with the availability of easy access to medication abortion as with any attempt by the Trump administration to restrict abortion funding to Planned Parenthood centers.

By Elise Winland, LifeNews – In another major pro-life victory, Planned Parenthood said it will shut down its clinics in Louisiana Sept. 30 after losing access to federal funding under President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill.”… Gov. Jeff Landry, a Republican, said on X that he has “fought hard as Attorney General and now as Governor to rid our state of this failed organization.”… He added, “Abortion should NEVER be considered healthcare.”

By Carole Novielli, LiveAction – As the American Life League’s (ALL) 2025 Planned Parenthood facilities report explained: The main difference between virtual health centers and telehealth visits is that the virtual health center is operated by a state’s Planned Parenthood affiliate, and only customers living in that specific state can make these appointments. For example, the Virginia League Virtual Health Center website states that “you must be located in Virginia to receive virtual care or medications.” …..

By Ashlynn Lemos, LifeNews – In a surprising twist, Hollywood has produced something Pro-Life—and the Left can’t handle it… The new Fantastic Four reboot has sparked backlash from anti-Lifers for centering the film on something innocent: a baby… Yes, the latest Marvel blockbuster is pro-baby, pro-family, and pro-motherhood. And that’s exactly what makes it so powerful… The film opens with a heartwarming scene—Sue Storm, played by Vanessa Kirby, is pregnant after years of infertility.

By Carol Tobias, LifeNews – As has been discussed for several weeks now, Congress passed, and President Trump signed, legislation to remove funding from Planned Parenthood for one year… The VA has proposed a rule that would overturn a Biden-era rule that established VA hospitals as abortion facilities… The Dept. HHS has announced sweeping reforms to the organ transplant system. Horrifying reports have surfaced with stories of patients who were still alive even as their organs were in the initial stages of being removed! ….

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – The Planned Parenthood abortion business will close two centers in Louisiana – adding to the list of dozens of abortion facilities the company has closed in the wake of the One Big Beautiful Bill that defunded it… Both Planned Parenthood facilities in Louisiana will close their doors effective September 30, making it so the state with be free of the abortion business… Notably, the New Orleans facility was constructed with the stated goal of becoming a regional abortion center, intending to perform nearly 2,844 abortions per year. With Louisiana banning abortions, babies across the state are protected and that goal was not achieved. …

By Nancy Flanders, LiveAction – The lawsuit is a desperate attempt to keep taxpayer money in Planned Parenthood’s pockets even as it has been shutting down its own centers, losing clients, decreasing its legitimate health care services, and switching its business to telehealth…. “For years, Americans have been forced to subsidize the killing of innocent children and the exploitation of vulnerable women,” said Live Action founder and president Lila Rose in a statement. “Planned Parenthood is the nation’s largest abortion chain, ending over 400,000 lives annually while masking their business as healthcare. This defunding victory is a crucial step toward ending that injustice.”

By Jordan Boyd, The Federalist – President Donald Trump spent the last few months of his 2024 campaign promising to force taxpayers to foot the bill for a procedure that routinely destroys human life. His plans to pave the way for Americans to make “more babies” by subsidizing in vitro fertilization, however, are allegedly on hold… The Washington Post reported that as of Sunday, Trump’s White House is allegedly “backing away from proposals discussed internally to mandate IVF coverage for the roughly 50 million people on the Obamacare exchanges.”

By Carole Novielli, Live Action News – Over the past two decades, clinics have closed or left the network..” As Planned Parenthood fights to maintain access to taxpayer dollars, some of its donors are upset about the organization’s “mission creep,” Planned Parenthood’s deliberate departure from the reasons those donors began supporting the organization in the first place… Key Takeaways: A recent article from the Wall Street Journal caused a stir among Planned Parenthood supporters, revealing that the organization’s “mission creep” is disappointing its donors. …

By Emmy Griffin, Patriot Post – The previous administration’s reliance on NGOs greatly contributed to the abuse and neglect of unaccompanied illegal alien minors — a scandal about which Dems have little to say… There was nothing good that came from Pres. J. Biden’s sanctioned invasion of the southern border. Perhaps the most heinous consequence was exposing already vulnerable migrant children to predators within the US interior. Many of these unaccompanied kids were put in the hands of unvetted sponsors, and for some, that sponsor was a trafficker. Biden’s DHHS then lost track of the minors.

By Gerard Nadal, National Catholic Register – Finally! … The children of Margaret Sanger have awakened to the horrors of eugenics. It’s about time. Seriously… When people are blind to malignant evil, it usually takes something more earth-shattering than the typical manifestation of the evil to shake them from their moral torpor… For the left, that constitutes a social media meltdown over American Eagle and its model, actress Sydney Sweeney, accusing them of being Nazi eugenicists for an ad campaign featuring Sweeney in their jeans that says simply, “Sydney Sweeney has great jeans.”

By Abigail Nichols, The Federalist – ‘If someone tells you a pill is 100% safe, run for your life,’ he said… During an event challenging the idea that “scientific truth is … achieved by consensus,” Food andDrug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary laid out the agency’s goals to promote nutrition over prescription drug use and expressed concern about how politics have affected the scientific community in recent years.

By Mary Stroka, Catholic Vote – The Trump administration has backed down on forcing insurance to cover in vitro fertilization (IVF), according to two anonymous sources cited in an Aug. 3 Washington Post report… The administration does not plan to require health insurance companies to pay for the services, “two people with knowledge of internal discussions said,” the newspaper reported… President Donald Trump had said in 2024 that if he won the election, the government would either pay for IVF or demand the companies cover the treatment.

By Jacob Adams, The Daily Signal – Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., is applauding the Trump administration‘s reversal of a Biden-era rule that permitted the Department of Veterans Affairs health care system to perform abortions… On Friday, the administration posted the proposed rule change in the Federal Register, which will be formally published on Monday, to prevent VA-run hospitals and other medical centers from performing abortions in nearly all cases.

By Elise Winland, Catholic Vote – Planned Parenthood’s national service totals and its local affiliate data on the number of “gender-affirming care” services provided nationally don’t line up, according to a new report from The Daily Wire… In a July 24 article, The Daily Wire’s Macy Petty notes that Planned Parenthood’s latest annual report, 2023-24, shows a sharp decline in its “other procedures” subcategory — which includes “transgender” services — despite reports from local affiliates that those services are increasing. The subcategory also includes pediatric care, adult preventative care, and high complexity visits, including infertility services.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – House Republicans successfully blocked a Democrat amendment that would have repealed pro-life protections in the Fiscal Year 2026 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill, preserving long-standing policies that prevent U.S. taxpayer funds from supporting abortions overseas… The bill, advanced by the House Appropriations Committee on July 24, maintains robust pro-life safeguards, including the Helms Amendment, which prohibits foreign aid from funding abortions, and the Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance Policy, an expanded version of the Mexico City Policy that bars funding to foreign organizations promoting or performing abortions. ….

The Editors, National Catholic Register – Affirmations of the sanctity of human life from a U.S. bureaucracy certainly aren’t an everyday occurrence, so it was notable on July 21 when Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. did precisely that in sharing the disturbing findings of a federal investigation into the operating practices of a federally funded organ-procurement organization… The investigation by the HHS’s Health Resources and Services Administration examined 351 patients for whom organ donation was authorized, but not completed, in accordance with currently accepted U.S. standards for brain death.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – So far this year, the Planned Parenthood abortion business has closed 33 centers. Despite what the abortion giant and the media would have Americans think, they all participated in abortions… Some would kill babies directly with surgical abortions. Others would kill babies by selling the dangerous abortion pill that also kills and injures women. Still others would make abortion referrals – with Planned Parenthood locations in pro-life states arranging abortions in other states or using telehealth to sell abortion pills to women in violation of state pro-life laws.

By Eric Scheidler, LifeNews – You already know that nearly one million unborn children are aborted every year in our country… But do you know what happens to the bodies of all those aborted babies?… Most of them are incinerated. Some are thrown into landfills. Some are flushed down the drain… And believe it or not, a handful of these children have actually been given a proper burial. In fact, there are more than 50 burial sites of aborted children all over the country… Don’t you think we ought to visit those burial sites and pray in mourning for these children?

By  Jordan Boyd, The Federalist – When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced the U.S. birth rate reached a new low, there was much speculation about the culprit — and potential solutions. Instead of investigating those causes, however, Americans who just learned their replacement rate had officially lagged to 1.6 children per woman were bombarded with headlines promoting yet another “promising” new male contraceptive pill.

By Amira Abuzeid, CNA – Planned Parenthood has announced the closure of two of its six clinics in the Houston area, including its Prevention Park location, which was known as the largest abortion facility in the Western Hemisphere until the state’s near-total abortion ban in 2022… Texas Right to Life President Dr. John Seago in an interview with CNA called the Prevention Park location’s closure an “unmitigated victory for life.”… At its peak, this center aborted 10,000 babies a year, up until 24 weeks of pregnancy, according to Shawn Carney, founder and CEO of the pro-life group 40 Days for Life, whose headquarters in Bryan, Texas, are located in a former abortion clinic near Texas A&M University.

By Shawn Fleetwood, The Federalist – Upon assuming the bench, all new federal judges take an oath to “faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent upon me … under the Constitution and laws of the United States.” So, why is Massachusetts-based District Court Judge Indira Talwani flouting that pledge?… On Monday, the Obama appointee (and Democrat donor) issued a revised preliminary injunction that attempts to block provisions from a recently passed law prohibiting the federal funding of Planned Parenthood. …

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – A federal judge has permanently blocked a new federal law that defunds the Planned Parenthood abortion business… U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani, an Obama appointee, issued a new temporary restraining order that blocks the defunding measure, which was part of the One Big Beautiful Bill that President Trump signed into law July 4… The order ignores how abortions kill babies and hurt and kill women – with death a much more serious adverse health consequences…

By Elise Winland, Catholic Vote – White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller said July 25 that the Biden administration released 450,000 unaccompanied migrant children into the US — far higher than previous reports of around 300,000… “We now believe the true number of missing children that Joe Biden trafficked into the country, that Democrats trafficked into the country, is 450,000, not 320,000,” Miller said in an interview with FOX News’ Sean Hannity.

A recent wave of Planned Parenthood clinic closures may not be from a decline in abortions, but a move to self-managed home abortions… Most weeks, I spend an hour or so standing on a public right-of-way facing a nearby Planned Parenthood clinic. I pray the Rosary and hope that the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe that I hold might touch the heart of a client or worker entering that office a few parking spots away. …

By Tyler Arnold, CNA – More than two dozen Planned Parenthood facilities across the country in recent months have announced plans to shut down amid funding concerns caused by new federal rules that prevent the abortion giant from receiving Medicaid and Medicare reimbursements… As of Friday, July 25, the growing number of Planned Parenthood facility closures has reached at least 25, which span across 10 states. The most recent announcement came yesterday, July 24, with Planned Parenthood Mar Monte indicating its plan to shut down five facilities in northern California.

By Brianna Lyman, The Federalist – “First world nations are dying,” Pat Buchanan warned in his 2002 book The Death of the West… “They face a mortal crisis, not because of something happening in the Third World, but because of what is not happening at home and in the homes of the First World.”.. And what was not — and still is not — happening at home is childbearing. Buchanan was referring to fertility rates, which have been on the decline for decades.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – The Planned Parenthood abortion business is closing more centers – with another 5 closing in northern California thanks to the defunding bill President trump signed that took $300 million in taxpayer dollars away from the abortion giant… California’s Planned Parenthood affiliates, the state’s largest abortion company, have lost $300 million in federal funding following the new federal law that defunds America’s biggest abortion business.

By Joseph M. Eble, MD., Catholic World Report – A recent article in The New York Times (NYT) titled “A Push for More Organ Transplants Is Putting Donors at Risk” uncovered that 55 medical workers in 19 states “had witnessed at least one disturbing case of donation” using an organ harvesting technique called “donation after circulatory death” (DCD)… The article highlighted multiple cases of organ retrieval either beginning or nearly beginning on living patients, one of whom recalled feeling afraid while in the hospital.

By Landon Mion, Fox News – A pro-life group is celebrating a “tremendous victory” after Planned Parenthood announced two of its facilities in Houston, Texas, will be shutting down this fall, as Republican lawmakers continue to target the organization… In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, 40 Days for Life CEO and founder Shawn Carney, a Houston resident, expressed “both personal and professional elation” at the shuttering of the facilities, including the 78,000-square-foot clinic that he said was the largest abortion facility in the Western Hemisphere… “This is massive news for the pro-life movement and shows the direction that Planned Parenthood is going, which is down,” Carney said. …

By Cheryl Sullenger, LifeNews – Under the leadership of Sec. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services uncovered shocking evidence that at least one organ procurement organization was harvesting organs before the human donors had died… “Our findings show that hospitals allowed the organ procurement process to begin when patients showed signs of life, and this is horrifying,” said Sec. Kennedy in a written statement issued on July 21, 2025.  “The organ procurement organizations that coordinate access to transplants will be held accountable. The entire system must be fixed to ensure that every potential donor’s life is treated with the sanctity it deserves.”

By Judy Roberts, National Catholic Register – Born to various surrogate mothers using fertilized embryos from Silvia Zhang, 38, and her husband, Guojun Xuan, 65, the children were discovered as part of a police investigation after a 2-month-old from their home was taken to the hospital, the New York Post reported. That child had suffered a brain injury and is believed by police to have been shaken and struck by the family’s nanny (AP)… The other children in the home also are believed to have been abused. All since have been placed in the custody of the Department of Children and Family Services.

By Jordan Boyd, The Federalist – Planned Parenthood Federation of America is on the hook for “endangering the lives of women and girls across the country” by claiming the dangerous and deadly abortion drug regimen used to execute a majority of U.S. abortions is “safer” than over-the-counter medications such as Tylenol, according to a new lawsuit…  According to Missouri AG Andrew Bailey, who is suing the abortion giant on behalf of Missourians who obtained abortion pills from the organization in the last five years, Planned Parenthood’s deceptive promotion of the dangerous abortion drug regimen is a “blatant violation of Missouri law.”

By Jason Jones, Crisis Magazine – On July 17th, an Israeli strike on Gaza’s only Catholic parish killed three—including two elderly women—and left many wounded, including the pastor. The next day, Babylon Bee Editor Joel Berry had this to say about the victims: There are “only about 200 professed Catholics still living in Gaza and they all support Hamas.” They “aid and support the terror regime,” he added… On July 16th, one day before the attack on the church, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee stated this in response to Irish lawmakers trying to hold radical Israeli extremists accountable for nearly destroying a church in the only remaining all-Christian village in the Holy Land: “Did the Irish fall into a vat of Guinness?…Sober up Ireland!” … These aren’t just flippant remarks.

By David Bell, Sr. Scholar, Brownstone Institute – So, the point of the video, and this article, is not the rightness or wrongness of abortion. It is that we sacrifice others in horrific ways for our own good, or accept others (the high priests of our Science) doing it for us. We accept that it is worth cutting open a developing human without anesthetic, disemboweling them, and using bits we cut out for experiments that may or may not prove useful to someone. The only really relevant factor is that someone was willing to pay for it to be done. So, we accept it.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – The Planned Parenthood facility in Tyler, Texas, has reportedly permanently closed its doors, with a sign posted on July 17, 2025, marking the end of operations at 601 Turtle Creek Dr… Former Catholic Bishop Joseph Strickland, a prominent pro-life voice, shared an image of the closed center on X, stating, “What WAS Planned Parenthood, Tyler, Texas. The sign on the door says ‘closed July 17, 2025’. Let us pray that these centers that promote death will continue to close across the country. Pray for all the pro-life pregnancy centers that will be assisting mothers seeking help.” 

Posted on NewsMax, (AP) – Planned Parenthood won a partial victory Monday in a legal fight with President Donald Trump’s administration over efforts to defund the organization in his signature tax legislation… A provision in that bill would end Medicaid payments to abortion providers for one year… But U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston granted a preliminary injunction Monday that, for now, blocks the government from cutting Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood member organizations …

By Paris Apodaca, CNA – Mississippi is promoting family, motherhood, and pro-life policies through its Mississippi Access to Maternal Assistance (MAMA) program… Established under Senate Bill 2781 in 2023, the MAMA program leverages state funds to connect women and families with resources that support motherhood and family stability. Mississippi prohibits state funds from going to abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, following the Dobbs decision.

By Bobby Schindler, LifeNews – In a recent video, Kelsi Sheren, a Canadian combat veteran, host of The Kelsi Sheren Perspective, and an outspoken opponent of Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) policies, shared how Canada’s government-controlled healthcare system plans to euthanize an estimated 15 million Canadians between 2027 and 2047, a staggering figure justified under the pretext of cost savings… While doctor-assisted suicide in the U.S. has not yet reached the alarming extremes observed in Canada, the “death with dignity” movement is actively attempting to change that. …

By Jordan Boyd, The Federalist – Researchers in the United Kingdom, which rearranged its laws in 2015 to accommodate the “pronuclear transfer” trials, pitched their “three-person IVF” experiment as a means to lessen the chances of mitochondrial mutations that lead to genetic disorders in infants conceived via IVF… In (one) particular case, the UK researchers’ success in producing live babies born of three people’s DNA no doubt opens the door for bringing more people into the sacred act of reproduction. …

By Jordan Sekulow, LifeNews – After the outrageous revelation that Army trainees at Fort Bragg (then Fort Liberty) were instructed that pro-life Americans were domestic terrorists, and that our client Operation Rescue was expressly named and its logo pictured prominently on a “TERROR AWARENESS” training slide presentation under the title “TERRORIST GROUPS,” we went to work. …

By Patrick J. Passmore, CNA – One in 6 unborn children’s lives now end in abortion in the Republic of Ireland, according to the Irish Department of Health statistics, which reports 10,852 abortions in 2024 — the highest number on record since the law changed in 2019 following the 2018 referendum… Pro Life Campaign spokesperson Eilís Mulroy speaking to CNA said: “That’s a truly horrifying figure, and it’s the opposite of what senior politicians promised the public would happen if they voted for repeal in 2018,” she added.

By Elise DeGeeter, LifeNews – In a closely watched case, the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld West Virginia’s ban on the abortion drug mifepristone, marking a major legal win for the state’s pro-life stance and reinforcing state authority in the post-Dobbs era… The July 15 ruling came in response to a challenge by GenBioPro, a Nevada-based manufacturer of mifepristone, which argued that the FDA’s approval of the drug should override the state ban. The court rejected that claim in a 2-1 decision, affirming West Virginia’s authority to regulate abortion within its borders.

By Elise DeGeeter, Catholic Vote – In a closely watched case, the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld West Virginia’s ban on the abortion drug mifepristone, marking a major legal win for the state’s pro-life stance and reinforcing state authority in the post-Dobbs era… The July 15 ruling came in response to a challenge by GenBioPro, a Nevada-based manufacturer of mifepristone, which argued that the FDA’s approval of the drug should override the state ban. The court rejected that claim in a 2-1 decision, affirming West Virginia’s authority to regulate abortion within its borders.

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet, Human Life International – A little over two weeks ago, the UK Parliament voted, 379 to 137, to decriminalize abortion up to the point of birth in England and Wales. This consequential vote occurred after less than an hour of debate… Under the previous law, abortion was permitted without restrictions up to 24 weeks. Now, however, a woman can end the life of her child up to the very point of birth, without risking any legal consequences… Although the parliamentary vote strongly favored the amendment, sentiment within the UK is far from uniformly in support. …

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – The Netherlands has had a problem with euthanasia without request (LAWER) and the under-reporting of euthanasia since the inception of its euthanasia law… Every five years the Netherlands government has commissioned a study to determine the number of deaths by medical and end-of-life decisions. The study is done by researchers who send questionnaires to physicians to determine how a random person died within a given year.

By M.D. Kittle, The Federalist – “We must demand that anyone seeking our vote live up to the promise the party has made in platform after platform to protect unborn children nationally,” SBA Pro-Life America’s president told the Des Moines gathering. “Today I am calling on all voters to send that clear message at this pivotal moment in the greatest human rights battle of our time.”

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – A new report and proposed legislation have raised alarms among pro-life advocates, highlighting the practice of abortion centers disposing of the remains of aborted babies in public water systems, potentially contaminating drinking water across the United States… According to a recent report by Liberty Counsel Action, an estimated 30-40 tons of fetal remains and abortion pill byproducts are flushed into public water systems annually, a practice that pro-life advocates describe as both ethically abhorrent and a public health concern. The report notes that wastewater treatment facilities are not designed to process such remains, raising questions about contamination and oversight. …

By Sarah Neely, LifeNews – Operation Rescue President Troy Newman celebrates the ten-year anniversary of a ground-breaking undercover project that shook the abortion industry to its core.
On July 14, 2015, the first of a series of undercover videos was released showing Planned Parenthood executives discussing the gruesome details of their program for harvesting organs and tissue from babies aborted at Planned Parenthood facilities nationwide. The tiny livers, hearts, brains, and limbs were then sold to middle-man organ distributors and/or research laboratories around the world.

By Melissa O’Rourke, LifeNews – Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Monday in response to funding cuts included in the “Big Beautiful Bill,” which threaten to shutter hundreds of its clinics… President Donald Trump on Friday signed the GOP’s massive tax and spending bill, which includes language blocking Medicaid funding for abortion providers for one year. …

By  Joshua Mercer, LifeNews – CatholicVote joined a coalition of pro-life organizations in a letter calling on HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary to protect women from the risks associated with the abortion drug mifepristone and reinstate safety restrictions … “The recent revelation of commercial insurance data from 865,727 prescribed chemical  abortions between 2017 and 2023 showing 94,605 women suffered serious adverse events  indicates that more than one out of ten women are put at risk by mifepristone,” stated a letter signed by 114 organizations, including CatholicVote. “This real-world rate is twenty-two times greater than the rate claimed by the FDA.”

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani, an Obama appointee, issued the temporary nationwide restraining order days after the Supreme Court issued a ruling putting limits on the nationwide injunctions that rouge liberal judges can issue… “The true design of the Defund Provision is simply to express disapproval of, attack, and punish Planned Parenthood, which plays a particularly prominent role in the public debate over abortion,” Planned Parenthood argued in its lawsuit against the defunding measure.

By Jordan Boyd, The Federalist – In a decision deemed judicial activism and a “power grab” by pro-life and judicial experts, the leftist-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday to nullify the Badger State’s longstanding law barring abortion… In a narrow 4 to 3 vote, the court determined that “the legislature impliedly repealed” an 1849 law that made abortion a felony… The 19th-century statute criminalized the act of abortion except in cases when it was required to save a mother’s life.

By Catholic Action Leage of Massachusetts, LifeNews – The Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts is claiming that President Trump’s new budget reconciliation act will cause the Bay State affiliate of the abortion giant to lose, annually, at least $14 million, in taxpayer monies… On July 4th, President Trump signed into law House Resolution 1-One Big Beautiful Bill Act… The new legislation prohibits federal dollars from being used for Medicaid reimbursements to any health care entity which performs abortions.

By Mat Staver, LifeNews – President Donald Trump has given a deadline to pass the One Big Beautiful Bill Act by this Friday. This week will be fast, furious, and dangerous. We could lose this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The Senate and the House versions of the budget bill differ. They must be reconciled by Friday. This is the most critical moment in this fight to defund Planned Parenthood and Big Abortion.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – The U.S. Supreme Court issued a 6-3 ruling limiting the power of federal district judges to issue nationwide injunctions, a decision hailed as a significant curb on judicial overreach… The case stemmed from challenges to President Donald Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship, though the Court did not rule on the constitutionality of that policy. Instead, it addressed the broader issue of nationwide injunctions, which allow a single judge to block federal policies across the entire country.

By Douglas Andrews, Patriot Post – In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that states can determine how their Medicaid dollars are spent, even if they decide not to spend them on abortion providers like Planned Parenthood… Say what you will — and there’s plenty to be said — about the constitutional wobbliness of Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett, but this much must also be said: They’re real Catholics, not fake ones like Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi.

By Jim Daly, The Stream – The Southern Poverty Law Center recently updated its “Hate Map” to include Focus on the Family on its list of hundreds of “hate” organizations alongside racist and white supremacist groups… In particular, the SPLC cites Focus’s online publication, the Daily Citizen, as one of its primary offenders. According to the organization, we “demonize LGBTQ+ people, claiming they are unnatural and un-Christian.” We also “promote anti-trans pseudoscience, such as conversion therapy.”

By Liberty Counsel, (LifeNews) – In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic that South Carolina may exclude Planned Parenthood’s abortion facilities from its Medicaid program… The decision, authored by Justice Neil Gorsuch, decided that the federal Medicaid Act does not confer a right to choose any qualified medical provider and that South Carolina has the authority as a state to remove Planned Parenthood from its status as a qualified provider.

By Emily Davis, LifeNews – She ordered the drugs online — no doctor, no screening, no questions asked. A few days later, a nondescript package arrived at her door. Inside it was a handful of abortion drugs encased by a small packet and a handwritten note that simply read, “We wish you the best.” No one to follow up with. No assurance anyone even knew her name… Thankfully, in this situation, the woman receiving these high-risk drugs was an investigative reporter with the Daily Caller. But how many women and girls around this country are receiving the unmarked, dangerous delivery via the mail?

By Carol Tobias, LifeNews – Three years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overturning Roe v. Wade and restoring the right of the American people to enact laws protecting unborn children. For the pro-life movement, Dobbs was not the conclusion of a decades-long battle on behalf of life—it was the beginning of a new era marked by compassion and renewed engagement at every level of society.

By Dave Andrusko, LifeNews – (Today, June 24th) is the third anniversary of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a decision that genuinely deserves the designation of “landmark.” Worth recalling is that before a draft of the decision was leaked to Politico and published on May 2, it was not widely assumed that the justices would use Mississippi’s 15 week protective law to overturn the horrific Roe v. Wade decision. In a 5-1-3 decision, the Supreme Court did just that.

By Samantha Furnace, LifeNews – Texas lawmakers increased funding this year for pregnancy centers, adoption agencies, and maternity homes to help families choose Life. The state budget includes $200 million for Pro-Life nonprofits, and officials also passed new legislation that will limit the ways bureaucrats sabotage the program. Although this is a big win, Pro-Life leaders still have a lot of work to do to crack down on mail-order abortion pills.

By Rachel Quackenbush, LifeNews – Dozens of abortion clinics are shutting down — not just in states with bans, but in places where abortion remains fully legal, AP News reported June 17… Since the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision in 2022, at least 105 clinics have closed nationwide, according to the report. Strikingly, 65 of those closures happened in states without new abortion limits… While pro-abortion activists scramble to adapt, pro-life leaders see the trend as confirmation that the abortion industry is increasingly unsustainable. From waning donations to rising logistical costs, clinics are facing mounting challenges. ..

The abortion pill reversal (APR) drug supplied by Abortion Pill Rescue Network (APRN) has saved the lives of more than 7,000 unborn children since 2007, according to estimates from Heartbeat International… Heartbeat International, a pro-life organization that operates APRN, announced the milestone in a June 12 article posted on “Pregnancy Help News,” a website the organization runs.

By Patrick J. Passmore, CNA – Two prominent archbishops in England have said that if the End of Life Bill set for a final vote in Parliament on Friday passes, Catholic hospices and care homes may have no choice but to shut down… In a statement about the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill about to face its Third Reading on Friday in British Parliament, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, archbishop of Westminster, and Archbishop John Sherrington of Liverpool, who oversees life issues, said: “We call attention to the fact that the future of many care homes and hospices will be put in grave doubt if the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill becomes law.”

By Jordan Boyd, The Federalist – The same country that has repeatedly weaponized its anti-free speech laws to prosecute Christians for praying silently near abortion facilities went to great lengths this week to permit abortion through all nine months of pregnancy… The House of Commons overwhelmingly voted on Tuesday to pass an amendment that would legalize abortion until birth across England and Wales. According to Right To Life UK, members of Parliament “hijacked” a Crime and Policing Bill “to rush through a seismic and unpopular change to abortion law after just two hours’ debate.”

By Mat Staver, LifeNews – There are 200 bloody abortion clinics that you can help close today. The U.S. Senate Finance Committee could release its version of the federal budget bill at any moment. The language for Defunding Big Abortion must pass through this committee… This is the committee where the abortion defunding fight will live or die… If we don’t act right now — Planned Parenthood and other abortion profiteers will continue siphoning hundreds of millions of dollars every year from you to fund their campaigns to murder innocent children. ….

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – Pro-life campaigners have made it clear that they will be fighting an extreme abortion up to birth amendment as it progresses to the House of Lords, after the Government’s Crime and Policing Bill was hijacked to rush through a seismic and unpopular change to abortion law after just two hours’ debate… The extreme abortion amendment (NC1) was passed by MPs by a vote of 379 to 137. ..

By Steven Ertelt , LifeNews – Leading pro-life groups are praising the Senate’s version of the One Big Beautiful bill, which also contains language to defund Planned Parenthood… Top pro-life organizations praised the Senate Finance Committee’s draft legislative package that would prevent taxpayer dollars from supporting the abortion industry… “We praise Majority Leader John Thune and Finance Committee Chair Sen. Mike Crapo for their leadership,” said Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life. “The One, Big Beautiful Bill brings us closer to disentangling federal tax dollars from subsidizing the abortion industry.”

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – The Planned Parenthood abortion business is in crisis and may close as many 200 of its abortion centers that kill babies in abortions… There’s potentially great news for pro-life Americans and little unborn children as America’s biggest abortion company is facing both a federal investigation as well as the potentiality of losing $700 million in annual federal taxpayer funding as the One Big Beautiful Bill has passed the House and is on track for a vote in the Senate. …

By Joshua Arnold, LifeNews – America’s largest Protestant denomination (numbering 12.7 million members in 2024) reaffirmed its adherence to biblically informed positions on abortion, marriage, religious liberty, pornography, and predatory gambling… the 2025 Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) approved “a slate of resolutions that were both clearly worded and incredibly timely,” said David Closson … Closson was encouraged by the widespread unity among the convention’s 10,000-odd messengers on a resolution “On Restoring Moral Clarity through God’s Design for Gender, Marriage, and the Family.”

By Dan Hart, LifeNews – A new Gallup poll has revealed that the percentage of surveyed Americans who say they are pro-life has risen two points since last year to 43%, a number that is consistent with past survey results over the last two decades. Experts say the numbers suggest that the efforts by the Democratic Party, pro-abortion activists, and the mainstream media to sway the American electorate towards widespread acceptance of abortion in the wake of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision have been largely unsuccessful.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – The House Judiciary Committee voted 13-10 on June 10, 2025, to advance a bill to repeal the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act. That’s the 1994 law Joe Biden’s administration used to put pro-life Americans in prison for peacefully protesting abortion… The FACE law was weaponized by the Biden administration to target and imprison peaceful pro-life activists, including elderly women. …

By Amira Abuzeid, CNA Staff – A U.S.-based biotech company has announced the launch of Nucleus Embryo, a company that screens human embryos for desired genetic profiles, a practice the Catholic Church teaches violates human dignity and contributes to a eugenic mentality… People undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) will be able to screen up to 20 embryos for over 900 conditions and traits, including health risks, intelligence, and physical characteristics like height and eye color, in order to “optimize” their embryos, according to Kian Sadeghi, founder of Nucleus Genomics, parent company of Nucleus Embryo.

By Dave Andrusko, LifeNews – Currently, as of May 2025, * 32% of women and 54% of men identify as pro-life. 61% of women and 41% of men consider themselves pro-choice. The difference—the gap—was 13-points in 2022  “and no more than 10-point differences in any reading before Dobbs,” according to Saad. “The gap has expanded since 2022 because pro-choice identity has dipped among men, from 48% to 41%, while it has held steady among women.”

By Ingrid Duran, LifeNews – The legal status of abortion across the states is shaped not only by the Dobbs decision but also by a range of additional factors. These include recent state constitutional rulings interpreting abortion as a protected right; the passage of laws aimed at safeguarding unborn life; ongoing litigation challenging or defending those laws; and the implementation of so-called “shield laws.” These are laws designed to protect abortion providers who reside in abortion-friendly states who prescribe abortions pills in states where abortion is almost entirely proscribed.

By John Daniel Davidson, Sr. Editor, The Federalist – But now eugenics is making a comeback thanks to Peter Thiel-inspired libertarian tech-bros who have, no kidding, rebranded it “preventative medicine.” This week, a company called Nucleus Genomics, a genetics testing startup founded by a 25-year-old named Kian Sadeghi, unveiled a new product called Nucleus Embryo that allows parents to screen embryos created through IVF… before deciding which to implant and which to discard… But calling it “preventative medicine” is just a bit of lazy legerdemain. It doesn’t change the fact that Nucleus Embryo is nothing more than a hi-tech form of eugenics — screening the unborn for “desirable” traits like IQ and snuffing out those deemed undesirable or unfit.

By Brad Mattes, LifeNews – New evidence shows a widescale coverup regarding the dangers of chemical abortion pills… A new peer-reviewed study by Charlotte Lozier Institute examined nearly 29,000 visits to emergency rooms by women who within 30 days had undergone either a surgical or chemical abortion… The research revealed widespread miscoding of these ER visits. Women who were suffering serious effects of chemical abortion were often coded as having a miscarriage.

By Susan Ciancio, Catholic World Report – Christ’s precious heart—a heart that loves us more than we can ever fathom—longs for us to care for and protect the vulnerable and to treat them as He would… Imagine a crown of thorns surrounding your heart, pressing in on it, piercing it, and causing an almost unbearable pain. Most parents can imagine this. Maybe your child has lost or abandoned the faith or been sick or injured, or maybe he is going through some mental health or physical struggles. All of these things tear at our hearts just like an actual thorn would. …

By Bob Unruh, LifeNews – There was a court case that challenged the approval by the Food and Drug Administration of the use of mifepristone, the abortion drug that is widely used as a replacement for surgical abortions… The Supreme Court ruled that the drug should be available, but the ruling was on very narrow grounds, and was based only on the court’s claim the pro-life physicians who brought to challenge didn’t show they had been harmed personally because it would be others who actually used the drug… Now there’s going to be a new review of the drug by the FDA itself.

By Nancy Flanders, Live Action – Live Action publicly released a memo Tuesday regarding in vitro fertilization (IVF), urging the Trump administration to focus on treating infertility as a chronic disease, finding true treatments for its underlying causes rather than using the band-aid approach of IVF… The memo has been in the hands of the Trump administration for months, encouraging them to halt plans for increasing access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) and to instead turn toward actually healing infertility as the goal. …

By Joshua Mercer, LifeNews – The FBI’s anti-Catholic Richmond memo was distributed to more than 1,000 employees in FBI field offices across the country before it was ever leaked to the public by a whistleblower, according to documents obtained and revealed by Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-IA, this week… What is more, Grassley found that the FBI had “produced at least 13 additional documents and five attachments that used anti-Catholic terminology and relied on information from the radical far-left Southern Poverty Law Center,” according to a June 3 press release from the senator’s office.

By Serenella Verduchi, Catholic Exchange – We live in an age in which the debate on euthanasia is becoming increasingly heated and widespread in Europe and around the world. It is therefore essential and urgent to reaffirm the values of Catholic doctrine concerning the dignity of human life, the nature of death, and the meaning of Christian hope… Contemporary culture, often influenced by materialistic and individualistic views, tends to see death as an enemy to be defeated at all costs, promoting the idea of a “sweet death” as a form of absolute self-determination.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – The Trump administration today has rescinded a rule from Joe Biden that attempted to force ERs to become abortion clinics… Biden tried to use the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) to force hospitals to kill babies in elective abortions. But on Tuesday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced that Biden’s policy has been overturned… In 2022, the Biden administration announced its intention to force doctors to perform abortions under EMTALA.

By Kate Quiñones, CNA –  A top official at the FDA confirmed on Monday that the organization will conduct a review of the abortion drug mifepristone following several recent studies challenging the safety of the drug… FDA Commissioner Marty Makary said he is “committed” to conducting the review in a June 2 letter addressed to Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley, who has been an outspoken advocate for reviewing abortion pill safety regulations… “As with all drugs, FDA continues to closely monitor the post-marketing safety data on mifepristone for the medical termination of early pregnancy” ….

By Grace Porto, LifeNews – The American Center for Law and Justice recently joined 150 pro-life groups that have called on Congress to stop funding abortions… “Since our earliest efforts defending the pro-life advocacy group Operation Rescue—which has helped save countless unborn lives—the ACLJ has remained steadfast in advocating for the rights of the unborn,” the ACLJ stated in a May 28 press release… The release continued that despite the ACLJ’s 35 years of defending the pro-life movement, the fight to protect babies and to defund the abortion industry is far from over.

By Randall O’Bannon, Ph.D., LifeNews – As you see in the accompanying chart that we have linked to, we have made substantial progress in reducing the number of abortions and lowering the abortion rate over the past thirty years. At the same time, though, as long as abortion is legal, each year we will keep adding to the total of lives lost to America’s greatest holocaust.