As March for Life continues, supporters, opponents plan more state action
United States RNS Last January, March for Life participants gathered for the first time after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, celebrating a long-sought victory even as they shifted their focus to the state level – the new battleground in the enduring abortion debate. A year later, after a series of disappointments for the organisation, in […]
US bishops discourage Catholic healthcare groups from performing gender-affirming care
United StatesRNS A group of US Catholic bishops has issued a statement discouraging Catholic healthcare groups from performing various gender-affirming medical procedures, suggesting they are “injurious” and do not respect the “intrinsic unity of body and soul”. The 13-page document, officially known as a “doctrinal note”, was produced by the US Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee […]
In the US, Tyre Nichols police beating video prompts faith leaders to react with grief, goals
United StatesRNS Religious leaders reacted swiftly – with legislative appeals and collective grief – to the release of video footage of police officers beating Tyre Nichols, a Black man who died days after a traffic stop in Memphis, Tennessee. An image of Tyre Nichols and the words “JUSTICE FOR TYRE NICHOLS” are projected onto a […]
US midterms: Christian voter trends reinforced on abortion, GOP
DAVID CRARY, PETER SMITH and NUHA DOLBY, of Associated Press, report on what the data shows about evangelical and Catholic voter trends…
Abortion in the US: In Kansas vote, a blow to Catholic bishops’ political strategy
JACK JENKINS, of Religion News Service, reports on suggestions that this week’s rejection of moves against abortion in Kansas was also a rejection of the Catholic Church hierarchy and may hint hint at a mounting backlash against the church’s involvement in the abortion debate…
Ireland votes to abolish constitutional ban on abortion
Ireland has voted overwhelmingly to lift a ban on abortion in a referendum over whether to abolish the eighth amendment of the nation’s constitution which explicitly prohibits terminations unless the mother’s life is at risk. Two-thirds of voters were in favour of the repeal with a turnout of 64 per cent. The result – which […]