Biden signs executive order on abortion, declares Supreme Court “out of control”
Washington DC, US Reuters US President Joe Biden said the Supreme Court decision overturning the right to an abortion was an exercise in “raw political power” and signed an executive order on Friday to ease access to services to terminate pregnancies. Biden, a Democrat, has been under pressure from his own party to take action […]
After Roe v Wade: In the US, anti-abortion movement faces internal divisions
BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, reports that in the wake of the Dobbs decision, abortion foes hope to ban abortion where they can and find ‘creative approaches’ like shareholder activism to punish abortion rights supporters…
In defiance of US bishops, Nancy Pelosi receives Communion at the Vatican
Vatican CityRNS In defiance of some US bishops, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi reportedly received Communion during a Mass presided over by Pope Francis on Wednesday for the celebration of the feast of Sts Peter and Paul. Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone announced in May that the Catholic congresswoman is banned from receiving Communion in her home […]
After Roe v Wade: Despite attacks, US Christian pregnancy centres poised to expand
KATHRYN POST, of Religion News Service, reports that at least a dozen pregnancy centres across the US have been vandalised or set ablaze since the leak of the Dobbs decision draft…
Essay: Pro-lifer 3.0 to abortion-rights supporters: Let’s talk
US Catholic columnist CHARLES CAMOSY writes, in an article first published on Religion News Service, that it’s time to “put on our big-boy and big-girl boots” and have an exchange that matters…
Pope hails families, blasts “culture of waste” after Roe
Rome, ItalyAP Pope Francis celebrated families Saturday and urged them to shun “selfish” decisions that are indifferent to life as he closed out a big Vatican rally a day after the US Supreme Court ended constitutional protections for abortion. Francis didn’t refer to the ruling or explicitly mention abortion in his homily. But he used the buzzwords he […]
Roe v Wade overturned: For the religious right, a victory 50 years in the making
YONAT SHIMRON and JACK JENKINS, of Religion News Service, report on how a mighty coalition comprising mostly conservative Catholics, evangelical Christians and Mormons grounded its theological aims in the language of human rights and played its politics unrelentingly…
“We’ve done our part”: End of Roe brings answer to prayer for some
Tupelo, Mississippi, US AP There is a prayer Tanya Britton has said in the hazy first moments of morning and in the stillness of the night. She’s said it on her knees before her church’s gold tabernacle and slumped in the embrace of her living room sofa. The words have morphed, sometimes touching her lips […]
Vatican praises US court abortion decision, saying it challenges world
Vatican CityReuters The Vatican’s Academy for Life on Friday praised the US Supreme Court’s decision on abortion, saying it challenged the world to reflect on life issues, but also called for social changes to help women keep their children. The Vatican department also said in a statement that the defence of human life could not […]
In the US, Dobbs decision and fall of Roe met with rejoicing, dismay from faith groups
RNS After nearly 50 years, Roe v Wade, the US Supreme Court ruling that legalised abortion nationwide, is no more. In a six-to-three decision on Friday, the Supreme Court over-ruled both Roe, decided in 1973, and a 1992 decision in Planned Parenthood v Casey, which reaffirmed the constitutional right to abortion. The ruling came in […]