Bishop Daniel E. Thomas of Toledo, Ohio, chair of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Pro-life Activities, spoke with OSV News Oct. 1, the first day of Respect Life Month, about maintaining hope in a culture with a widespread disregard for human life and why abortion remains the preeminent issue in the "moral hierarchy" of life.| Catholic Review
The Food and Drug Administration recently approved a new generic form of mifepristone -- a pill commonly, but not exclusively, used for early abortion -- drawing criticism from pro-life advocates. It marks the second time a Trump administration has approved a generic form of the pill.| Catholic Review
A Catholic health care system in California is being sued for its refusal to perform an abortion on a woman who twice experienced miscarriage, with the plaintiff alleging the hospital's religious directives endangered her life while failing to meet the proper "standard of care" for her condition.| Catholic Review
A Catholic school educator in New Jersey has been pulled from her classroom, after she advised a school official her pregnancy was a surrogacy -- a practice gravely contrary to Church teaching -- while the church engages her in a pastoral conversation over the matter.| Catholic Review
Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., has decided not to receive a "Lifetime Achievement Award," scheduled to be presented in November at the archdiocese's "Keep Hope Alive" celebration, according to a statement by Chicago Cardinal Blase J. Cupich Sept. 30.| Catholic Review
