Where Robby Heil, who has Down syndrome, is perhaps most known and has the biggest impact is at St. James Parish, where he serves as an extraordinary minister of holy Communion three times a week on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays.| Catholic Review
President Donald Trump announced Oct. 16 a policy proposal to increase access to in vitro fertilization, including issuing guidance urging employers to offer fertility benefits directly to their employees.| Catholic Review
"There is a way to punish without ending another human life: life-long incarceration without the possibility of parole," the Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops wrote to Gov. Ron DeSantis, urging the state's Catholic governor to stay the scheduled Oct. 14 execution of Samuel "Sammy" Smithers.| Catholic Review
This year’s Life is Beautiful Mass Oct. 19 will honor two women who have spent their lives helping others live theirs.| Catholic Review
At the Red Mass celebrated on the day before the Supreme Court's new term, Washington Cardinal Robert W. McElroy emphasized that "men and women of the law are architects of hope by reason of their vocation."| Catholic Review
Court documents show that a New Jersey man arrested Oct. 5 outside of St. Matthew's Cathedral just hours before the start of the annual Red Mass had a "fully functional" arsenal of explosives that he threatened to detonate.| Catholic Review
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
Abortions in Ireland spiked in the space of just five years, government figures have revealed.| catholicreview.org
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on June 26 that there is not a private right to bring a lawsuit challenging South Carolina’s decision to end Planned Parenthood’s participation in the state’s Medicaid program. The ruling will likely allow other states to remove Planned Parenthood from their Medicaid programs.| catholicreview.org
WASHINGTON — The rate of abortions in the U.S. continued to increase in 2024 following the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade, according to a report by #WeCount, a research project by the Society of Family Planning, a group that supports legal abortion.| catholicreview.org
A Baltimore Circuit judge June 25 acquitted Patrick Brice, 28, in a retrial over whether the injuries he inflicted on pro-life protester Mark Crosby in a May 26, 2023 incident were intentional. | catholicreview.org
Members of British Parliament have voted overwhelmingly in favor of decriminalizing abortion up to birth.| catholicreview.org
A federal judge placed a temporary restraining order on a provision in the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which President Donald Trump signed into law July 4, that would have stopped Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid payments for a year.| catholicreview.org
