Abortion

“The Guttmacher Institute, a pro-choice research organization formerly affiliated with Planned Parenthood, released a report earlier this month titled ‘State Policy Trends 2021: The Worst Year for Abortion Rights in Almost Half a Century.’” - CPost

“the key question is whether five justices can be convinced that there is something sounder—more constitutionally defensible…that can replace Roe/Casey. The most important storyline in today’s oral argument will be whether Mississippi, in defending its 15-week abortion ban, can argue that there is.” - The Dispatch

“As the Supreme Court hears arguments on abortion law, bad rulings should get tossed out for good. So should the ‘surviveability’ standard.” - CToday

“On December 1, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health….abortion will once again be in the national spotlight, and when the court announces its decision sometime next year, it will generate massive media attention.” - TGC

“Lay people who exercise some form of public authority have a special responsibility to form their consciences in accord with the Church’s faith and the moral law, and to serve the human family by upholding human life and dignity.” - RNS

“A new ABC News/Washington Post poll finds that 60 percent of Americans support the Supreme Court upholding Roe v. Wade while only 27 percent want the abortion precedent overturned. This majority support is even found in the 26 states where abortion bans and restrictions would be implemented if Roe is reversed.” - TGC

“…what about their argument that there’s a mistranslation in Exodus 21? AiG’s Tim Chaffey, the content manager for our attractions, thoroughly debunks that claim:” - AiG

“A full 27 percent of the Virginia electorate identified as white born-again or Evangelical, and that clearly means a large majority did not rank abortion first, even though this could be the most consequential election for state abortion rights in a generation” - David French

“The justices heard oral arguments in lawsuits brought by abortion providers and the Biden administration that seek to block enforcement of the Texas Heartbeat Act (S.B. 8), which prohibits the abortion of an unborn child whose heartbeat can be detected.” - BPNews

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“The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) sent a letter expressing its opposition to the absence of the Hyde Amendment and other pro-life protections in the nine remaining spending measures for fiscal year 2022 unveiled Monday (Oct. 18).” - BPNews