September 5, 2026

Saturday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time

Roe v Wade

National Right to Life decries new bill aimed at codifying Roe v. Wade

The Women's Health Protection Act, introduced in the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House June 8 "would invalidate...

Texas city’s ordinance creating ‘Sanctuary for the Unborn’ takes effect

After a federal court dismissed Planned Parenthood's challenge to a Lubbock ordinance that declares the city a "Sanctuary...

Poll: Majority of likely voters support limits on abortion after 15 weeks

A nationwide poll of 1,200 likely voters in a general election found that a majority oppose unrestricted abortion...

Catholic leaders: Biden budget aims to help vulnerable but excludes unborn

The chairman of the U.S. bishops' pro-life committee called on Congress May 28 to preserve the Hyde Amendment...

Federal appeals court says Ohio can enforce Down syndrome abortion law

A federal appeals court April 13 upheld a 2017 Ohio law that prohibits doctors from knowingly participating performing...

Pharmaceutical companies urged to stop using abortion-derived cell lines

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities has launched a campaign urging Catholics to write...

New Mexico abortion, assisted suicide bills called ‘gravely disappointing’

With abortion and assisted suicide front and center in the New Mexico Legislature, "I wonder, what have we...

Justice for unborn called first ‘foundational’ principle of pro-life movement

Supreme Knight Carl Anderson urged the pro-life movement to remain committed to four foundational principles: justice, truth, democracy...

Young people urged to be ‘persistent in highlighting’ the sacredness of life

The continuing COVID-19 pandemic and strict restrictions intended to slow its spread did not stop young people and...

March is small, but group’s ‘message of solidarity’ with unborn strong as ever

It was the coldest national March for Life in some years, it was the smallest, and it also...