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Jennie Bradley Lichter, president-elect of the March for Life Education and Defense Fund, said challenges for the group’s cause on both political and cultural fronts also present an opportunity to demonstrate “leading with love.”

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision, the number of abortions in the United States have increased, even as some states implemented near-total bans on the procedure, according to a report by #WeCount, a research project by the Society of Family Planning, a group that supports legal abortion. Pro-life activists who spoke with OSV News expressed concern about the report — and the trends it observed.

The Supreme Court June 13 unanimously dismissed a challenge to mifepristone, a pill commonly used for abortion, finding that the challengers lacked standing to bring the case.

About 2,200 faithful from around Southern California recently attended the Requiem Mass celebrated by Archbishop José H. Gomez. Those who attended the mass said they did so to stand up for life, and to pass faith traditions onto their children.

Just ahead of the 51st March for Life in Washington, the Sisters of Life and the Knights of Columbus are hosting their second annual Life Fest with a focus on solidarity with mothers in need and commissioning a new generation committed to the cause of defending the dignity of all human life with love.

What is certain is that our age knows of the existence of invisible things our forebears could not have imagined with any clarity… all created by God.

Advocacy for the life of the unborn reminds us that Jesus is the true victor.

The U.S. Catholic bishops approved supplements to a teaching document on the political responsibility of Catholics — on Nov. 15 during their annual fall plenary assembly in Baltimore.