The measure expands the state’s Fetal Heartbeat Preborn Child Protection Act, which the Idaho Legislature passed last year.
Idaho passes bill to ban abortion after six weeks of pregnancy
Court: Kentucky attorney general can defend state’s abortion law
The Supreme Court, in an 8-1 ruling March 3, said Kentucky’s Republican attorney general could continue to defend an abortion restriction measure struck down by lower courts.
Bishops: Senate rejection of ‘extreme’ abortion bill is ‘tremendous relief’
The failure of the U.S. Senate Feb. 28 to advance an “extreme measure” to establish a legal right to abortion at any stage of pregnancy nationwide “is a tremendous relief,” said the chairmen of the U.S. bishops’ pro-life and religious freedom committees.
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Biden calls his Supreme Court nominee a ‘proven consensus builder’
President Joe Biden announced Feb. 25 at the White House that he is nominating Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, a federal appeals court judge, to serve on the Supreme Court.
Florida House approves measure to ban most abortions after 15 weeks
In a 78-39 vote, Florida’s House of Representatives Feb. 17 approved a ban on most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
Bishop: If you’re at odds with church on abortion, don’t receive Communion
He asked Catholic politicians in his diocese in a statement Jan. 24, 2022, “to voluntarily refrain” from receiving Communion while in public office if they are at odds with church teaching on the sanctity of life, including its opposition to abortion.
Catholic conferences support state measures to restrict abortion
If the ruling overturns the court’s Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion nationwide, it will leave it to the states to make abortion policies.