Legislation

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.

Lawmakers in the Kansas Legislature voted April 26 to override Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a “born-alive infants protection act.”

West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey asked a federal court to deny an abortion facility’s motion to halt enforcement of the state’s law banning abortion in most circumstances.

A spokesman for Scotland’s Catholic Church has welcomed the British government’s veto of legislation allowing teenagers to change their legally documented sex via a simple self-declaration, and criticized Scottish politicians’ “obsession with gender politics.”

The U.S. bishops have advocated for net neutrality — the notion that all legal internet traffic should be provided equally.

In a letter June 3, Catholic bishops urged “all members of Congress to reflect on the compassion all of you undoubtedly feel in light of these tragic events and be moved to action because of it.”

Lawmakers in Chile’s lower house of congress Nov. 30 narrowly defeated a bill that would have removed criminal sanctions for abortion during the first 14 weeks of pregnancy.

Two Catholic archbishops Sept. 17 objected to two House committees advancing portions of the $3.5 trillion budget bill with language that funds abortions being added to wording they support to improve access to affordable health care for all.