The Italian Senate has approved a law allowing anti-abortion groups access to women considering ending their pregnancies. The development revives tensions around the issue of abortion in Italy, 46 years after it was legalised in the overwhelmingly Catholic country. The Senate, where the government has a majority, voted 95-68, giving final approval to legislation tied […]
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada’s Supreme Court upheld a state ban on ghost guns Thursday, overturning a lower court’s ruling that sided with a gun manufacturer’s argument that the 2021 law regulating firearm components with no serial numbers was too broad and unconstitutionally vague. Separately the court handed a setback to anti-abortion activists in a […]
On April 9, 2024, the Arizona Supreme Court issued a 4-2 decision that allowed a law banning abortion — on the books since before Arizona became a state — to be enforced. The backlash was immediate. U.S. President Joe Biden released a statement calling the law, which bans all abortions except those necessary to save […]
Poland’s parliament is finally holding a long-awaited debate on liberalising the country’s strict abortion law. The traditionally Catholic nation has one of the most restrictive laws in Europe — but the reality is that many women terminate pregnancies at home with pills mailed from abroad. Politicians in the lower house of parliament will consider four […]
For conservative, anti-abortion Christians, former President Donald Trump delivered in four years what no other Republican before him had been able to do: A conservative majority U.S. Supreme Court that would go on to overturn Roe v. Wade, a Holy Grail of the movement. With abortion rights now controlled by each state, rather than legalized […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee would become the latest state to require public school students to watch a video on fetal development produced by an anti-abortion group, or something comparable, under legislation that is headed to Republican Gov. Bill Lee’s desk. The GOP-dominated Senate passed the legislation Thursday, with the five Democrats in attendance and […]
The anti-abortion movement is turning on Republican lawmakers who support bills to protect in vitro fertilization, accusing them of sanctioning murder. As many politicians raced in recent weeks to get to the right side of public opinion on IVF, some of the country’s biggest and most influential anti-abortion groups are pushing back. Several have attacked […]
As primary season ramps up ahead of what’s sure to be a polarizing general election in November, California Governor Gavin Newsom’s national push has migrated to an ad campaign touting the need for reproductive rights. His Campaign for Democracy launched the red-state focused campaign Sunday morning with “Hostage,” an advertisement airing in Tennessee that depicts […]
Within the subterranean levels of a fancy hotel in downtown Washington, just a few days before the 51st anniversary of Roe v Wade, the anti-abortion movement was trying to mount a comeback. Kevin Roberts stood on stage in a cavernous ballroom aglow with neon shades of blue, purple, and pink. As president of the Heritage […]
People for Life is heading to the 51st annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., on Friday. The anti-abortion group, which has traveled by bus to the March for Life every year since the first March on Jan. 22, 1974, will send roughly 55 Erie-area residents, to include 20 Gannon University students representing the Students […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a new twist to the fight over abortion access, congressional Republicans are trying to block a Biden administration spending rule that they say will cut off millions of dollars to anti-abortion counseling centers. The rule would prohibit states from sending federal funds earmarked for needy Americans to so-called “crisis pregnancy centers,” […]
Many people have strong opinions about abortion – especially in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade, revoking a constitutional right previously held by more than 165 million Americans. But what really drives people’s abortion attitudes? It’s common to hear religious, political and other ideologically driven explanations – for […]