The Catholic Register Wed, 22 Jan 2025 23:19:26 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb MPs ‘unprepared’ for rational talk on abortion /item/33194-mps-unprepared-for-rational-talk-on-abortion /item/33194-mps-unprepared-for-rational-talk-on-abortion

OTTAWA -- While Canadians are still having conversations around abortion, the latest vote in the House of Commons shows the nationöÏÓãÊÓƵapp lawmakers don’t want to hear what is being said, pro-life organizations say.

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Canada Wed, 09 Jun 2021 12:00:00 -0400
Sex-selection abortion vote expected June 2 /item/33137-sex-selection-abortion-vote-expected-june-2 /item/33137-sex-selection-abortion-vote-expected-june-2

OTTAWA -- A final vote on a Conservative MPöÏÓãÊÓƵapp effort to ban sex-selective abortion is expected to be held June 2.

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Canada Wed, 26 May 2021 08:47:35 -0400
Abortion rate falling in South Carolina /home/international/item/29988-abortion-rate-falling-in-south-carolina /home/international/item/29988-abortion-rate-falling-in-south-carolina

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- The number of abortions occurring annually in South Carolina continues to fall, a trend welcomed by advocates who credit pro-life legislation and increased public awareness for the decline.

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International Wed, 31 Jul 2019 13:49:12 -0400
Indiana abortion facility will operate without license until hearing /home/international/item/29815-indiana-abortion-facility-will-operate-without-license-until-hearing /home/international/item/29815-indiana-abortion-facility-will-operate-without-license-until-hearing

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- After a nearly two-year legal battle, an unlicensed abortion facility started booking appointments in a location in South Bend June 19 and planned to begin offering chemical abortions the week of June 23 amid strong objections from the local community.

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International Thu, 27 Jun 2019 08:20:26 -0400
U.S. pro-lifers set the tone for pro-lifers in Canada /item/29655-u-s-pro-lifers-set-the-tone-for-pro-lifers-in-canada /item/29655-u-s-pro-lifers-set-the-tone-for-pro-lifers-in-canada

As if tariffs, climate change and immigration policy wasn’t enough to put a wedge between Canada and the U.S., abortion laws across the states — and the lack of a law here — has become another thorny political issue. 

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada Wed, 05 Jun 2019 15:33:54 -0400
Abortion and America: The great divide /item/29654-abortion-and-america-the-great-divide /item/29654-abortion-and-america-the-great-divide

Canadian pro-lifers are talking up American legislation that bans or severely restricts abortion, raising the question of whether American abortion debates will travel north of the border.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada Wed, 05 Jun 2019 14:54:25 -0400
Pro-life leaders applaud passage of bill to ban most abortions in Alabama /home/international/item/29503-alabama-senate-outlaws-abortion-setting-up-supreme-court-roe-v-wade-challenge /home/international/item/29503-alabama-senate-outlaws-abortion-setting-up-supreme-court-roe-v-wade-challenge

By passing a bill to ban abortion in nearly all circumstances, the Alabama Legislature has recognized that abortion is "the extinguishing of a unique human life," said the president and CEO of Americans United for Life.

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cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Wed, 15 May 2019 15:25:02 -0400
U.S. Supreme Court strikes down abortion restrictions /home/international/item/22597-u-s-supreme-court-strikes-down-abortion-restrictions /home/international/item/22597-u-s-supreme-court-strikes-down-abortion-restrictions

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court delivered its most significant ruling on abortion in a generation Monday (June 27), striking down restrictions on Texas clinics and doctors that threatened to make the procedure more difficult for women to access.

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