Pope Francis has issued a message to the world’s children in anticipation of the Church’s first-ever World Children’s Day, which will take place in Rome from May 25–26, reminding them that the key to happiness lies in cultivating a prayer life and personal relationship with Christ, which in turn forms the basis of broader social action.
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The laws ban abortion after 20 weeks and by way of telehealth services, as well as require a 24-hour waiting period and two ultrasounds. District Court Judge Kurt Krueger sided with Planned Parenthood of Montana, which filed the lawsuit and argued that the government shouldn’t be able to “infringe” on bodily autonomy any more than it can force someone to have an abortion, the Daily Montanan reported.
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In the U.S., Joe Biden is making feticide a central issue of the 2024 presidential campaign, with Vice President Kamala Harris heading across the country on an “abortion tour” to whip up voters. In the U.K., there is a push to decriminalize abortion entirely; in France, the Senate just voted to put abortion in the French Constitution.
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While the Food and Drug Administration approved the use of mifepristone in 2000, doctors have to this point been required to obtain specific permission to prescribe it. The pill had previously been accessible only through these doctors and through abortion clinics that ship the drug through the mail, but a January 2023 FDA regulatory change now allows pharmacies to apply to become certified to offer the pill.
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If adopted, the Roy amendment would prohibit the government from engaging in “any discriminatory action against a person, wholly or partially on the basis that such person speaks, or acts, in accordance with a sincerely held religious belief, or moral conviction” regarding marriage between a man and a woman, according to the text.
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