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Advocates warn New Jersey law could criminalize prayer outside abortion clinics
Posted on 08/21/2026 17:20 PM (CNA Daily News - US)
Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news.
Surrogate mother faces $100,000 lawsuit from biological parents for refusing to abort baby
Posted on 08/21/2026 15:02 PM (CNA Daily News - US)
McKenna West fled to Texas to give birth to the baby after his parents demanded he be aborted due to a heart condition.
Massachusetts high court rules against saints statues
Posted on 08/21/2026 12:25 PM (CNA Daily News - US)
The case heads back to a lower state court — and potentially to the U.S. Supreme Court.
How Trump’s new FDA pick could be monumental in the fight for life
Posted on 08/20/2026 18:14 PM (CNA Daily News - US)
Commissioner appointee Heidi Overton has criticized the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s chemical abortion policies in the past. She is now poised to be in a position to change them.
In a first, Jewish scholar elected to lead Catholic Biblical Association
Posted on 08/20/2026 06:00 AM (CNA Daily News - US)
The Catholic Biblical Association of America elected its first Jewish president: Amy-Jill Levine.
Archbishop of San Antonio announces laicization of priest for schism and disobedience to the pope
Posted on 08/19/2026 16:37 PM (CNA Daily News - US)
Archbishop García-Siller has also prohibited all Catholics from attending any Mass, liturgy, or event sponsored by the former priest or the Mission of Divine Mercy, which the priest leads.
OAS council approves call for foreign ministers’ meeting on Nicaragua crackdown
Posted on 08/19/2026 15:57 PM (CNA Daily News - US)
The U.S. is calling for the meeting to take place before Sept. 1, when the Ortega regime is set to codify policy reforms, including the suspension of future elections.
Catholic bishops urge prayers against abortion by mail that ‘leaves women vulnerable’
Posted on 08/19/2026 15:17 PM (CNA Daily News - US)
Leading U.S. Catholic bishops are calling for a dedicated time of prayer as chemical abortions by mail are on the rise.
Appeals court upholds block on immigration enforcement at some religious sites
Posted on 08/19/2026 13:57 PM (CNA Daily News - US)
Dozens of religious groups brought similar lawsuits against the Department of Homeland Security following a 2025 policy shift easing immigration enforcement at religious sites.
As TPS designations expire, Catholic bishops remain concerned about safety in affected countries
Posted on 08/19/2026 06:00 AM (CNA Daily News - US)
“If we have, in good faith, offered temporary protected status, we should not return people until we deemed it safe to go back,” Bishop Brendan Cahill said.