Kate Scanlon

1 week ago | angelusnews.com | Simon Caldwell writes |Simon Caldwell |Kate Scanlon |Justin Mclellan

Members of British Parliament have voted overwhelmingly in favor of decriminalizing abortion up to birth. After two hours of debate in the House of Commons June 17, with a majority of 242 votes needed, MPs voted 379 to 137 in support of an amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill, which removes criminal liability from any woman who aborts her child for any reason up to and during birth.

1 week ago | angelusnews.com | Kate Scanlon |Justin Mclellan |Msgr. Richard Antall |Greg Hardesty

The U.S. Supreme Court on June 18 upheld a Tennessee state law banning certain types of medical or surgical gender reassignment procedures for minors who identify as transgender. The question at issue in the case -- United States v. Skrmetti, the Biden administration's challenge to a law in Tennessee restricting gender transition treatments, including puberty blockers for minors -- was whether Tennessee's law, Senate Bill 1, violates the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment.

1 week ago | thebostonpilot.com | Kate Scanlon |Lucia Silecchia |Greg Kandra

WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- The U.S. Supreme Court on June 18 upheld a Tennessee state law banning certain types of medical or surgical gender reassignment procedures for minors who identify as transgender. The question at issue in the case -- United States v.

1 week ago | thebostonpilot.com | Kate Scanlon |Lucia Silecchia |Greg Kandra

WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- The Supreme Court said June 16 it will hear an appeal from a group of faith-based pregnancy centers in New Jersey challenging an investigation by that state's attorney general alleging they misled people about their services and seeking information about their donors. First Choice Women's Resource Centers operates five centers in the Garden State that provide some medical services, including ultrasounds, to women with unplanned pregnancies.

2 weeks ago | angelusnews.com | Kate Scanlon |Cindy Wooden |Tom Hoffarth |Robert Brennan

As the Senate began its consideration of a sweeping package for President Donald Trump's agenda, the U.S. bishops and other Catholic leaders urged lawmakers not to cut programs such as Medicaid or SNAP. In May, House Republicans passed what Trump calls his "one big, beautiful bill" -- and as such, later named the One Big Beautiful Bill Act -- which would enact key provisions of his legislative agenda on tax and immigration policy, and Trump has called for the Senate to follow suit by July 4.