By DAVID CRARY – National AP Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Top leaders of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops called on the faithful to pray and fast on Friday, hoping the Supreme Court is on track to strike down the constitutional right to ‘abortion. Yet even among Catholics who oppose abortion, there is … Read more
By DAVID CRARY – National AP Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Top leaders of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops called on the faithful to pray and fast Friday, hoping the Supreme Court is on track to strike down the constitutional right to ‘abortion. Yet even among Catholics who oppose abortion, there is some … Read more
By RENATA BRITO and CARA ANNA – Associated Press LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — The delivery room is easy to distinguish from the rest of the main maternity hospital in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, even from the outside. Its outer wall is stacked with sandbags. In the dark basement, where heavily pregnant women have … Read more
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Stefanowski released a statement Wednesday saying he would not try to change existing law in Connecticut regarding abortion if elected governor in November. However, the Madison businessman said the state “should consider” legislation that would impose parental notification requirements for minors under 16, except in cases of … Read more
By BRUCE SCHREINER – Associated Press Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday urged Tennessee State University graduates to apply their leadership skills to help meet the multitude of challenges posed by an unstable world. In his undergraduate commencement speech at the historically black University of Nashville, Harris said the class of 2022 is “on the … Read more
By REBECCA BOONE and JOHN HANNA – Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Angela Housley was midway through her pregnancy when she learned the fetus was developing without parts of her brain and skull and would likely die within hours to days of birth, s he survived that long. The news came during her 20-week … Read more
By ADAM BEAM – Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Democrats have accelerated their plan to make the nation’s most populous state a sanctuary for women seeking abortions, propelled by the release this week of an early draft a US Supreme Court ruling that sparked a wave of activism among the state’s vast network … Read more
By ADAM BEAM – Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Democrats have accelerated their plan to make the nation’s most populous state a sanctuary for women seeking abortions, propelled by the release this week of an early draft a US Supreme Court ruling that sparked a wave of activism among the state’s vast network … Read more
By BRIAN MELLEY – Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The husband of a black woman who died hours after giving birth in 2016 sued Cedars-Sinai Medical Hospital on Wednesday, saying she bled to death because of a culture of racism in the famous medical center in Los Angeles. Charles Johnson IV said he discovered … Read more
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan will not grant a request from the state comptroller on Wednesday to immediately make $3.5 million available to pay for training to prepare professionals for healthcare other than doctors to perform abortions when a new law takes effect this summer, a spokesperson said. Michael Ricci, the spokesman, … Read more