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The Utah State Capitol is located in Salt Lake City.

Utah Advances Legislation to Ban Clinics That Offer Only Abortion

Last Friday the Utah House of Representatives passed some of the strongest pro-life legislation advanced since the reversal of Roe v. Wade.

Peter Pinedo/CNA Nation February 20, 2023

Below is an update on the status of abortion in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, as of mid-January 2023.

America’s Abortion Landscape: Assessing the Policy in All 50 States

What is the status of legislation and court cases?

Matthew McDonald Nation January 20, 2023

The Georgia State Capitol stands in Atlanta.

Unborn Babies Are Recognized as Dependents in Georgia

A woman who is six-weeks pregnant as of July 20 may list her unborn child on her tax returns next year. Georgia’s 2019 law banning abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detectible recognizes the unborn child as a ‘natural person.’

Kevin J. Jones/CNA Nation August 6, 2022

Eric Schmitt is the attorney general of Missouri.

Missouri Attorney General May Sue Kansas City Over Aid for Out-of-State Abortions

On July 1, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt said he plans to sue, saying the city’s plan amounts to a use of taxpayer funds for abortions, which is prohibited under state law.

Jonah McKeown/CNA Nation July 6, 2022

Members of the group ‘Our Lady of Lourdes Protectors’ hold a prayer vigil outside the national maternity hospital in Dublin, Ireland on July 13, 2019.

Abortion Facility ‘Buffer Zone’ Bill to Become Law in Northern Ireland

Right To Life UK has said a public consultation on the bill showed that it was supported by only 13 out of 6,412 respondents.

Hannah Brockhaus/CNA World March 25, 2022

What Do Abortion Laws Look Like in Latin America? Here’s a Country-By-Country Map

Colombia is the third Latin American country partially to decriminalize abortion in the past three years.

Jonah McKeown/CNA World February 28, 2022

The devolved assembly in Northern Ireland, the Executive Parliament buildings in Stormont, Belfast, are shown, is suspended, meaning the bill liberalizing abortion should pass into law in October.

UK Parliament Forces Abortion on Northern Ireland

Westminster votes to liberalize laws despite local opposition.

K.V. Turley World August 13, 2019

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards holds his hand to his heart, along with his wife, Donna Edwards, and their daughter Sarah Ellen Edwards, right, during the pledge of allegiance at the opening of the annual state legislative session in Baton Rouge on April 8. Nearly three decades ago, when Mrs. Edwards was 20 weeks pregnant with their first child, a doctor discovered their daughter had spina bifida and encouraged an abortion. The Edwardses refused. Edwards, who has repeatedly bucked national party leaders on abortion rights, signed legislation that would ban the procedure as early as six weeks of pregnancy.

Contrasting New Laws in Louisiana and Illinois Highlight States’ Abortion Divide

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards says signing a pro-life measure is ‘what my Catholic Christian faith requires,’ but Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker counters that his own state is ‘making history’ with its pro-abortion legislation.

Lauretta Brown Nation June 4, 2019

Epic Fight for Life: Pro-Life Victories Amid the Struggle

EDITORIAL: The cause of life is gaining new followers and new momentum.

The Editors Editorial April 7, 2019

Supreme Court Rejects Appeal to Make Texas Bishops Release Abortion Communications

Whole Women’s Health tried to compel disclosure by the Church in response to bishops’ support for law requiring burial of aborted babies.

Catholic News Agency Nation February 20, 2019

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