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1+ hour, 18+ min ago (1212+ words) Lawyers for Little Sisters of the Poor prevail against Wisconsin's attempt to strip religious exemption from state unemployment program rather than comply with SCOTUS ruling for Catholic Charities. "What has been is what will be, and what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun," according to the Book of Ecclesiastes. A Catholic order of nuns that serves elderly indigents is hoping to break that cycle when it comes to a'CNN reporter-turned-judge who keeps stripping its religious exemption to the Affordable Care Act's contraceptive mandate, after repeated trips to the Supreme Court. Religious liberty law firm Becket filed its'opening brief on behalf of Little Sisters of the Poor with the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn the summer ruling by U.S. District Judge Wendy Beetlestone, nominated by Obamacare's namesake.' Paul Clement, who has argued 100-plus…...

4+ hour, 23+ min ago (728+ words) In his Dec. 15 address, the Holy Father alluded to its composition, mentioning the 28,000 colorful ribbons that symbolize lives saved thanks to the support provided by Catholic organizations to pregnant women in vulnerable situations. Pope Leo XIV on Monday thanked Costa Rican artist Paula S'enz Soto for donating a pro-life Nativity scene to the Vatican, named Gaudium (Joy), which features a pregnant Virgin Mary. I thank the Costa Rican artist who, along with the message of peace of Christmas, also wanted to make an appeal for protecting life from conception, the Pope said during the audience he granted Dec. 15 to the delegations that prepared this year's Christmas tree and Nativity scenes that will adorn the Vatican during the Christmas season. The artwork from the Central American country has been on display since Dec. 15 in the Pope Paul VI Audience Hall at…...

5+ hour, 35+ min ago (396+ words) Yet again, a higher court has rebuked'again unanimously'the attempt of Judge Indira Talwani of the Federal District Court for the District of Massachusetts to scuttle a provision of the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" that bars organizations that provide elective abortion from federal Medicaid funding for one year if they received more than $800,000 in federal funding in 2023. On Friday, a three-judge panel of 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, comprised of appointees of President Joseph R. Biden, voted unanimously to throw out a July ruling by Judge Talwani which held that it amounted to a "bill of attainder" whose intend was to punish Planned Parenthood for providing abortions. ["A bill of attainder is a legislative act prohibited by the Constitution that seeks to inflict punishment on a person or group without a trial," according to Nate Raymond of Reuters.] According to Zach Montague…...

8+ hour, 3+ min ago (642+ words) The Little Sisters of the Poor have again asked a federal appeals court late Friday to block a nationwide ruling that rejected their protection from the federal government's contraceptive mandate. Represented by the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty and Clement Murphy, the Little Sisters have spent more than a decade in court fighting to defend their ministry from a federal mandate forcing them to either provide contraceptives in their healthcare plan or pay tens of millions of dollars in fines. They have already prevailed twice at the Supreme Court, including a 2020 ruling that upheld the federal conscience rule shielding... The Little Sisters of the Poor have again asked a federal appeals court late Friday to block a nationwide ruling that rejected their protection from the federal government's contraceptive mandate. Represented by the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty and Clement Murphy,…...

8+ hour, 29+ min ago (1750+ words) Ruth Richardson, CEO of Planned Parenthood North Central States, speaks before a bill signing ceremony at the Minnesota Department of Revenue in 2023. Planned Parenthood's Mankato clinic on Nov. 3. Addie Evans once oversaw daily operations of it but resigned from her position with Planned Parenthood. Nearly every week for three years, as the morning light crept over the horizon, Addie Evans climbed into her Subaru Outback, iced coffee in hand. The Cranberries played through the speakers as she turned up the volume and set off on the familiar drive north, leaving behind the rolling hills of Mankato for the Twin Cities metro. The Subaru was more than just Evans" transportation. It also doubled as a mobile office, packed full of lists, a journal, her laptop, gloves, birth control pills, condoms and packages of misoprostol, a medication that can be used to…...

9+ hour, 10+ min ago (780+ words) FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL'Josh and Erin Hawley's new pro-family nonprofit is touting polling showing the majority of Americans believe society should provide pregnant women with better options than abortion. The polling, conducted by OnMessage Inc. on behalf of the Love Life Initiative, showed that 84% of Americans agree that "many pregnant mothers face difficult economic circumstances, but as a society we should focus on providing them with better options than abortion." Missouri Republican Senator Josh Hawley and his wife Erin, an attorney at Alliance Defending Freedom, are launching a new conservative nonprofit called the Love Life Initiative, which will run pro-family national ad campaigns. The Hawleys conducted polling through OnMessage Inc. showing strong majorities value pro-life, pro-family policies. Of those surveyed, 77% said they agree that "as a society, we should be working towards having as few abortions as possible." Another…...

10+ hour ago (247+ words) Little Sisters of the Poor is a Catholic church organization that was targeted by Barack Obama's schemes in Obamacare, in which he tried to force the Christian group to promotion contraception and abortions for employees. They fought, for years, and won at the Supreme Court. And they won a second time, too. But two states are defying that precedent, STILL, a decade and a half after the dispute was brought by the Democrat ex-president, and the courts are being asked once again to halt the harassment. It is Becket that has confirmed the Little Sisters once again are asking a federal appeals court to block "a nationwide ruling that rejected their protection from the federal government's contraceptive mandate." It was the high court in 2016 that said the government could not force the contraceptive mandate, and Washington responded with a rule…...

10+ hour, 28+ min ago (294+ words) Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) sparked the ire of President Donald Trump's political advisors in the White House with his latest push to focus on pro-life messaging on abortion ahead of the midterm elections, reported Axios on Monday. Axios's Alex Isenstadt reported on the fury inside the Trump White House over Hawley's announcement last week that he and his wife, constitutional lawyer Erin Hawley, are launching a new dark-money political group named the Love Life Initiative. "Trump's lieutenants believe the move by Hawley " a vocal populist who speaks up for the working class " is part of a plan to position himself to challenge Vice President Vance for the presidency in 2028," explained Isenstadt on the impact of top Trump advisors speaking out against Hawley, albeit anonymously. "Clearly, Senator Hawley and his political team learned nothing from the 2022 elections, when the SCOTUS abortion…...

10+ hour, 56+ min ago (716+ words) On January 24, 2026 tens of thousands of pro-lifers of every age, race, and religion will gather at San Francisco's Civic Center Plaza to stand for women and babies at the 22nd'annual Walk for Life West Coast. The day begins at 9:30 AM with the Walk for Life Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral celebrated by [] The post Thousands Will Join 22nd Annual Walk for Life West Coast appeared first on LifeNews.com. On January 24, 2026 tens of thousands of pro-lifers of every age, race, and religion will gather at San Francisco's Civic Center Plaza to stand for women and babies at the 22nd annual Walk for Life West Coast. The day begins at 9:30 AM with the Walk for Life Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral celebrated by San Francisco's Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone. The Walk for Life West Coast will rally begins at 12:30 PM in the City's Civic…...

12+ hour, 40+ min ago (853+ words) This story first ran many, many years ago in National Right to Life News. We've run it in our daily NRL News Today between Thanksgiving and Christmas virtually every year since, and it has consistently garnered more response than almost any article we've ever run. I am now reposting these thoughts in the December 2025 issue of the "pro-life newspaper of record." This was first composed before passage of the historic ban on partial-birth abortion. In many ways it would be a perfect fit to substitute the "Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act." If you enjoy "Do you See What I See?," please share it with friends and family. Please share with your pro-life family and friends. It was late in the afternoon the Saturday after Thanksgiving. My wife, Lisa, and I had established a temporary safe haven in our kitchen free…...