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Articles from the tag: Roe v. Wade

Texas bans abortions under “heartbeat” bill, executes man on same day Texas Governor Gregg Abbott signed a reactionary “heartbeat” abortion ban into law on Wednesday de-facto banning abortions, on the very same day that Quintin Jones was executed following a rejection by the Texas parole board to spare his life and Abbott’s decision to ignore Jones’s plea for clemency. The Republican governor’s actions mark a definite escalation of the assault on democratic rights in the United States. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (AP Photo/Eric Gay) Jones was convicted in 2001 for the murder of his ...

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone joins 'Fox & Friends' to discuss his letter on excluding Catholics who support abortion from Holy Communion. On Mother’s Day this year I want to thank my mother for the most precious gift: My life.   She gifted me with my life, even though at first she was uncertain about it, and even though she had to change the plans she had made for herself and her future.  My mom, Naomi Barber, was courting my dad, Rev. A.D. King, in 1950. She was a freshman at Spellman College in Atlanta and she had big dreams. But as their relationship got more serious, they made...

By JULIE CARR SMYTH and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Dr. Michael Cackovic has treated his share of pregnant women. So when Republican lawmakers across the U.S. began passing bans on abortion at what they term “the first detectable fetal heartbeat,” he was exasperated. That's because at the point where advanced technology can detect that first flutter, as early as six weeks, the embryo isn’t yet a fetus and it doesn’t have a heart. An embryo is termed a fetus beginning in the 11th week of pregnancy, medical experts say. “Yo...

Biden to the nation: We're 'turning peril into possibility'