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Null / ShutterstockSt. Louis, Mo., Apr 17, 2023 / 13:30 pm (CNA).A bill under consideration in Washington state would allow licensed youth shelters to withhold information from parents about whether a child in their care is undergoing a gender transition, allowing the shelters to instead contact the state. The bill, titled "Supporting youth and young adults seeking protected health care services," introduced by six Democrats, passed the state House last Wednesday. The bill would allow licensed overnight youth shelters housing a minor to inform only the state's Departme...

Null / UnsplashWashington D.C., Apr 18, 2023 / 08:50 am (CNA).Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly on Friday vetoed a "born-alive" bill protecting babies who survive botched abortions. This comes the week after Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed a similar bill mandating doctors' care for abortion survivors.Both Kansas and Arizona have majority Republican legislatures but Democratic governors.In Kansas, where abortion is legal until the 22nd week of pregnancy, the governor called the born-alive bill "misleading" and "unnecessary.""Federal law already protects newborns, and th...

Null / St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office|Wikimedia|CC BY-SA 4.0Boston, Mass., Apr 18, 2023 / 13:20 pm (CNA).The Catholic bishops of Tennessee joined more than 130 religious leaders in the state Tuesday in calling on Republican Gov. Bill Lee and the Legislature to enact tighter gun restrictions including "extreme risk" or "red flag" laws.The letter comes less than a month after a mass shooting at a private Christian school in Nashville in which a former student shot and killed three current students and three staff members."As faith leaders, we encourag...

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis introduces U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, not pictured, at the start of a climate crisis event at the Arvada Center for Performing Arts in Arvada, Colorado, on March 6, 2023. / Jason Connolly/AFP via Getty ImagesDenver, Colo., Apr 15, 2023 / 14:00 pm (CNA).Catholic and pro-life leaders lamented Colorado Gov. Jared Polis' final approval of three strongly pro-abortion bills on Friday, objecting that they prioritize abortion "at the cost of countless children's lives."The new laws ban abortion-pill reversal treatments, greatly restrict advertising for pro-l...

Pope Francis at the Wednesday general audience on Dec. 28, 2022. / Vatican Media.Vatican City, Apr 16, 2023 / 08:30 am (CNA).Pope Francis asked people to pray for Sudan on Sunday, that the country's rival military factions might lay down their weapons and pursue peace."I am following with concern the events unfolding in Sudan," he said April 16, from a window overlooking St. Peter's Square. "I am close to the Sudanese people, already so tried, and I invite you to pray so that they might lay down their arms and pick up the path of peace and harmony," he added.The pope invite...