RELIGION HEADLINES
Written by on September 30, 2024
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(SRN NEWS) – A new study finds that the number of women charged with crimes related to their pregnancies jumped in the year after the Supreme Court repealed Roe versus Wade. The advocacy group Pregnancy Justice found most charges had nothing to do with new state abortion bans. Instead, most of the cases concerned child abuse, neglect or endangerment in which the unborn baby was listed as the victim. Nearly all cases alleged that the pregnant woman was using substances. Most of them were centered in Alabama and Oklahoma.
Voters will decide ballot measures on abortion and immigration in Arizona, a key battleground state where Republicans are looking to capitalize on concerns about illegal border crossings. Democrats, meanwhile, believe the abortion amendment will boost turnout for them. In fact, at least nine states will vote on abortion in November and experts are divided on which party might be helped by increased turnout. Pro-life advocates are focusing on those states, going door-to-door in hopes of getting people to the polls.
Pro-life laws at the state level are reducing abortion in some unexpected ways. A number of groups that have been helping women pay for abortions and associated travel are cutting back their aid as travel costs rise. Those groups say state bans on abortion are forcing women to travel farther, thereby increasing their costs. While in the past abortion advocates only had to provide gas money, they now have to book flights and hotel rooms. So far 14 states have banned abortion altogether, or from about six weeks of pregnancy on.
A federal judge has ruled that more than 8,000 Catholic employers nationwide can ignore the Biden administration’s regulations aimed at promoting abortion. In a sharply worded order, U.S. District Judge Daniel Traynor of North Dakota granted a preliminary injunction to the Catholic Benefits Association and the Diocese of Bismarck. Traynor says a rule adopted by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in April violates their freedom of religion. The association provides health benefits to 85 dioceses and archdioceses across the country.
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