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We give thanks to God for today’s decision of the United States Supreme Court in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. This just decision will save countless innocent children simply waiting to be born. On this historic day, our gratitude extends to the millions of heroic Americans who have worked tirelessly toward this outcome for nearly a half-century. Women and men, children and adults, believers and non-believers, people of every culture and background have advocated for life. They have been a charitable and compelling voice for the voiceless, and today, their voice has been heard. As Catholics, we have prayed...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — An Afghan prisoner held in U.S. custody for nearly 15 years has been released from the Guantanamo Bay detention center after a federal court ruled that he was unlawfully detained, the U.S. Department of Defense said Friday. Asadullah Haroon Gul’s release was first announced earlier in the day by the Taliban in Afghanistan and an international human rights group. From Kabul, Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban-appointed deputy culture and information minister, tweeted that Gul was one of the last two Afghan prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay. Photographs of Gul being greeted by senior Taliban officials in Doha, Qatar,...

Video has emerged of one rogue Russian air defence missile from a volley launched in the Luhansk region turning 180 degrees in mid air to smash into almost the exact location from where it was launched. The video was reported to be filmed in the early hours this morning near the town of Alchevsk, about 55 miles south of Severodonetsk, where the fiercest fighting has been raging. Reports indicate that the air defence missile system - possibly an S300 - was operated by Ukrainian pro-Russian separatists from the breakaway Luhansk People's Republic. The cause of the malfunction is not clear,...

The armed forces have destroyed a militant who previously killed people in Syria and Libya and wrote the book "#theyarenotthere". As Censor.NET reports about it with reference to the "Myrotvorets" center. According to the Center, the pro-Kremlin mercenary is the author of the autobiographical book "#theyrenotthere", which tells about his participation in hostilities in Ukraine, Syria, and Libya. "Orlov was so eager for fame that until the last day he posted photos and videos of his participation in the fighting in Ukraine, while merging the dispositions of orcs in the Donbas. Using even these data, the Ukraine Armed Forces...

(Translation) Governor Pedro Pierluisi left legislation addressing abortion up to the Legislature, following the decision by the United States Supreme Court to nullify the Roe v. Wade. "Basically, what the Supreme Court has decided is that the matter has to be addressed at the state level, and, in our case, here in Puerto Rico. The Legislature is called upon to take action over the matter of abortion. Our Constitution also applies. Basically, what the Supreme Court's decision indicates is that the right to abortion will not be protected at the United States Constitution level, but that the states are allowed...

Activists are planning protests across the San Francisco Bay Area to express outrage over the United States Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Groups joining Reproductive Justice include Glide Memorial Church, Unitarian Universalist Church of San Francisco, Radical Women, Raging Grannies Action League, Freedom Socialist Party, Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights Bay Area, Socialist Alternative and Workers World Party Bay Area. The groups are urging unions to organize a national emergency conference of women to plan further actions. 4 p.m., San Francisco, Ferry Building: Roe v. Wade Overturned: Protest to Protect the Right to Choose 4 p.m., Napa,...

A senior official in the Russian-installed administration of Ukraine’s occupied Kherson region was killed in an apparent assassination on Friday, the deputy head of the administration told Reuters. Dmitry Savluchenko, head of the families, youth, and sports department of the Kherson Military-Civilian Administration, was killed in a bomb blast. Russia's TASS news agency said there were two burnt-out cars in a courtyard of Kherson, the regional capital where the blast took place, and that the windows of one four-storey house had been shattered. An adviser to the Ukrainian governor of Kherson told Ukraine's public news network Suspilne that the assassination...

U.S.—After making it to the 198th trimester, Roe V. Wade has been aborted. Conceived all the way back on January 22, 1973, Roe V. Wade has been struck down after a decision was passed down today by the Supreme Court. 6 out of the 9 Justices decided to terminate the longstanding federal law. According to Doctors who performed the procedure, "Roe V Wade did not feel a thing as it was ripped apart word by word, syllable from syllable as it was fed through the paper shredder." According to sources, the Justices claimed court autonomy gave them the right to...

WASHINGTON — It’s “a fair question,” said Bishop James S. Wall of Gallup, New Mexico, to ask whether U.S. bishops “are cherry-picking” from among several evils confronting society by “focusing on abortion” in relation to whether Catholic politicians who support it should receive Communion. “Why aren’t we seeking eucharistic sanctions for other evils that are rampant in society?” he asked, writing May 18 in the journal First Things. “The answer is that while there are many serious sins that diminish our worthiness to receive the Eucharist, only the gravest sins extinguish that worthiness entirely.” He also said that he and...

Here are the 14 House Republicans who voted for the bill: Rep. Fred Upton of Michigan - retiring Rep. Peter Meijer of Michigan - primary 8/2 Rep. Steve Chabot of Ohio - already renominated Rep. Anthony Gonzalez of Ohio - retiring Rep. Mike Turner of Ohio - already renominated Rep. David Joyce of Ohio - already renominated Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming - primary 8/16 Rep. Chris Jacobs of New York - retiring Rep. John Katko of New York - retiring Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania - already renominated Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois - retiring Rep. Tony Gonzales of...

Today the United States Supreme Court ruled that “the Constitution does not confer a right to abortion,” overruling Roe v. Wade (1973). The decision will “return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives … to be resolved like most important questions in our democracy: by citizens trying to persuade one another and then voting.” In the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a five Justice majority of the Supreme Court overruled both Roe and the 1992 decision Planned Parenthood v. Casey.[1] The inherent value of human life is revealed in the Scriptures, and this biblical commitment...

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As Rep. Liz Cheney continues her role as chief spokesperson for the January 6 Select Committee, her hopes for reelection in Wyoming are fading. The Republican primary in the state is on August 16, 2022, and Cheney has a serious primary challenger. Harriet Hageman is an attorney who prosecuted cases related to water and natural resources. President Trump’s team recruited her to run against Cheney, and he endorsed her. In 2014, Hageman was part of the leadership team on Cheney’s campaign for the Senate. The Cheney and Hageman families are longtime allies. Times change and Hageman has run an aggressive...

Today is the "Feast of the Nativity of John the Baptist in the Catholic Church. See this link for more info: https://orderofmaltaamerican.org/2022/06/23/feast-saint-john-baptist-2018/ So SCOTUS overturns Roe vs Wade on the Feast of the BIRTH OF JOHN THE BAPTIST... I think the Cathoic SCOTUS Justices may have gotten the last laugh. Some states are already stopping abortions. Pro-Lifers may have to be ready to refer folks tomorrow to Crisis Pegnancy Centers. SATAN and alot of liberals are very unhappy... Rejoice in the Lord always, Again I Say Rejoice...

Following the historic overturning of Roe v. Wade, clinics in multiple states have reportedly ceased performing abortions "immediately." However, Democrat-run states like New York won't change post-Roe. Here's where abortion is banned now and what Democratic strongholds will still be an uphill battle for the pro-life movement: NPR national correspondent Sarah McCammon reported Friday she heard from some clinic sources in Louisiana, Kentucky, Texas, and Missouri that are halting abortions "immediately" in response to the Dobbs decision. McCammon also told Planned Parenthood has stopped carrying out abortions in Arkansas. Louisiana Abortion is illegal in Louisiana as of Friday after the...

“This is a historic day in the life of our country,” reads a statement from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, in response to the decision by the US Supreme Court to overturn controversial rulings on abortion that had effectively permitted abortion on demand throughout the country. On Friday, the Court released its decision in the case of Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization, ruling that the US Constitution does not protect a so-called “right” to abortion. Friday’s ruling, which was decided by six judges in favour and three opposed, overturns the decisions in the landmark abortion cases Roe...

Thousands of farmers gathered in the central Netherlands on Wednesday to protest the Dutch government’s plans to rein in emissions of nitrogen oxide and ammonia. They drove their tractors across the country, blocking traffic on major highways in their wake. The protest was organised earlier this month after the government published nationwide targets for reducing emissions, sparking anger from farmers who claim their livelihoods — and those of thousands of people who work in the agricultural service industry — are on the line. Calling it an “unavoidable transition,” the government mandated reductions in emissions of up to 70 per cent...

The 74-year-old justice, an appointee of President George H.W. Bush, went on to declare the court should reconsider other cases that fall under previous due process precedents. Thomas' argument was entrenched in the belief that since the Constitution’s Due Process Clause was found not to secure a right to an abortion in Friday's ruling, the court should apply that same logic to other landmark cases. He cited three in particular - including 1965's Griswold v. Connecticut, which allowed for married couples to buy and use contraception, and 2015's Obergefell v. Hodges, which allowed same-sex couples to legally marry.