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NEW YORK (AP) -- President-elect Donald Trump spoke Friday with the president of Taiwan, a move that will be sure to anger China....
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Archbishop Timothy Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, speaks at the USCCB fall plenary assembly Nov. 14, 2023. / Credit: USCCB videoWashington, D.C. Newsroom, May 31, 2024 / 17:40 pm (CNA).A law meant to offer accommodations for pregnant workers has been "twisted" to "undermine human dignity" thanks to a new regulation mandating paid abortion leave, according to the president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), Archbishop Timothy Broglio.The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, which requires employers to accommodate women for workplace limitations that arise from pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, had the full support of the USCCB when lawmakers considered the bill in 2022. However, regulations issued by President Joe Biden's Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) this year have interpreted the related medical conditions covered in the law to include abortion.In an op-ed published in the W...
Pro-life supporters take part in a "Rally for Life" march and celebration outside the Texas State Capitol on January 27, 2024, in Austin, Texas. / Credit: Photo by SUZANNE CORDEIRO/AFP via Getty ImagesCNA Staff, May 31, 2024 / 18:15 pm (CNA).The Texas Supreme Court has upheld the state's law outlawing almost all abortions, turning aside a challenge based on severe pregnancy complications. "The history of abortion regulation in Texas demonstrates the Legislature's unmistakable commitment to protecting the lives of pregnant women experiencing life-threatening complications while also valuing and protecting unborn life," the high court said in a 9-0 ruling. State Supreme Court justices in Texas are elected. All nine are Republicans. Abortion supporters criticized the ruling, which puts a spotlight on so-called "hard cases." "As women across the country are finding out, exceptions to abortion bans are illusory and it is dangerous to be pregna...
Pro-life activists protest the incarceration of nine activists charged with FACE Act violations. / Credit: Photo by Tyler ArnoldCNA Staff, May 31, 2024 / 18:40 pm (CNA).Paulette Harlow, an elderly woman with a debilitating medical condition was sentenced to 24 months in jail Friday after being convicted last November of participating in a pro-life blockade of a Washington, D.C. abortion clinic in 2020.Harlow of Kingston, Massachusetts, 75, was convicted under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act and of a civil rights conspiracy, a statute that prohibits the violation of someone's rights guaranteed to them by the U.S. Constitution and law. The FACE Act prohibits "violent, threatening, damaging, and obstructive conduct intended to injure, intimidate, or interfere with the right to seek, obtain, or provide reproductive health services."Harlow was sentenced by Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly sitting in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the...