Joe Biden said Friday that he does not believe that life begins at conception, contradicting his past statements and the teachings of the Catholic Church.
Florida’s Senate President Wilton Simpson told local radio that pro-life legislation like Texas’s, was underway, and that it was important to ‘do everything we can to promote adoption and prevent abortion.’
'If red states ban abortion, we could see a world where they have five times as many children with Down syndrome, and similar numbers for other disabilities...There are already negative stereotypes of Americans in these states. One can imagine it getting much more extreme. What if they also ban genetic engineering and embryo selection, while other places go ahead?'
Pope Francis kept quiet on the German ‘Synodal Way,’ however, claiming there ‘is no ill will in many bishops,’ despite mass ‘blessings’ of same-sex relationships.
While Wednesday's decision stressed that it wasn’t a ruling on the merits of the law, many pro-lifers have taken the majority’s willingness to let the law stand even temporarily as an encouraging sign.