Abortion

A student-led march at Notre Dame turned from protest into thanksgiving Feb. 27 after a pro-abortion professor withdrew her appointment to a leadership post.

The same week as the State of the Union in Washington, an international religious freedom watchdog flagged Turkey and bishops addressed the 2026 Farm Bill.

Ostermann’s appointment, announced Jan. 8, was set to take effect July 1, and quickly drew fire from Notre Dame faculty and staff due to her robust public advocacy for legal …

The prayer event and a protest to be held Feb. 27 on campus are part of a corrective movement directed “out of love” toward the university’s administration.

Lawyers for Louisiana asked a federal judge Feb. 24 to roll back relaxed restrictions on mifepristone, a drug commonly, but not exclusively, used for abortion.

Twenty-one state attorneys general and 60 members of Congress file briefs in support of Louisiana’s efforts to roll back eased restrictions on an abortion pill.

A key national pro-life group released polling it said shows a potential failure to act on pro-life policy priorities may demotivate Republican primary voters in the upcoming midterm elections. 

On Feb. 16, several recipients of Notre Dame’s Evangelium Vitae Medal penned an open letter of protest to Father Dowd over the Ostermann appointment.

National pro-life leaders are calling on the Trump administration to restrict Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention of pregnant women and new mothers.

Even though the majority of Americans admire adoption, women facing unexpected pregnancies rarely consider it.