Legislation

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Former President Donald Trump recently wrote on social media that his administration would be “great for reproductive rights,” a term often used by those who advocate …

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The U.S. Senate on Aug. 1 failed to advance a bill that would have expanded the child tax credit, a provision some Catholic organizations have long …

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Legislation under consideration in Congress would help faith-based organizations respond to a shortage in affordable housing by easing restrictions on the use of their land to …

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Legislation to reauthorize a U.S. government body monitoring international religious freedom took a procedural step forward in the U.S. House July 10. The same week in …

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Catholic Relief Services, the international relief and development agency of the Catholic Church in the U.S., criticized funding legislation recently passed by the U.S. House as …

(OSV News) — Public school classrooms in Louisiana will now be required to display the Ten Commandments by the start of 2025 as part of a new educational reform law …

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Legislation to protect access to contraception nationwide failed to advance in the U.S. Senate on June 5 in an expected outcome. A procedural vote to advance …

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The Senate June 4 held a hearing on the impact of post-Dobbs abortion restrictions, with lawmakers alternately criticizing or defending them with respect to women’s health …

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Senate Democrats failed to advance a bipartisan border security bill May 23 for the second time in a matter of months. The same week, top law …

(OSV News) — Missouri’s Republican Gov. Mike Parson signed legislation May 9 that revives an effort to block Planned Parenthood from the state’s Medicaid program. Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s …