Legislation

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The Biden administration issued a new regulation to shield the medical records of women from criminal investigations if they cross state lines to seek an abortion …

ORLANDO, Fla. (OSV News) — A bill recently signed into law by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has been described by a farmworker advocate as “inhumane” and draconian. DeSantis, who usually …

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — A bipartisan coalition in the House, led by House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., moved to advance a $95 billion package providing aid for Ukraine, Israel and …

(OSV News) — Efforts to pass a Russian-style foreign agent law could end up restricting the work of the Catholic Church in the nation of Georgia, the leader of an …

Five years ago, on April 15, flames engulfed Notre Dame Cathedral.  It had long been on my bucket list of places to visit. I remember watching online videos of the …

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Final regulations for the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act will grant workers protections for time off and other job accommodations for pregnancy-related medical conditions like miscarriage, stillbirth …

A blessed Easter Octave to you! This week the OSV News wire saw coverage of earthquakes in Taiwan and the U.S., a recent report showing nearly all countries worldwide will …

EDINBURGH, Scotland (OSV News) — Church leaders have expressed concern that some passages in the Bible or the Catechism of the Catholic Church could be deemed offensive under Scotland’s new …

(OSV News) — Hong Kong’s legislature has fast-tracked a controversial new law that some observers claim could see priests imprisoned if they do not reveal to the authorities certain crimes …

(OSV News) — South Dakota lawmakers Feb. 29 approved what proponents call a medical education bill that would direct the state’s Department of Health to create a video explaining the …