Father Frank Pavone, a key proponent of the Roman Catholic Church’s pro-life movement, has devoted his life’s work to ending abortion, euthanasia,

Court: Court of Appeals of New York
Citation: 49 N.Y. 86 (1872)
Status as current law: Questionable
Value as precedent: None

Case significance:

The encyclical entitled “Evangelium Vitae,” meaning “The Gospel of Life,” was promulgated on 25 March 1995 by

The Comstock Law was a controversial law because it limited the reproductive rights of women and violated every person’s right to privacy. This federal law was the beginning of a long fight over the reproductive rights of women which is still being waged. Reproductive rights are important to

“Effraenatam”, the brain-child of Pope Sixtus V, was released as a papal bull in the year 1588. Papal bulls are formal declarations issued by the pope of the

As various societies around the world began legalizing abortive procedures or liberalizing government stances on abortion, the Roman Catholic Church’s leaders felt the need to respond to these changes by clarifying the Church’s position on procured

Abortion is the removal of the embryo or fetus from the womb, before birth can occur—either naturally or by induced labor. Prenatal development occurs in three stages: the zygote, or fertilized egg; the