A pro-abortion activist displays abortion pills as she counter-protests during an anti-abortion demonstration on March 25, 2023, in New York City. / Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images)Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 7, 2023 / 20:45 pm (CNA).A federal judge in Texas issued a much anticipated ruling Friday that, if it holds up in court, could take the abortion drug mifepristone off pharmacy shelves due to safety concerns and in doing so prevent over half of the abortions that take place in the country.U.S. Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk s preliminary ruling found that the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) did not follow proper testing and safety protocols when it approved the abortion drug in 2000. The judge allowed the FDA seven days to appeal his decision, which means the drug will still be available for the time being.Almost immediately after Kacmaryk issued his decision, a judge in Washington state issued a ruling that the FDA should continue to allow abortion drug to be prescr.
A pro-abortion activist displays abortion pills as she counter-protests during an anti-abortion demonstration on March 25, 2023, in New York City. / Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images)Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 7, 2023 / 20:45 pm (CNA).A federal judge in Texas issued a much anticipated ruling Friday that, if it holds up in court, could take the abortion drug mifepristone off pharmacy shelves due to safety concerns and in doing so prevent over half of the abortions that take place in the country.U.S. Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk s preliminary ruling found that the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) did not follow proper testing and safety protocols when it approved the abortion drug in 2000. The judge allowed the FDA seven days to appeal his decision, which means the drug will still be available for the time being.Almost immediately after Kacmaryk issued his decision, a judge in Washington state issued a ruling that the FDA should continue to allow abortion drug to be prescr.
State congresswoman Mónica Rodríguez Della Vecchia (right) of Puebla, Mexico, takes to the streets March 29, 2023, to raise awareness on her #ConLosNiñosNo (Not with children) campaign promoting her bill that seeks to prohibit sex changes in minors and punish those who force children or adolescents to undergo such procedures. / Credit: ActivateACI Prensa Staff, Apr 6, 2023 / 16:00 pm (CNA).State congresswoman Mónica Rodríguez Della Vecchia took to the streets of the city of Puebla, Mexico to raise awareness of the #ConLosNiñosNo (Not with children) campaign promoting her bill that seeks to prohibit sex changes in minors and punish those who force children or adolescents to undergo such procedures.If passed, Rodri´guez s law calls for one to three years in prison and a fine to be imposed on "whoever makes, conditions, coerces, pressures, or forces a girl, boy, or adolescent to change or modify, through any mechanism of an external, therapeutic, or similar nature, their sexua
Pope Francis prays the Stations of the Cross at the Colosseum in Rome, Italy, on Good Friday, April 14, 2017. / Vatican Media.Rome Newsroom, Apr 7, 2023 / 09:10 am (CNA).Pope Francis will not be attending the annual Good Friday Stations of the Cross at the Colosseum this year due to cold weather, according to the Vatican.The Holy See Press Office released a statement on April 7 saying that the pope will follow the meditations for the Way of the Cross from his residence, Casa Santa Marta, and will join his prayers with those who will gather at the Colosseum for the Roman Holy Week tradition.The pope s canceled Good Friday appearance comes one week after he was hospitalized for three nights in Rome s Gemelli hospital, where he was treated for bronchitis.Despite last week s sickness and hospitalization, the Vatican had originally announced that the 86-year-old pope would maintain a full schedule of liturgies and audiences for Holy Week.The Vatican s most recent statement cited the.
null / Credit: Sammis Reachers/PixabayACI Prensa Staff, Apr 7, 2023 / 13:00 pm (CNA).Sister Karina de la Rosa Morales, a nun with the Xavierian Missionary Sisters of Mary and a member of the Rahamim network that is fighting against human trafficking, lamented that Mexico holds "first place in human trafficking, child abuse, organ selling, sex tourism, child abduction, and child pornography."ACI Prensa spoke with several of the nuns and a laywoman who belong to the Rahamim prevention network. Sister Ligia María Cámara said that "trafficking is a crime" that uses "lies or force to take advantage of people," violate their rights, and frequently transport them to unknown places.The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) stated in a January report that "Mexico ranks first in child sexual abuse; first in exploitation, homicides, and trafficking of minors; and first in creation and distribution of child pornography."The El Financ