USCCB Respect Life

08/18/2026

Take action to stop the spread of abortion pills!

Every abortion involves the death of a child and harm to the mother. Now with easier access to abortion pills, the abortion rate is tragically climbing, along with increased health risks.

The Food and Drug Administration has enabled a nationwide mail-order abortion industry by allowing abortion pills to be prescribed in telehealth appointments and sold both at neighborhood pharmacies and online, circumventing state laws that protect life in the womb. This leaves women vulnerable to suffering an abortion alone at home, without any medical supervision. It also sets up additional opportunities for exploitation by violent partners or human traffickers.

From now through the end of October, Respect Life Month, the USCCB Committee on Pro-Life Activities is inviting Catholics to join a focused effort of prayer and action to stop the spread of abortion pills. In addition to invoking the intercession of St. Joseph, Defender of Life, participants can learn about the danger of abortion pills, and can send messages to pharmacies and pharmaceutical companies that are involved.

08/14/2026

Today we celebrate St. Maximilian Kolbe. Embraced by the pro-life movement as a patron, he offered his life in place of a fellow prisoner's in a N**i concentration camp during WWII. May his courage inspire in us sacrificial love for those whose lives are most vulnerable.

08/12/2026

08/11/2026

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08/11/2026

BRAINTREE, Mass. (OSV News) — The “elimination of any legal restraint on late-term abortion” is “a radical measure which is gravely immoral,” the Catholic bishops of Massachusetts said. The bishops made…

07/28/2026

Two proposed amendments would enshrine sweeping changes regarding abortion and marriage in Virginia's Constitution. Learn what's at stake and why your vote matters: catholicsvoteno.com.

07/27/2026

Saints Joachim and Anne, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary, pray for us!

07/24/2026

Happy Feast of St. Charbel! On this episode of the Respect Life podcast, we speak to Maronite Bishop Gregory Mansour about the great Saint's legacy, including his intercession for couples and preborn children:

Bishop Gregory Mansour talks with us about the gifts that both the ...

07/19/2026

Today begins National Natural Family Planning Awareness Week!
This year’s theme is:
Designed by God, Guided by Love, Open to Life

Church teaching about the moral regulation of births in marriage is rooted in the nature of humanity as being made in God’s image and likeness. That means that every man and every woman has a capacity to love just like God—selflessly. We can make a gift of ourselves—one to the other. The teaching is also rooted in the nature of marriage as designed by God. Married love is the one-flesh union which is given freely, totally (permanent), faithfully, and fruitfully. Since the methods of NFP respect the love-giving (unitive) and life-giving (procreative) nature of the conjugal act, they support God's design for married love and the gift of life.

To learn about NFP and Church teaching that supports its use in marriage, visit: www.usccb.org/nfp

And resources at: https://www.usccb.org/committees/laity-marriage-family-life-and-youth/2026-nfp-week-social-media-graphics-0

07/17/2026

Will you pause a moment to pray with Pope Leo XIV for life? See more in the comments. ⬇️