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Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news.

Aid to the Church in Need has launched a petition that urges international leaders to take action to end religious persecution.

McKenna West fled to Texas to give birth to the baby after his parents demanded he be aborted due to a heart condition.

Baptisms significantly fall in Ireland, a German bishop resigns, Asian churches rally after Indonesia earthquake, and more in this week’s Catholic world news roundup.

The case heads back to a lower state court — and potentially to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Commissioner appointee Heidi Overton has criticized the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s chemical abortion policies in the past. She is now poised to be in a position to change them.

The bishop of Lourdes announced that the SSPX no longer has authorization at the shrine to celebrate the Mass or the sacraments, although individuals are free to come and pray privately.

“My role is to ensure that the shrine welcomes everyone, especially those who are suffering,” Bishop Jean-Marc Micas said.

The Catholic Biblical Association of America elected its first Jewish president: Amy-Jill Levine.

Archbishop García-Siller has also prohibited all Catholics from attending any Mass, liturgy, or event sponsored by the former priest or the Mission of Divine Mercy, which the priest leads.