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Kate Scanlon is the National Reporter (D.C.) for OSV News.

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A Planned Parenthood facility in Washington is seen in this file photo. The U.S. Supreme Court heard an oral argument April 2, 2025, in a case concerning South Carolina's attempt to prevent Planned Parenthood from participating in its Medicaid health program. (OSV News photo/Tyler Orsburn)

Supreme Court hears case over effort to bar Planned Parenthood from Medicaid funds

Kate Scanlon|Apr 2, 2025|3 Min Read

A certified nurse midwife smiles as she performs an ultrasound during a patient's 36-week checkup at a birthing center in Berkeley, Calif., Aug. 1, 2024. Idaho Republican Gov. Brad Little signed Senate Bill 1046 into law March 27, 2025, following its approval by the Idaho Senate in a 27-8 vote on Feb. 27 and by the Idaho House of Representatives in a 63-6 vote on March 18. (OSV News photo/Brittany Hosea-Small, Reuters)

Idaho schools to teach fetal development, show ultrasound videos when teaching related material

Kate Scanlon|Apr 1, 2025|2 Min Read

Stephen Schneck, commissioner and chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, is seen in this 2017 file photo. At a March 25, 2025, event to unveil its annual report, USCIRF urged the U.S. not to retreat from its vital role in defending and promoting religious freedom around the globe.(OSV News photo/Tyler Orsburn, CNS archive)

USCIRF says government must not retreat from defense of international religious liberty

Kate Scanlon|Mar 26, 2025|5 Min Read

A village woman greets a Catholic Relief Services worker in Ipwizi, Tanzania, as CRS celebrates its 60th year of presence in Tanzania in March 2023. (OSV News/Carlos Barrio, Catholic Relief Services)

Catholic Relief Services: Cutting off aid threatens lives worldwide

Kate Scanlon|Mar 20, 2025|3 Min Read

Molly Gallagher, left, Nicolette Labarbera and Riley Ciccotto, fourth graders at St. Ephrem Catholic Academy in the Dyker Heights section of Brooklyn, N.Y., play with their class pets, a pair of guinea pigs, during an open house at St. Ephrem on the first day of national Catholic Schools Week Jan. 26, 2025. The Department of Education said March 11 it planned to cut about 50% of its workforce. Such cuts could also impact Catholic education, experts told OSV News. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Education Department cuts could make impact on Catholic education, experts say

Kate Scanlon|Mar 12, 2025|5 Min Read

The Department of Justice seal is seen July 30, 2018, in the Great Hall at the Main Justice Building in Washington. (OSV News photo/CNS file, Tyler Orsburn)

Pro-life groups praise Justice Department's move to drop suit against Idaho abortion law

Kate Scanlon|Mar 12, 2025|4 Min Read

U.S. Vice President JD Vance and House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., applaud as President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington March 4, 2025. (OSV News photo/Win McNamee, Reuters)

President touts 'swift and unrelenting action' on immigration, gender policy in speech to Congress

Kate Scanlon|Mar 5, 2025|4 Min Read

U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaks during the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington Feb. 27, 2025. (OSV News photo/Gary Gellman, courtesy National Catholic Prayer Breakfast)

Vance 'surprised' by pope's criticism, prays for his recovery

Kate Scanlon|Feb 28, 2025|6 Min Read

Protesters opposing possible Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids in public schools chant outside the State Department of Education in Oklahoma City Jan. 28, 2025, during their monthly board meeting. (OSV News photo/Nick Oxford, Reuters)

Faith groups sue over Trump administration policy to permit ICE arrests at churches

Kate Scanlon|Feb 11, 2025|3 Min Read

U.S. Sen. Bob Morris, R-Ind., is pictured in an undated photo. Morris is pushing to abolish the death penalty and an Ohio anti-death bill are some of the signs of pushback against capital punishment in the Midwest. (OSV News/courtesy Indiana House Republicans)

Despite Trump's position, some red states are still trying to repeal the death penalty

Kate Scanlon|Feb 10, 2025|5 Min Read

The headquarters of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is seen in Washington in this file photo. The USCCB announced Feb. 7, 2025, it will lay off a third of its migration staff after President Donald Trump's suspension of refugee resettlement program. (OSV News photo/Tyler Orsburn, CNS file)

USCCB lays off a third of migration staff after suspension of refugee resettlement program

Kate Scanlon|Feb 7, 2025|4 Min Read

A boy is seen in a file photo with relief goods at a U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) distribution center in Gaza City. The future of USAID has been called into question amid reports President Donald Trump had agreed to "shut down" the agency, which could have dramatic impacts on the poor and the groups assisting them. (OSV News photo/Shareef Sarhan, for Catholic Relief Services)

Future of USAID unclear as concern mounts over agency's ongoing tumult

Kate Scanlon|Feb 6, 2025|5 Min Read

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