On the 51st anniversary of the now-overturned Roe v. Wade decision, President Joe Biden called for the restoration of Roe in federal law, and pledged his administration would take new steps to “protect access to safe and legal medication abortion.”

The U.S. Supreme Court Jan. 22 allowed Border Patrol agents to cut through or remove razor wire that Texas installed on a portion of the U.S.-Mexico border as part of the state’s effort to prevent illegal border crossings.

A recently announced bipartisan agreement on an expanded child tax credit is “exactly the sort of policy” that Congress should prioritize, said the U.S. archbishop who oversees the U.S. bishops’ committee on domestic policy.

The pro-life cause will confront new challenges in the coming decades, with physician-assisted suicide in particular emerging as a growing threat to human life, Cardinal Seán P. O’Malley of Boston told attendees of the 25th annual Cardinal O’Connor Conference on Life Jan. 20.

Ryan Realbuto, a 23-year-old member of the Capuchin Franciscan Volunteer Corps, was fatally shot just after 10 p.m. Jan. 18 while walking with fellow volunteers in the Michigan Park neighborhood of Washington.