Gov. Charlie Crist of Florida vetoed a proposed Florida bill, but similar legislation is having more success in other states.

Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio said that requiring personnel in military hospitals to perform abortions would place "a very heavy burden" on those who value human life.

Manoj Pradhan, a leader of anti-Christian violence that rocked India’s eastern Orissa state in 2008, was convicted of murder on June 29.

The coast of Louisiana is off limits to its own residents, and their livelihoods and quality of life are suffering.

Women refugees are particularly vulnerable to human rights abuses in cases where they have been forced to leave their homes.