The latest poll also found that 55% of respondents identified as "pro-choice" and 40% as pro-life.

Protecting human life is the "preeminent" social and political issue, Pope Francis said.

As we Jesuits survey our culture, we cannot help but see abortion as part of the massive injustices in our society.

The story sparked outrage in some Canadian Catholic circles.

The law allows the woman to refuse to view the ultrasound and she may ask the provider to mute the heartbeat if audible.

The March for Life, the annual march in Washington to protest legalized abortion in the United States, is tying itself in 2020 to the women's suffrage movement for the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote.