{"id":286081,"date":"2026-09-14T23:14:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T23:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/286081\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T23:14:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T23:14:13","slug":"take-action-against-the-abortion-pill-diocese-of-scranton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/286081\/","title":{"rendered":"Take Action Against the Abortion Pill! \u2013 Diocese of Scranton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-132216\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Picture1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"624\" height=\"427\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>From now through the end of October, the USCCB Committee on Pro-Life Activities is inviting Catholics to join a focused effort of prayer and action to STOP the spread of abortion pills.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Please take action below to send a message to pharmacies and pharmaceutical companies that are involved.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/us-east-2.protection.sophos.com\/?d=rs6.net&amp;u=aHR0cHM6Ly9vb292NGpiYWIuY2MucnM2Lm5ldC90bi5qc3A_Zj0wMDFzS3pleWRDcHFFYkhnRmxJVUNaalZoLXNidTFVdmg4bzhxQmZLM1pnbUhpODJ5SmtDb3ZmSzNVR3J2WlhWN2JVV0VSSGY4LUtHRXVMQWZpM2RrVzdSamNhZ29YdmJqR2xjSWNKd1F5SFNYSV9pcXE4V205OXBzTFNSWlhLYmlSSVd6WXRnbHJrVkU1andNY1BocFlrOEdQYUpUNGhFQWdrcEtDVjZwTEtZaUdvanFFQ2ZUNHN3eGdjUFV2X3VGWVlHcFVNWWhvSFEtUT0mYz1BLWJEbmFsOERid3pYcnRlbGdaUVkwTHZxTlFTSjhNVVJGN1hlYUFJMHZzOUVOSUxIZG9ZZUE9PSZjaD1tQlVMLW5zcVRwVUw1N2k4a1pRcG9MRGFKek5uTGo1NGtNdHg2ZngtQVdfcnhGYlQzRnpWU0E9PQ==&amp;p=m&amp;i=NjdmNTM3ZWNiNjQ0OGY0ZjBkZTRhNGVj&amp;t=dEdJV1luOHNQaCs2Ryt3c1Y2d0F2eXEraHM3U2xCWU9PMXl2akR1bkRuMD0=&amp;h=7e2305a4d31947f5b4bc5409ee0bc1a6&amp;s=AVNPUEhUT0NFTkNSWVBUSVYOQBHpdjw37pajx9YbOZUQBMncRt_rsbhwA6u83QTdpLdJD_wBERODRIQszpC5ri1RU8zVfHIEJDbhM-VqyQtdD2aRBryMrcdOrY8hRUy-n9xvyttJT1ZaPWYtx6fCm40\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Take Action!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for your prayers and actions to protect innocent children and their vulnerable mothers from the evil of abortion. St. Joseph, Defender of Life, pray for us!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Please share this invitation with others!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about the abortion pill, this nationwide invitation to prayer and how you can share the message with your parish by visiting <a href=\"http:\/\/respectlife.org\/abortion-pills\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">respectlife.org\/abortion-pills<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Join Us in Prayer!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A Prayer to St. Joseph, Defender of Life<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dearest St. Joseph, at the word of an angel, you lovingly took Mary into your home. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-132215\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Prayer-717x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"750\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>As God\u2019s humble servant, you guided the Holy Family on the road to Bethlehem, welcomed\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jesus as your own son in the shelter of a manger, and fled far from your homeland for the\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>safety of both Mother and Child.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We praise God that as their faithful protector, you never hesitated to sacrifice for those entrusted to you. May your example inspire us also to\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>welcome, cherish, and safeguard God\u2019s most precious gift of life.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Help us to faithfully commit ourselves to the service and defense of human life \u2014 especially where it is vulnerable or threatened.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Obtain for us the grace to do the will of God in all things.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Amen.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u200a\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 From now through the end of October, the USCCB Committee on Pro-Life Activities is inviting Catholics to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":286082,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-286081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286081\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}