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Lawmakers are asking the Food and Drug Administration to oversee non-invasive prenatal testing, after a bombshell investigation that was published this month. The New York Times found that noninvasive tests are wrong far more often than they are correct. About one in three pregnant women take non-invasive prenatal testing during their pregnancies. Positive results are wrong around 85 percent of the time. Many women are pressured or moved to consider abortion after a test comes back positive. The tests have had very little regulation by the FDA.
Catholics across the world are uniting in prayer today for peace in Ukraine. The day of prayer was initiated by Pope Francis. The pope made an earnest appeal to those in power today, to do what they can to prevent war.
Today the Church celebrates the liturgical memorial of Saints Timothy and Titus. The men were close companions of the Apostle Paul, and bishops of the Catholic Church in its earliest days.