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The latest national and state-by-state Catholic school enrollment numbers are out – and they amplify the contrast between what’s happening in Florida and most of the rest of America. Nationally, Catholic school enrollment in PreK-12 held steady, according to the latest annual report from the National Catholic Educational Association, released Wednesday. In 2023-24, 1,693,327 students were enrolled in Catholic schools, virtually the same number as the prior year. In Florida, enrollment climbed to 90,785, up 5.2% from the prior year. Read more at nextstepsblog.org.

The effort to pass legislation that would allow parents to pursue civil action for the wrongful death of their unborn child was called off on Monday in the midst of nationwide controversy following the Alabama Supreme Court ruling that defined embryos created through in vitro fertilization (IVF) as children under Alabama state law.