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There is no one ‘religious view’ on abortion: A scholar of religion, gender and sexuality explains
By Samira Mehta — June 13, 2022
(The Conversation) — Views on abortion differ not only among major religious traditions, but within each one.
Supreme Court leak jump-starts new epoch in faith-based abortion politics
By Jacob Lupfer — May 4, 2022
(RNS) — The leaked draft decision offered a preview of extremist abortion politics that faith groups will have to navigate.
Alito and public opinion reveal link between Roe and broader white Christian nationalist agenda
By Robert P. Jones — May 4, 2022
(RNS) — Attitudes on abortion are strongly correlated with a worldview that denies systemic racism and pines for a 1950s America.
For red-state clergy who back abortion rights, losing Roe is a call to action
By Bob Smietana and Alejandra Molina — May 4, 2022
(RNS) — A new version of the Clergy Consultation Service, which helped women get abortions before Roe v. Wade, may be organized in response to abortion rights restrictions.
Why Roe v. Wade must stand
By Jeffrey Salkin — May 3, 2022
(RNS) — An anguished plea for choice and moral autonomy. Before it is too late.
Colombia’s highest court legalizes abortion up to 24 weeks
By Manuel Rueda — February 23, 2022
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — In Colombia, where a majority of the population identifies as Roman Catholic abortion has long been a controversial issue.
Abortion politics won’t end with Roe unless both sides pay to back up their principles
By Kenneth L. Woodward — January 21, 2022
(RNS) — In a word, Americans must agree to privatize abortion.
Comments renew debate over adoption as abortion alternative
By David Crary and John Hanna — December 31, 2021
(AP) — Discussion of adoption as an alternative to abortion intensified when the Supreme Court heard oral arguments over a law that would ban most abortions after 15 weeks.
Court won’t stop Texas abortion ban, but lets clinics sue
By Mark Sherman — December 10, 2021
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday left in place Texas’ ban on most abortions, offering only a glimmer of daylight for clinics in the state to challenge the nation’s most restrictive abortion law. The decision, little more than a week after the court signaled it would roll back abortion rights and possibly overturn […]
Catholic lawmakers can’t justify a vote for the Women’s Health Protection Act
By Charles C. Camosy — September 28, 2021
(RNS) — Catholics can debate many abortion measures in good faith. Some are beyond the pale.
When does life begin? There’s more than one religious view
By Rachel Mikva — September 7, 2021
(The Conversation) — As a scholar of Jewish Studies, I appreciate how rabbinic sources grapple with the complexity of the issue.
The real question is: Who benefits from Texas’ new abortion law?
By Asha Dahya — September 4, 2021
(RNS) — Evangelicals would argue the unborn baby does. But what about the living mother? What considerations are they offering her in light of its impact?
Texas’ abortion ban is against my religion. As a rabbi, I will defy it if necessary.
By Danny Horwitz — September 2, 2021
(RNS) — Judaism teaches that potential life is sacred. Nevertheless, our religion also teaches that potential life is not the same as actual life, that a fetus is not a human being.
As Catholic bishops’ Communion war roils June meeting, look what’s not on the agenda
By Thomas Reese — June 8, 2021
(RNS) — It is sad that the U.S. bishops are so focused on the Communion war that they have no energy for anything else.
Supreme Court’s hearing of Mississippi abortion law is a gut check for pro-lifers
By Charles C. Camosy — May 28, 2021
(RNS) — There may be blowback if the landmark abortion decision is overruled, but the price may be worth it.
