Roe v. Wade
Reproductive Rights on Trial with Skye Perryman
By Ray Kirstein — April 20, 2024
State of Belief host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush talks with Skye Perryman of Democracy Forward about the mifepristone and EMTALA cases before the Supreme Court and the challenges to reproductive and religious freedom they pose. Paul also gets details on the Freedom Rising Conference from organizer Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis.
Conservative Christians praise Trump’s anti-abortion record but say he’s stopped short of the goal
By Holly Meyer and Tiffany Stanley — April 9, 2024
(AP) — As Republican-led states have outlawed or further restricted abortion, Democrats believe the fight over abortion rights helps them at the polls.
Indiana appeals court upholds injunction on abortion ban, citing religious liberty
By Jack Jenkins — April 4, 2024
(RNS) — The ruling was another win for those who say their religious beliefs direct them to have abortions prohibited by the ban.
Scripture-quoting Alabama judge in IVF case bridges natural law and Christian nationalism
By Jack Jenkins and Paul O'Donnell — March 9, 2024
(RNS) — But those who know Tom Parker say his IVF concurring opinion was not simply a heartfelt expression of faith, but part of a strategy the chief justice has used to create legal precedent for conservative causes.
The Alabama ruling on embryos claimed to be Christian. Christians aren’t so sure.
By Jack Jenkins — February 27, 2024
(RNS) — Theological opinions on IVF, let alone political ones, are difficult to ascertain and are far from universal across denominations.
CVS employee fired for refusing to sell birth control sues, claiming discrimination
By Fiona André — January 31, 2024
(RNS) — Gunna Kristofersdottir joins three other former CVS nurses who sued the company for religious discrimination after being fired for similar reasons.
Miscarriage should not be a crime
By Liz Charlotte Grant — January 10, 2024
(RNS) — The story of a 33-year-old Ohio woman shows why compassion must shape our abortion laws.
US Catholic leadership foresees challenges after repeated election defeats for abortion opponents
By David Crary — December 20, 2023
(AP) — The latest rebuff came Nov. 7 in Ohio, when voters decisively approved a constitutional amendment that ensures access to abortion and other forms of reproductive health care.
Lawyers for religious leaders challenging Missouri abortion ban say law imposes beliefs on everyone
By Jim Salter — November 16, 2023
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The lawsuit was filed in January on behalf of 13 Christian, Jewish and Unitarian Universalist leaders who support abortion rights.
In wake of Ohio abortion victory, some clergy rejoice, others mourn
By Kathryn Post — November 8, 2023
(RNS) — ‘The fight is well from over,’ said Catholics for Choice Ohio field organizer Nicole Morino, who mobilized Catholics in the state who support abortion rights ahead of the vote.
Abortion vote in Ohio pushes ‘pro-life pro-choice’ Black clergy to take a side
By Kathryn Post — November 6, 2023
(RNS) — For some clergy, the fall of Roe v. Wade has motivated them to speak out on abortion for the first time.
Trump, once ‘most pro-life president,’ riles anti-abortion activists with new stance
By Jack Jenkins — September 29, 2023
'President Trump’s disappointing comments only serve as an avenue for pro-lifers to find another candidate to support,' said anti-abortion activist Abby Johnson.
Ohio shows that people want abortion to be legal
By Mark Silk — August 14, 2023
(RNS) — This should not be news.
A Notre Dame professor sues a student publication over its coverage of her abortion-rights work
By Giovanna Dell'orto — July 28, 2023
(AP) — The case is raising questions about press freedom and academic freedom at one of the nation’s preeminent Catholic institutions of higher education.
Elizabeth Reiner Platt, Columbia Law School Law, Rights, and Religion Project
By Jonathan Woodward — July 17, 2023
Reviewing the latest pro-discrimination SCOTUS ruling in 303 Creative v. Elenis, with Columbia Law School's Law, Rights, and Religion Project Executive Director Elizabeth Reiner Platt
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