abortion and reproductive issues
What is a frozen embryo worth? Alabama’s IVF case reflects bigger questions over grieving and wrongful death laws
By Katherine Drabiak — March 11, 2024
(The Conversation) — Alabama’s case began when three couples sued an IVF clinic where their frozen embryos had accidentally been dropped.
Indiana’s appeals court hears arguments challenging abortion ban under a state religious freedom law
By Isabella Volmert — December 7, 2023
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The lawsuit argues the ban violates Jewish teachings that “a fetus attains the status of a living person only at birth."
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Your religious liberty quiz
By Mark Silk — October 14, 2021
(RNS) — A gauge of what you think should be the case, not what the law says.
How interfaith values support New York’s Reproductive Health Act
By Rev. Dr. Cari Jackson — February 1, 2019
(RNS) — Policies like New York's recently enacted Reproductive Health Act allows women of all religions to follow their own faiths and consciences in their own lives, argues Rev. Dr. Cari Jackson of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice.
Top 5 surprising religion and politics stories (and it’s only May)
By Tobin Grant — May 13, 2016
It's unexpected events like these that keep me loving religion and politics in the USA.
Can Reality TV Lower the Teen Birthrate?
By MacKenzie Babb — January 13, 2014
According to a new economic study, shows like MTV’s “16 and Pregnant” and its spin-off, “Teen Mom” may have prevented more than 20,000 births to teenage mothers in 2010 alone.
Supreme Court Addresses New Challenges to Obamacare Contraception Mandate
By MacKenzie Babb — January 7, 2014
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued an injunction December 31 temporarily blocking a portion of the Affordable Care Act that requires religious organizations to offer health care plans covering contraceptives.
Libertarians, the Tea Party and White Evangelicals on Abortion, Same-Sex Marriage and Physician-Assisted Suicide
By Joseph Goodman — November 14, 2013
Libertarians are a unique political group. While their political behavior suggests a strongly conservative worldview, when it comes to social issues – including access to abortion, physician-assisted suicide and marijuana legalization – libertarians stand apart from other key conservative constituencies.
Wall Street Journal Highlights PRRI Findings on Evangelical Politics
By MacKenzie Babb — October 22, 2013
Neil King Jr.'s latest for The Wall Street Journal, "Evangelical Leader Preaches Pullback from Politics, Culture Wars," explores efforts by the Southern Baptist Convention's Russell Moore to encourage evangelicals to tone down their rhetoric on hot-button social issues.
Politics and the Plan B Appeal
By Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux — May 2, 2013
The FDA’s recent decision to lower the age of access for emergency contraception to 15 exposes a tipping point in Americans’ - especially Democrats' - perspectives on contraceptive use for teens.
Pope Francis and Hispanic American Catholics
By Juhem Navarro-Rivera — March 18, 2013
As the first Pope from the region that currently includes a plurality of the world’s Catholic population, Pope Francis I's election signals the importance of Latin America to the Church. Francis’ election may also help rekindle Catholicism among those in the U.S. with roots in Latin America: the Hispanic population.
Graphic of the Week | Catholic Views on Church Practice and Policy
By Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux — February 21, 2013
In just a few weeks, the College of Cardinals will choose the next pope, following the resignation of current Pope Benedict XVI at the end of the month. As the Cardinals deliberate over the next leader of the world's largest denomination, what do Ameri...
Gaps Between Hispanics, Republicans on Issues Addressed in the State of the Union
By Juhem Navarro-Rivera — February 13, 2013
Despite the GOP's recent efforts to reach out to Hispanic Americans, public opinion data shows that Republicans and Hispanic Americans tend to disagree on the issues mentioned in President Obama's State of the Union address and Senator Marco Rubio’s response.
Graphic of the Week | Overlapping “Pro-Choice” and “Pro-Life” Identities
By Cristina Stanojevich — January 28, 2013
This week's graphic illustrates the overlapping "pro-life" and "pro-choice" identities among religious groups.
Graphic of the Week | Attitudes About Abortion
By Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux — January 18, 2013
Tuesday, January 22nd, marks the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion in the first trimester of pregnancy. Our new graphic of the week demonstrates that public attitudes about abortion cannot be r...
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