abortion rights
Abortion rights scored the biggest midterm victory
By Yonat Shimron and Jack Jenkins — November 9, 2022
(RNS) — Not only did voters support abortion rights ballot measures, they probably also helped Democrats stave off a red wave.
Abortion was no dud for Democrats
By Mark Silk — November 9, 2022
(RNS) — In the midterm election, it was what held back the red wave.
It’s not fear. It’s faith.
By Jeffrey Salkin — October 6, 2022
(RNS) — Yes, I am scared. But I have something else in my pocket. So do you.
Blowing shofars, Jewish lawmakers, rabbis hold abortion rights ‘sho-test’
By Jack Jenkins — September 14, 2022
(RNS) — ‘Abortion justice is a Jewish value,’ said U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida.
Now more than ever: Let’s get the Equal Rights Amendment finalized
By Ani Zonneveld, Lisa Sharon Harper, Mary E. Hunt, Valarie Kaur, Sharon Brous, and Allyson McKinney Timm — August 26, 2022
(RNS) — As women of faith, we are committed to the common task of making the ERA the law of the land.
The pro-life movement must move beyond Donald Trump — and we just got our game plan
By Charles C. Camosy — July 29, 2022
(RNS) — It is time for pro-lifers to abandon the nose-holding, smash the MAGA idol and find a different way.
These adoptees refuse to be Christian pro-life poster kids
By Kathryn Post — July 25, 2022
(RNS) — They're challenging the often-religious argument that adoption is a simple, sacred and mutually beneficial solution to abortion.
Abortion doulas look to spiritual rituals as they brace for increased demand
By Kathryn Post — July 12, 2022
(RNS) — Abortion doulas who draw on spirituality challenge the abortion debate’s religious/secular divide.
California Christian groups fight post-Roe measures to expand abortion rights
By Alejandra Molina — July 1, 2022
(RNS) — 'So many of us have worked for a large part of our lives to see Roe end and then to realize that as Roe is ending, California is increasing abortion — that is very difficult.'
My pro-life mom worked at Planned Parenthood — her legacy shapes my pro-choice hope
By Erin S. Lane — June 30, 2022
(RNS) — She told me of the consequences of a life that happens to you and not with you.
Despite attacks, Christian pregnancy centers poised to expand as Roe falls
By Kathryn Post — June 28, 2022
(RNS) — At least a dozen pregnancy centers across the U.S. have been vandalized or set ablaze since the leak of the Dobbs decision draft.
When is it time to leave America?
By Jeffrey Salkin — June 28, 2022
(RNS) — We Jews have been here before, and we have learned from our history.
Colorado bishops ‘weaponizing’ Communion, Catholic lawmakers say
By Kathryn Post — June 14, 2022
(RNS) — Catholic bishops asked Catholic lawmakers in Colorado who supported abortion rights legislation to voluntarily refrain from the sacrament.
After abortion vote, Colorado Catholic bishops ask lawmakers to refrain from Communion
By Kathryn Post and Jack Jenkins — June 7, 2022
(RNS) — The bishops say Catholic lawmakers who voted for a law protecting abortion rights were ‘participating in a gravely sinful action.’
Some Catholic abortion foes are uneasy about overturning Roe
By David Crary — May 13, 2022
(AP) — Some anti-abortion Catholics caution that Catholic leaders should distance themselves from the politically partisan wing of the anti-abortion movement.
