abortion
Indiana bans abortions based on prenatal diagnosis of disabilities
By Reuters — March 25, 2016
North Dakota is the only U.S. state that prohibits abortions based on fetal anomalies.
Washington cardinal rebukes Georgetown for inviting Planned Parenthood chief
By David Gibson — March 8, 2016
(RNS) No authentically Catholic school should give a special platform to voices that promote abortion, he said.
5 things to watch when the Supreme Court hears its biggest abortion case in 25 years (COMMENTARY)
By Charles C. Camosy — February 29, 2016
(RNS) The court's ruling may define -- or redefine -- some of our culture’s most cherished ideas and principles, says a moral theologian.
Excommunicated Brazilian obstetrician fights for women’s right to abort Zika babies
By Janet Tappin Coelho — February 26, 2016
RIO DE JANEIRO (RNS) The obstetrician has thrown his weight behind a civil rights campaign to allow pregnant women to abort fetuses with the Zika virus-linked microcephaly.
Sanders: Pope Francis is a socialist like me
By David Gibson — February 22, 2016
(RNS) In a new interview, the insurgent Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders continues to wrap himself in the pontiff’s mantle. But does that mean Catholics can “feel the Bern” in the voting booth?
St. Louis archbishop urges cutting ties with Girl Scouts
By Nancy Cambria — February 22, 2016
Archbishop Robert Carlson wrote that Girl Scout resources and social media "highlight and promote role models in conflict with Catholic values, such as Gloria Steinem and Betty Friedan.”
The ‘Splainer: Did Pope Francis revise church teaching on birth control?
By Kimberly Winston — February 18, 2016
(RNS) The Catholic Church recognizes that there are times in married life when having children may not be the best thing for the family due to financial strain, illness, or other difficulties.
Kentucky ‘Viagra’ bill counters anti-abortion laws
By Reuters — February 15, 2016
The bill plays on anti-abortion measures' religious-based restrictions by requiring men who seek erectile dysfunction drugs to get a note from their wives and swear on the Bible to be faithful.
How Scalia’s death affects key cases before the Supreme Court this year
By Richard Wolf — February 15, 2016
WASHINGTON -- A 4-4 split on the court would impact rulings on abortion, immigration, voting rights, the Obamacare contraception mandate and more.
Brazil’s abortion rights debate fails to convince some mothers of microcephaly babies
By Janet Tappin Coelho — February 11, 2016
RIO DE JANEIRO (RNS) Erika Roque believes God wanted her to have a child with microcephaly. But some reproductive-rights advocates want Brazilian women to have the right to abort.
Could the Zika virus move Catholics to reconsider birth control? (COMMENTARY)
By Travis Knoll — February 11, 2016
(RNS) The church might be more flexible on the issue of contraception if it sees it less as a cultural poison pill leading down the slope to abortion and more as a viable public health alternative.
NARAL tweets on Doritos Super Bowl ad: This is how abortion politics works
By Tobin Grant — February 8, 2016
I'd like to say I can't believe a Doritos ad erupted into abortion politics, but I totally believe it.
Yes, Catholics may vote for Bernie Sanders (COMMENTARY)
By Charles C. Camosy — February 8, 2016
(RNS) How is that possible when Sanders flagrantly ignores the dignity of voiceless and helpless prenatal children? Here's one answer.
Honduran cardinal warns against aborting Zika fetuses
By David Gibson — February 4, 2016
(RNS) The remarks by Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga are a sign that Catholic leaders in Latin America are worried that fetal abnormalities caused by the virus will be used as leverage to ease the region's generally strict abortion laws.
Anti-abortion activist behind covert videos to be in Texas court
By Reuters — February 4, 2016
HOUSTON - David Daleiden, indicted for using a fake driver's license ID to aid secret filming inside Planned Parenthood facilities, will likely seek to have charges dropped.
