abortion
What does ‘respect life’ really mean?
By Phyllis Zagano — August 22, 2023
(RNS) — There is an angry selectivity when it comes to life issues.
Court watchdog files complaint against a judge who ordered ‘religious-liberty training’ for lawyers
By Associated Press — August 17, 2023
(AP) — The leader of Fix the Court says U.S. District Judge Brantley Starr's choice of training conducted by a Christian legal-advocacy group is “strange and unprecedented.”
Ohio shows that people want abortion to be legal
By Mark Silk — August 14, 2023
(RNS) — This should not be news.
Judge rules that Southwest failed to follow his order in a flight attendant’s free-speech case
By David Koenig — August 9, 2023
DALLAS (AP) — In a blistering 29-page order, the judge said the airline acted as if its own policy limiting what employees can say is more important than a federal law protecting religious speech.
Rebecca Todd Peters is on a mission to get churches to talk about abortion
By Yonat Shimron — July 13, 2023
(RNS) — A Presbyterian minister and scholar is working to shift the cultural paradigm that abortion is sin.
Pence calls for his 2024 rivals to back a 15-week federal abortion ban on eve of Dobbs anniversary
By Will Weissert and Michelle L. Price — June 26, 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) — The exhortation at the Faith & Freedom Coalition’s annual conference amounted to a challenge for the GOP front-runner, Donald Trump.
Catholic Democrats issue new ‘statement of principles’ defending abortion rights
By Jack Jenkins — June 24, 2023
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The statement frames abortion as a personal choice in keeping with Catholic teaching regarding freedom of conscience and suggests restrictive abortion laws may violate the separation of church and state.
America’s religious leaders sharply divided over abortion, a year after Roe v Wade’s reversal
By Associated Press — June 5, 2023
(AP) — Some religious Americans have gone beyond expressions of dismay, filing lawsuits contending that new abortion bans infringed on their own religious beliefs.
Faith, science and the abortion debate
By Charles C. Camosy — June 1, 2023
(RNS) — Do abortion rights advocates follow the facts, wherever they lead?
Can you see the face of a friend?
By Jeffrey Salkin — May 30, 2023
Social justice, kosher-style 101. Wrapped up in one poetic piece of Jewish law.
Young people aren’t buying far-right religious beliefs
By Serene Jones — May 26, 2023
(RNS) — Younger Americans aspire to build a world marked by love and justice. But they don't see much of that in church.
North Carolina clergy demonstrate against legislature’s new abortion limits
By Yonat Shimron — May 12, 2023
(RNS) — Their aim was to signal that not all Christians oppose abortion. A new state bill bans abortion after 12 weeks, down from the current 20.
DeSantis’ lack of God-talk signals a shift in Republican politics
By Jacob Lupfer — May 12, 2023
(RNS) — Can anyone win the 2024 nomination of the 'religious party,' without speaking directly to religious voters?
American politics has become positively medieval
By Mark Silk — April 10, 2023
(RNS) — It's crusaders v. jihadis all over again.
Who will take Pope Francis seriously on gender ideology?
By Charles C. Camosy — March 31, 2023
(RNS) — How to reduce the cynical atmosphere that has greeted the upcoming synod.
