pregnancy
What Mary knew
By Brandon Ambrosino — December 21, 2023
(RNS) — The assumed certainty of the song ‘Mary, Did You Know’ is part of a trend that demystifies the Christian message.
A doctor decides mother and child are both his patients
By Charles C. Camosy — November 15, 2022
(RNS) — An OB/GYN who once provided abortions has a conversion.
Abortion and bioethics: Principles to guide U.S. abortion debates
By Nancy S. Jecker — June 23, 2022
(The Conversation) — A bioethicist explains the four ethical principles that guide medical practitioners’ thinking about abortion, such as autonomy and justice.
Texas abortion ban stays in force as justices mull outcome
By Mark Sherman — November 17, 2021
They raised expectations of quick action by putting the case on a rarely used fast track. And yet, to date, the court's silence means that women cannot get an abortion in Texas, the second-largest state, after about six weeks of pregnancy.
Marriage & divorce amid pandemic: Couples’ challenges abound
By David Crary — February 15, 2021
(AP) — When it comes to marrying, divorcing and having kids, people have become more cautious amid the pandemic.
What good is faith when your fertility treatments aren’t working?
By Amy Klein — August 3, 2020
(RNS) — Some of the biggest faith-based challenges of infertility may be existing in a family-centered community.
How Roe v. Wade changed the lives of American women
By Constance Shehan — July 5, 2018
(RNS) — Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement has ignited widespread speculation about the future of Roe v. Wade. Roughly two generations after the landmark decision on abortion, how would overturning Roe change women's lives?
Can the government force pregnancy centers to speak a message they disagree with?
By Thomas Glessner — March 19, 2018
(RNS) — Forcing pro-life pregnancy centers to become abortion referral agencies is a mandate that violates the foundational principles of these faith-based agencies. This is government-compelled speech, and it is clearly unconstitutional.
Church condom restrictions in rural Zimbabwe linked to rise in teen pregnancies
By Ray Mwareya — December 15, 2016
With Zimbabwe's government deep in debt, churches play a critical role in providing free or subsidized sexual health clinics, maternity homes, and schools. Their support comes at a price.
Abortion by prescription now rivals surgery for US women
By RNS staff — November 1, 2016
NEW YORK — Innovative dispensing efforts in some states, restricted access to surgical abortions in others and greater awareness boosted medication abortions to 43 percent of pregnancy terminations at Planned Parenthood clinics.
Israeli government offers women aged 20 to 33 free abortions
By Michele Chabin — January 7, 2014
JERUSALEM (RNS) The 2014 “health basket” of medical services and medications approved by Israel’s cabinet Sunday includes free abortions for Israeli women aged 20 to 33, regardless of the circumstances.
Children conceived through rape open new front in abortion culture wars
By Adelle M. Banks — February 4, 2013
(RNS) Forty years after the Roe v. Wade decision legalized abortion, children who were conceived through rape -- and women who were raped and chose to end the pregnancy -- are speaking out, opening a new front in the often-fraught discussions of a decades-old culture war.
‘Are you my mother?’ Sometimes, there’s no easy answer
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — December 11, 2012
(RNS) In a classic 1960 children's book, a baby bird toddles up to one critter after another asking, "Are you my mother?'' For some babies today, there's no simple answer -- biologically or legally. By Cathy Lynn Grossman / USA Today.
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