pro-life
A child is coming to save us. Perhaps he’ll remind us to do better by the children we have.
By Phyllis Zagano — December 15, 2021
(RNS) — Has the story of the Christ child taught us anything?
Buddy Stouffer’s execution was the last of 2021. Will it be the last to be proved an error?
By Shane Claiborne — December 14, 2021
(RNS) — For every nine executions, there is one exoneration.
Jon Meacham pulled from Samford University event over ties to Planned Parenthood
By Jessica Mundie — October 29, 2021
(RNS) — After receiving backlash from pro-life students about Meacham’s association with Planned Parenthood, Samford University has decided to postpone his lecture, which was scheduled during a presidential inauguration event.
Catholic lawmakers can’t justify a vote for the Women’s Health Protection Act
By Charles C. Camosy — September 28, 2021
(RNS) — Catholics can debate many abortion measures in good faith. Some are beyond the pale.
When does life begin? There’s more than one religious view
By Rachel Mikva — September 7, 2021
(The Conversation) — As a scholar of Jewish Studies, I appreciate how rabbinic sources grapple with the complexity of the issue.
The real question is: Who benefits from Texas’ new abortion law?
By Asha Dahya — September 4, 2021
(RNS) — Evangelicals would argue the unborn baby does. But what about the living mother? What considerations are they offering her in light of its impact?
Texas’ abortion ban is against my religion. As a rabbi, I will defy it if necessary.
By Danny Horwitz — September 2, 2021
(RNS) — Judaism teaches that potential life is sacred. Nevertheless, our religion also teaches that potential life is not the same as actual life, that a fetus is not a human being.
As Texas ban on abortion goes into effect, a religion scholar explains that pre-modern Christian attitudes on marriage and reproductive rights were quite different
By Luis Josué Salés — September 2, 2021
(The Conversation) — The Supreme Court declined to rule on a Texas law that bans all abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. However, abortion and contraception were quite common among pre-modern Christians.
Supreme Court’s hearing of Mississippi abortion law is a gut check for pro-lifers
By Charles C. Camosy — May 28, 2021
(RNS) — There may be blowback if the landmark abortion decision is overruled, but the price may be worth it.
The death penalty’s last gasp?
By Shane Claiborne — May 18, 2021
(RNS) — Quintin Jones' death will be the first state execution in nine months.
The future of the pro-life movement after Trump
By Charles C. Camosy — January 27, 2021
(RNS) — The alliance with Trump is going to taint the movement for some time to come. Here's how it can recover.
Anti-abortion faith leaders support use of COVID-19 vaccines
By David Crary — January 10, 2021
(AP) — One outspoken foe of abortion based in Dallas, Southern Baptist megachurch pastor Robert Jeffress, has called the vaccines a "present from God."
It’s time to rescue the ‘pro-life’ label from anti-abortion activists
By Jonathan Merritt — November 2, 2020
(RNS) — The 'pro-life' term was once a moral call to arms, but it has become a mere political checkbox.
Sean Feucht’s ‘finale’ worship protest on the National Mall included more politics than usual
By Jack Jenkins — October 26, 2020
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Christian musician Sean Feucht's 'finale' concert for his worship protest tour was in D.C. Sunday and the event quickly shifted to a celebration for the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court.
My child with Down syndrome is not a political statement — and neither is Amy Coney Barrett’s
By Amy Julia Becker — October 26, 2020
(RNS) — We stay mired in our polarized political corners if we view women’s choices primarily as political statements when they in fact reflect ethical decisions made in the context of social forces.