In some cases, the best Catholic morality doesn’t translate to the best public laws. But the Women’s Health Protection Act goes beyond the pale.
Charles C. Camosy
Charles C. Camosy is a professor of medical humanities at the Creighton University School of Medicine and holds the Monsignor Curran Fellowship in Moral Theology at St. Joseph Seminary in New York. He is the author of eight books, including, most recently, One Church.
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Consistent-life-ethic Catholics can (and should) treat abortion as today’s preeminent priority
An authentically Catholic consistent life ethic means treating prenatal children as the equivalent of every other human being.
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Common ground in the abortion debate is obvious: Support mothers.
Pro-lifers and pro-choicers should both want to help women and families be in a place to choose to have another child.
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Supreme Court’s hearing of Mississippi abortion law is a gut check for pro-lifers
Under scrutiny is Mississippi’s statute protecting most prenatal children beyond 15 weeks of gestation.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Three myths Americans believe about abortion
The Supreme Court has put abortion back at the forefront of national debate, writes Charles C. Camosy, but public opinion on the issue may not be what you’ve been told it is.
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UFOs are back in the news—and Catholics are ready to deal with any theological questions on alien life.
The Catholic intellectual tradition stands ready to help humanity interpret and process the fact that we are not alone in the universe.
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God’s plan for creation includes animals (and their dignity)
Nearly all theologians now agree that the biblical dominion God has given human beings over creation is not a license to use and dominate, but rather a command to be caretakers and stewards.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
An open letter to Joe Manchin, a pro-life Democrat and the most powerful senator in Washington
Stand firm. The time is now for your consistent pro-life vision of human dignity to shine.
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The future of the pro-life movement after Trump
To overcome some pro-lifers’ shameful alliance with Trump, the movement must become more like Pope Francis, writes Charles Camosy.
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Catholic moral theology could light the way for a post-Trump, populist Republican Party
The power of Catholic moral theological vision can be substantial and nuanced, and could be the way for the GOP to evolve after the turbulence of the past few years.