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Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
Former Democratic Congressman: Pro-life politicians should rally around a 15-week abortion ban
Dan Lipinski, one of the last pro-life Democrats to serve in Congress, calls on the pro-life movement to come together on federal legislation that limits abortion and supports pregnant women and their children.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
How to be a good Catholic and a good Supreme Court justice — at the same time
How does religious faith affect jurisprudence? And will the sheer number of Catholics on the Supreme Court mean anything for future cases before the Court?
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
American corporations will pay for abortions, but not for parental leave.
More employers are promising to cover the costs of getting an abortion. They do not seem as eager to to expand paid parental leave and other benefits for workers who want children.
Posted inFaith, News
Archdiocese of Washington cancels Mass for Life and Youth Rally as abortion focus shifts to the states
The March for Life will take place Jan. 20, but the Washington archdiocese has canceled the Youth Rally and Mass for Life, which have taken place ahead of every march for more than 25 years.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
After its midterm failures, the pro-life movement must change its tactics—or it will die
If nothing changes, we should expect abortion-related referenda in all but the deepest conservative states to produce results similar to what we saw Tuesday night.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
‘Lives are at stake’: Catholic leaders react to abortion rights victories in midterm elections
“Abortion is now legal in Michigan at an unprecedented level, and millions of lives are at stake,” wrote Detroit Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron in a letter to Catholics.
Posted inNews Analysis, Politics & Society
Abortion, bail reform, marijuana and more: the ballot measures Catholic voters will face on Tuesday’s election
Besides casting votes in the flashier congressional races, Catholic voters will get to speak up on any number of local and regional concerns through local ballot measures.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
California bishops: Women deserve better than Prop. 1’s extreme expansion of late-term abortion.
Leaders of the California Catholic Conference warn that passage of Proposition 1 in California would open the door to abortion at a level that far surpasses what was allowed under the Roe v. Wade decision.
Posted inPodcasts, Politics & Society
Voting Catholic: How should Catholics judge candidates on abortion after Roe?
In a new episode of Voting Catholic, host Sebastian Gomes discusses abortion after the reversal of Roe with America magazine contributor Jacqui Oesterblad, ethicist Richard Doerflinger and Marcia Lane McGee of New Wave Feminists.