What is most needed in the public debate on abortion is an honest moral reckoning with the two goods that are in tension when a woman faces a pregnancy she feels she cannot continue.
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‘We thank God today’: Catholics react to the end of Roe v. Wade
Catholic leaders welcomed the news as a culmination of decades of pro-life activism while also calling for the creation of a stronger social safety net to assist women facing crisis pregnancies.
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Breaking: Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade
The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion.
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On abortion and LGBT rights, states are getting more powerful. Will there be a backlash?
Will a reversal of Roe v. Wade, which would return the power to regulate abortion to the states, be popular with American voters and Catholic voters in particular? Not necessarily.
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Faith leaders call out Biden administration for ‘relative silence’ over attacks on pro-life centers
Pro-life politicians and organizations have received many threats of violence since the Dobbs draft was leaked. Many are petitioning the Justice Department to do more about these threats.
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Is pro-life America ready for life after Roe v. Wade? The view from Texas
Even pro-life advocates who have long called for overturning Roe v. Wade are unsure what comes next as a Supreme Court decision that could reverse the landmark 1973 decision is expected this month.
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Podcast: What Catholics actually think about abortion and Roe v. Wade
What Catholics in the pews think about abortion is not clear—and we don’t ever talk about it.
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Why #MeToo is essential to understanding pro-choice anger
In the aftermath of sexual trauma, making a woman’s body the site of a legal battle is traumatic itself.
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Anti-abortion activists, accustomed to small wins, are ready for a big one
Pro-life activists who have been working against abortion since Roe see hope for the first time in decades.
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Cardinal Dolan and Archbishop Lori speak out against attacks on pro-life pregnancy centers since Supreme Court leak
Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York and Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore pleaded for peace in light of recent attacks on pro-life pregnancy centers in the United States.