The latest poll also found that 55% of respondents identified as “pro-choice” and 40% as pro-life.
Abortion
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Pope Francis speaks with U.S. bishops on pro-life and transgender issues
Protecting human life is the “preeminent” social and political issue, Pope Francis said.
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We need to protect the least among us: the unborn
As we Jesuits survey our culture, we cannot help but see abortion as part of the massive injustices in our society.
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Tensions arise in Canada around bishops’ inquiry of Haitian group
The story sparked outrage in some Canadian Catholic circles.
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Court won’t take challenge to Ky. law requiring ultrasound before abortion
The law allows the woman to refuse to view the ultrasound and she may ask the provider to mute the heartbeat if audible.
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March for Life theme borrows page from suffragist centennial
The March for Life, the annual march in Washington to protest legalized abortion in the United States, is tying itself in 2020 to the women’s suffrage movement for the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote.
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British bishops urge voters to question candidates on life issues
British bishops have made the right to life a priority for Catholics ahead of a general election in which two major political parties have promised to liberalize abortion laws.
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After 50 years, the U.S. bishops’ focus on abortion has done little to change hearts and minds.
Steven P. Millies: A half-century of the U.S. bishops calling abortion the ‘preeminent issue’ in politics leaves Catholics unprepared for a post-Roe landscape.
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U.S. bishops said abortion should be Catholic voters’ top priority. Here’s why they’re right.
Alexandra DeSanctis: We are called to defend the least among us, and there is no more weak and defenseless population than unborn human beings.
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Should abortion be the most important issue for Catholic voters? Here’s a better question.
Even as we debate the moral duties of faithful voters, we as a Catholic community have not succeeded in forming faithful candidates.