March for Life organizers would do well to issue strong disavowals beforehand in anticipation of attempts by white supremacists to co-opt its message.
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The Catholics for Choice basilica stunt was shocking. Sacrilege often is.
It is appalling to see an organization that claims to be Catholic project pro-abortion messaging onto a structure that celebrates the conception of the Mother of God. What am I supposed to take from this?
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Group projects pro-choice messages on national basilica, the latest targeting of Catholic worship spaces over abortion
With tens of thousands of anti-abortion protesters gathered for the annual March for Life, Catholics for Choice projected pro-abortion messages on the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.
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Pro-life and pro-Black: Meet a woman who’s changing the conversation about racism and abortion
Gloria Purvis and Cherilyn Holloway, the founder of Pro-Black Pro-Life, discuss how the voices of Black people are often overlooked or tokenized within the pro-life movement.
Posted inFaith and Reason, Politics & Society
On abortion, Catholics—including politicians—can’t reduce the issue to a question of ‘choice’
Choice alone cannot be a sufficient moral framework for thinking about abortion because more than one human life is at stake.
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March for Life still on this year despite omicron surge — but expect to mask up
There is considerable anticipation that this year’s march could be the last one with the Roe v. Wade decision hanging in the balance before the Supreme Court.
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By toppling Roe v. Wade, Supreme Court could finally end ‘tragic trail of human carnage,’ pro-life advocates say
The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ pro-life committee urged all people of goodwill to pray that the Supreme Court will overturn Roe v. Wade in its ruling on Mississippi’s ban on most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
Posted inFaith, News
Men march against abortion in Baltimore: ‘It’s our problem.’
Many carried signs emblazoned with “Enforce Canon 915,” a section of church law that they believe requires the denial of Communion to Catholic politicians who support legal abortion.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
The abortion debate should always honor the experiences — and bodies — of women
Pregnancy transforms a woman’s body into one that supports another but nevertheless remains hers. This is too often overlooked in pro-life political arguments.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Could a U.S.-style culture war over abortion be brewing in Europe?
A grassroots pro-life movement is emerging across the continent with elements that seem straight from the U.S. pro-life playbook. Could a U.S.-style culture war be brewing in Europe?