U.S. bishops: “The threat of abortion remains our preeminent priority because it directly attacks life itself…. At the same time, we cannot dismiss or ignore other serious threats to human life and dignity such as racism, the environmental crisis, poverty and the death penalty.”
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Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Archbishop Naumann invites church to join a year of service to pregnant women
Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann sees the day that Catholic parishes can be one of the first places a woman facing an unexpected or challenging pregnancy can turn to for assistance rather than think of seeking an abortion.
Posted inFaith, News
U.S. bishops debate how to integrate Pope Francis’ broader pro-life focus
Proposed changes to a bishops’ letter introducing “Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship,” reveal concerns that segments of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops are not fully on board with Francis’ now six-year-old papacy.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
I promised to help my friend when she got out of prison. Then she got pregnant.
I knew she would ask me to make the arrangements. She knew I would help. I promised I would be there for her, no matter what. God forgive me.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Understanding Trump supporters in an age of winner-take-all politics
Those who oppose Mr. Trump can make the case that supporters should change their minds, writes Holly Taylor Coolman, but to make this case glibly or derisively is to ignore political realities.
Posted inNews Analysis, Politics & Society
Can Elizabeth Warren’s child care proposal be considered pro-life?
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has a plan for universal child care-and it is being scrutinized through a “pro-life” perspective.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
With Democratic and Republican flaws, party registration comes down to a coin toss
The stakes are too high for the independent-minded to sit out party primaries, writes Kevin M. Doyle, a pro-lifer and onetime Democrat. We must make a choice, even it is a random one.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Abortion rates are on the decline in the U.S., new research reveals
The pro-life community is cheering a report released Sept. 18 that indicates the number and rate of abortions nationwide have fallen to their lowest levels since the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision legalized abortion on demand in 1973.
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Is there a future for pro-life Democrats?
Top Democrats have made clear their support for abortion access, while pro-life Democrats continue to fade from Washington.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Why are Hispanic Catholics pro-life? What politics can’t explain.
A new survey finds that most U.S. Hispanics generally oppose abortion, writes J.D. Long-García, but the community’s complex, pro-family attitudes do not easily fit the two-party political structure.