Efforts to restrict abortion have met with mixed results. So what should be the focus of the pro-life movement going forward?
Supreme Court
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Criminalizing homelessness is just one more way to ignore the homeless
There is no one solution, including the best-intentioned right-to-shelter policies, that can address the multitude of issues that drive people into homelessness on a daily basis.
Posted inExplainer, Politics & Society
Can Donald Trump be banned from the ballot? 5 questions for the Supreme Court.
Colorado and Maine have forced the U.S. Supreme Court to make a quick decision on whether Donald J. Trump can be removed from the ballot for having encouraged an ”insurrection.”
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Catholic universities need a new kind of affirmative action—for students aligned with their mission
The Supreme Court has limited the consideration of race in admissions, but Catholic schools may still pursue diversity by selecting students likely to advance social justice after they graduate.
Posted inOf Many Things, Politics & Society
Trump’s threat to democracy won’t be stopped by court cases alone
Whatever the court decides, Mr. Trump’s brazen refusal to accept the will of the voters or constitutional limits on presidential power still needs to be confronted and rejected.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Appeals court restricts access to abortion pill, setting up potential Supreme Court review
The president of the March for Life said in the group “is encouraged by the 5th Circuit’s acknowledgment of the FDA’s reckless decision to lift critical safeguards related to the administration of powerful drugs used in chemical abortion.”
Posted inNews Analysis, Politics & Society
The Supreme Court got it right on free speech and accommodating our LGBT neighbors
In two recent cases, the Supreme Court seemed to protect religious belief, but in saying that a website developer cannot be compelled to endorse same-sex marriage, it relied on free speech principles.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
The bishops must denounce our reckless gun culture with the same urgency as abortion
The Supreme Court has thrown out even widely accepted and eminently sensible restrictions on guns. It is time for the U.S. bishops to call out the lawmakers and judges who enable our culture of violence.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Supreme Court rules for Christian designer who doesn’t want to make wedding websites for gay couples
The Supreme Court’s conservative majority ruled Friday that a Christian graphic artist who wants to design wedding websites can refuse to work with same-sex couples.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Affirmative action is Catholic social teaching in action. We still need it.
Thoughtfully administered affirmative action, as endorsed by the U.S. bishops decades ago, is an incontrovertible part of our shared task to fight racism and promote equal opportunity.