In recent weeks, the battle over abortion focused on mifepristone, a drug used in more than half of all abortions in the United States and which can also be used following a miscarriage.
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Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
What did ‘America’ have to say about Roe v. Wade in 1973?
Coverage of abortion as an issue was far more limited editorially immediately after the decision than in the decades since. Why?
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Supreme Court admits ‘not possible’ to identify leaker of Dobbs draft
The U.S. Supreme Court revealed Jan. 19 that after a monthslong investigation by its marshal, it has yet to identify who leaked the draft of the high court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
A pro-life journal that goes beyond abortion: ‘Human Life Review’ editor talks covering euthanasia, LGBT issues and Covid-19
Maria McFadden Maffucci is the editor-in-chief of the Human Life Review, a quarterly journal founded by her father in 1975 after the Roe vs. Wade decision.
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
The March for Life has always had one message: End Roe v. Wade. What is its mission now?
“The march has always been about an end to Roe, but it’s also about an end to abortion.”
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
John T. Noonan: Catholic author, teacher and judge who embraced the paradoxes of faith
John T. Noonan, a consummate polymath, was perhaps one of the most lauded, influential and recognizable Catholics engaged in the public square in the last 50 years.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
How to be a good Catholic and a good Supreme Court justice — at the same time
How does religious faith affect jurisprudence? And will the sheer number of Catholics on the Supreme Court mean anything for future cases before the Court?
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Colorado baker fights ruling over cake celebrating gender transition
Colorado baker Jack Phillips is currently fighting a ruling that he violated the state’s anti-discrimination law for refusing to bake a cake to celebrate a gender transition.
Posted inNews Analysis, Politics & Society
No, the Supreme Court isn’t coming for gay marriage or contraception next
Clarence Thomas wants the Supreme Court to revisit same-sex marriage. But the majority opinion in Dobbs, and the comments of the other justices, suggest that he is alone.
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Writing decision to overturn Roe was an ‘honor,’ says Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito
In an address at a gala dinner in Rome, Justice Alito joked about the international reaction to the Dobbs v. Jackson decision, which he wrote.