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A participant in the fourth annual Virginia March for Life in Richmond, Va., on April 27, 2022, carries a sign in Spanish reading "Pray for an end to abortion." (CNS photo/Michael Mickle, The Catholic Virginian)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
J.D. Long García
A new poll found that 75 percent of Hispanic Catholics say abortion should be legal in “most or all cases.” But interviews with community and faith leaders suggest more nuance, and more ambivalence, among Latinos.
Politics & SocietyNews
Margaret Peppiatt - Catholic News Service
An opportunity for more research on ectopic pregnancies cannot be overlooked as controversy over these pregnancies erupted following Roe v. Wade being overturned.
a crowd of protesters before the Supreme Court hold signs which say "I am the post-roe generation" and "human rights begin in the womb" while the foremost protester shouts into a megaphone
Politics & SocietyNews
Josh Packard - Religion News Service
This moment is an opportunity for trusted adults, and especially faith leaders, to connect with young people and find out how their spirituality is connected to their feelings about Dobbs v. Jackson.
President Joe Biden signs an executive order at the White House in Washington July 8, 2022, that he said would help safeguard women's access to abortion and contraceptives. He stated the order was a necessary response to the Supreme Court's June 24 decision overturning the court's 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide. The high court's ruling sends the abortion issue back to the states. Pictured with Biden are Vice President Kamala Harris, left, Health and Human Services Secretary Xav
Politics & SocietyNews
Julie Asher - Catholic News Service
The U.S. bishops’ pro-life chairman said it is “deeply disturbing and tragic” that the president has chosen to use his power as the nation’s chief executive “to promote and facilitate abortion in our country.”
A woman supporting abortion rights shouts at anti-abortion protesters outside the South Carolina Statehouse on July 7, 2022, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Peter Steinfels
The bishops’ conciliatory statements are being overshadowed by the specter of punitive cruelty toward women confronting crisis pregnancies. They must speak out again.
FaithThe Good Word
Terrance Klein
Believers who oppose abortion are not doing so by divine dictate. On the contrary, though our ethical thought is certainly inspired by our religious faith, it is not directly derived from it.