Guest Voices: abortion


Posted at 01:19 PM ET, 12/04/2012

Author: Surviving Kate Middleton’s ’s pregnancy disease was a test of faith
By Ashli Foshee McCall
An HG sufferer prays the Duchess of Cambridge is spared the kind of treatment many women endure.

By Ashli Foshee McCall  |  01:19 PM ET, 12/04/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Kate’s pregnancy disease; Ashli Foshee McCall; Kate Middleton; British royal family; British royals; royal baby; Duchess of Cambridge; William and Kate; hyperemesis gravidarum; HG; morning sickness; pregnancy; babies; women; abortion; Beyond Morning Sickness: Battling Hyperemesis Gravidarum; BeyondMorningSickness.com; HG sufferers; Mama Has Hyperemesis Gravidarum (But Only For A While);

Posted at 06:51 PM ET, 10/30/2012

Cizik: It is time to act
By Richard Cizik
Statistics show evangelical Protestants are supportive of family planning when they understand it correctly. And family planning does not equal abortion.

By Richard Cizik  |  06:51 PM ET, 10/30/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Richard Cizik; New Evangelical Partnership for the Common Good; evangelical Protestants; abortion.

Posted at 05:07 PM ET, 10/29/2012

I am the rape exception
By Glenn W. Perdue
Writer is grateful Senate candidate Mourdock was “voice for the voiceless unborn children of rape.”

By Glenn W. Perdue  |  05:07 PM ET, 10/29/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Mourdock; abortion; rape pregnancy; faith; unborn child; politics; adoption

Posted at 02:21 PM ET, 10/12/2012

Catholicism, American style
By Mathew N. Schmalz
Professor reflects on witnessing two deeply Catholic politicians who are basically very much alike.

By Mathew N. Schmalz  |  02:21 PM ET, 10/12/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  vice-presidential debate; Catholic candidates; Biden; Ryan; abortion; faith and politics; politics; campaign 2012; election 2012

Posted at 01:46 AM ET, 10/12/2012

‘Please Talk Personally About This’: Abortion at the vice-presidential debate
By Jacques Berlinerblau
Such an appeal, inadvertently and subtly, bolstered a core conviction of the Religious Right

By Jacques Berlinerblau  |  01:46 AM ET, 10/12/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  vice-presidential debate; abortion; Ryan; Biden; Jacques Berlinerblau; politics; presidential election

Posted at 02:23 PM ET, 08/30/2012

Akin ‘legitimately’ up the creek
By David Wolpe
Rabbi David Wolpe reflects in verse about the politician whose comments created a firestorm.

By David Wolpe  |  02:23 PM ET, 08/30/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Rabbi David Wolpe; Todd Akin; legitimate rape; abortion; pregnancy

Posted at 01:04 PM ET, 08/21/2012

‘Legitimate rape’ remark fuels women’s increasing skepticism about religion
By Susan Froetschel
Remarks such as Rep. Todd Akin’s send a fundamentalist message that good women are not raped.

By Susan Froetschel  |  01:04 PM ET, 08/21/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Todd Akin, legitimate rape remark, Todd Akin remark, abortion, fundamentalists, rape is rape

Posted at 03:49 PM ET, 08/20/2012

Cheap grace: Rep. Todd Akin is so very, very sorry
By Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite
Akin needs to confess exactly what he did wrong, and let those he has offended know that he seeks forgiveness.

By Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite  |  03:49 PM ET, 08/20/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  legitimate rape, Todd Akin, abortion, women pregnancy, Presbyterian Church in America

Posted at 03:22 PM ET, 03/27/2012

Too much--or too little--Catholic influence in politics?
By Frank Pavone
The platform of the church’s teaching and mission cannot be and must not be that of any political party.

By Frank Pavone  |  03:22 PM ET, 03/27/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  religious liberty, birth control, abortion, catholicism

Posted at 11:24 AM ET, 03/02/2012

Educate, not legislate, on morality
By Martha Woodroof
The battle over ultrasounds and abortions in Virginia reminds us: Religion does not give people a license to legislate in ignorance

By Martha Woodroof  |  11:24 AM ET, 03/02/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  religion politics, abortion, morality