contraception

It’s About Contraception

by Katie van Schaijik November 2, 2012

American Catholics seem to be sleepwalking toward the edge of an abyss.  It’s as if we’ve hardly begun to realize to ourselves what’s at stake in this election.  We don’t like to think about it.  We’re vaguely banking on the…

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USCCB Fires Back at Joe Biden

by USCCB October 15, 2012

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) issued the following statement, October 12. Full text follows:
Last night, the following statement was made during the Vice Presidential debate regarding the decision of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services…

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Righteous Mom Anger

by Pam Stenzel October 5, 2012

Here we go again: adults who are too busy to be bothered teaching and modeling respect and integrity to their students decide it is better to just offer them “the morning after pill” at school, without the consent of parents!…

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Emergency Contraception Won’t Decrease Teen Pregnancies

by Greg Pfundstein October 1, 2012

It is often said that law is a teacher. As a thought experiment, consider what the following legal realities are teaching. First, no state in the United States of America requires parental consent or notification before a minor receives prescription…

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A Mandate to Disobey

by Thomas Joseph White and R.R. Reno September 26, 2012

The Affordable Care Act mandates that employers offer and individuals buy insurance that provides free contraceptives, abortion-inducing drugs, and sterilization. It seems we have passed from a society that allows legal access to these drugs and services to one that …

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Why Catholic Women Use Contraception

by Carolyn Moynihan September 20, 2012

Back in February this year, when the battle between religious leaders and the Obama administration over the latter’s contraceptive mandate reached a new pitch of intensity, the White House defended its policy by alleging that 98 per cent of Catholic…

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How Can Protestant Churches Allow Contraception?

by Allan Carlson August 20, 2012

The Protestant Reformation was in significant part a protest against the perceived antinatalism of the late Medieval Christian Church. It was a celebration of procreation that also saw contraception and abortion as among the most wicked of human sins, as…

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Three Words, Cardinal Dolan: Cancel the Dinner

by Jenn Giroux August 16, 2012

According to the New York Times, “The Archdiocese of New York confirmed that both Mr. Obama and Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican nominee, had accepted an invitation to speak on Oct. 18 at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner,…

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Nigerian Woman Responds to Gates’ Contraception Campaign

by Wendy Wright August 14, 2012

Zainab Usman wrote a thoughtful article on the Gates’ contraception campaign for ThinkAfricaPress.com that got picked up by AllAfrica.com.
Zainab is a Nigerian freelance writer currently working in Brussels and “a budding political economist and political scientist with a keen…

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EU Funds Abortion With Development Money?

by CE Editor August 2, 2012

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