Ultra-conservative pro-family groups finance campaigns to influence the policies of governments and schools.
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An analysis of anti-abortion rights groups in the US shows that while some specifically turn to Christianity to explain their positions, others are looking at broader, human rights arguments.
Abortion bans and restrictions have numerous downstream effects on health care. For instance, medical students in states where those laws exist will not receive training for some standard procedures.
When Justin Trudeau raised the issue of rape victims during a recent argument with an anti-abortionist, he inadvertently suggested there are acceptable and unacceptable reasons to abort.
If the ruling to reverse the use of mifepristone stands, it will not only severely restrict abortion access for women throughout the US – it will have far-reaching effects on health care.
The women’s rights movement in the 1800s did not openly support legalizing abortion or birth control. But the reasons why are complex.
For many who must travel to get an abortion, the financial burden of the trip can be overwhelming.
Escalating legal restrictions throughout the US might mean an increase in mental health disorders for those who are denied an abortion.
When ideological enemies talk across their great divides, something good can happen – it reduces stereotypes and inflammatory language directed at people who don’t agree on the abortion rights issue.
Abortion pills are available online, and many of them are safe. But not all sites have been properly vetted for legitimacy.
Faith can inform opinions about abortion on both sides of the political debate, but the Bible itself says nothing directly about the topic, a biblical scholar explains.
Offering free pregnancy tests, sonograms and counseling, the pregnancy help movement maintains more than 2,700 resource centers throughout the United States.
The reasons why people may seek out late-term abortions are complex and are often based on new medical information and delays caused by state policies.
An ethicist argues that choices made by celebrities could impose unjustified risk of harm on others.
As debates about abortion heat up in the U.S. once again, we need to pay attention to the hard-fought struggles over abortion in other nations where religion plays a key role in politics and public life.
Benin’s new abortion law will take a woman’s educational, professional and material situation into consideration.
A Supreme Court decision in a case called Planned Parenthood v. Casey opened the door to state laws restricting availability of abortions.
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Professor of Sociology, University of California, San Francisco
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