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      Embryo Men — Decades of Conspiracy, Christian Nationalism, and Fear Led Us to The End of Roe v. Wade
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      Has American Conservatism Abandoned the Christian Right?
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      Progressive Christians: Don’t Look to the Bible For Abortion Rights Arguments — Women’s Autonomy is Not a Biblical Value
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      Americans Must Stop Thinking of the United States Supreme Court as a Court of Law
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      As Problems for Pregnant People Increase, Catholic Bishops Claim They’re Heroes For Ending Abortion Rights
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      Episcopal Church Assault Data Reveals the Dark Side of Inclusive Christianity
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      Progressive Christians: Don’t Look to the Bible For Abortion Rights Arguments — Women’s Autonomy is Not a Biblical Value
    • As Problems for Pregnant People Increase, Catholic Bishops Claim They’re Heroes For Ending Abortion Rights
      As Problems for Pregnant People Increase, Catholic Bishops Claim They’re Heroes For Ending Abortion Rights
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    • Progressive Christians: Don’t Look to the Bible For Abortion Rights Arguments — Women’s Autonomy is Not a Biblical Value
      Progressive Christians: Don’t Look to the Bible For Abortion Rights Arguments — Women’s Autonomy is Not a Biblical Value
    • Americans Must Stop Thinking of the United States Supreme Court as a Court of Law
      Americans Must Stop Thinking of the United States Supreme Court as a Court of Law
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      Racialization Meets Purity Culture: Abortion Criminalization Cases Confirm That It’s Always Been About Controlling Women’s Bodies And Protecting the ‘Ideal’ American Family
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      With This Largely Overlooked Shakeup is the Russian Orthodox Church Looking to Westernize? Yes and No
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      Moscow Suffers its Most High Profile Defection Yet
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      Putin Theo-Propaganda Minister Kirill Invokes 600 Years of History to Lay Claim to Ukraine — Here’s What it Means
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Frances Kissling

Frances Kissling is a visiting scholar at the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania and former president of Catholics for a Free Choice.

(A)theologies, Sexuality/GenderFebruary 4, 2009

Crossing the Line: Fetal Cemeteries

By Frances Kissling

College Democrats deface crosses intended for anti-abortion protest and get nailed. Not nice to vandalize someone else’s property, but in political activism, kind of de rigueur.

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