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Patricia Miller

Patricia Miller is a Washington, DC–based journalist and the author of Good Catholics: The Battle Over Abortion in the Catholic Church. Her work at the intersection of politics, sex and religion has appeared in The Atlantic, Salon, The Nation, Huffington Post, RH Reality Check and Ms. Magazine.

Beyond Belief: Election 2016, OMFG, Patricia Miller, Politics/Law, Sexuality/GenderJune 29, 2017

GOP isn’t Pro-Life After All

By Patricia Miller

The GOP’s morally indefensible position on maternity care shows the hollowness of the party’s claim…

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Archive, Patricia Miller, Politics/Law, Religious Liberty, Sexuality/GenderJune 21, 2017

GOP “Stealthcare” Bill Reveals Catholic Bishops’ Priorities

By Patricia Miller

It’s unlikely that many of the Catholic bishops who voted last week to make permanent…

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Archive, Patricia Miller, Politics/Law, Religious Liberty, Remapping American Christianities, Sexuality/GenderJune 8, 2017

Pence’s Prayer Breakfast Appearance Underscores Fractured American Catholicism

By Patricia Miller

The annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast is hardly a bipartisan or nonpolitical event. It was…

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Culture, Patricia Miller, Politics/Law, Religious Liberty, Sexuality/GenderMay 30, 2017

Five Signs Atwood’s “Handmaid’s Tale” Dystopia May Be Nigh

By Patricia Miller

Pending dystopia, it appears, is in the eye of the beholder. Here at RD, Diane…

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Beyond Belief: Election 2016, OMFG, Patricia Miller, Politics/Law, Sexuality/GenderMay 17, 2017

Irony Really is Dead: GOP Plans to Send Adulterous Third Wife of Serial Philanderer as Ambassador to Vatican

By Patricia Miller

The Republican Party has maintained a death-grip on protestations of moral authority on matters of…

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Archive, Patricia Miller, Politics/Law, Religious Liberty, Sexuality/GenderMay 11, 2017

“Pro-Life” Has Officially Lost its Meaning

By Patricia Miller

For anyone whose political memory dates back more than a decade or two, the term…

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Archive, Beyond Belief: Election 2016, Patricia Miller, Politics/Law, Sexuality/GenderMay 2, 2017

Archbishop Drops the Girl Scouts Amid Alarmist Rhetoric and Fake Accusations

By Patricia Miller

Robert Jones of PRRI has an insightful column in the New York Times about the…

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Archive, Beyond Belief: Election 2016, Patricia Miller, Politics/Law, Sexuality/GenderApril 18, 2017

The Problem with Moral Nuance on Abortion for Democrats

By Patricia Miller

The New York Times received numerous responses to an opinion piece it recently published—from a man—about how…

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Archive, Beyond Belief: Election 2016, OMFG, Patricia Miller, Politics/LawApril 10, 2017

Hillary Clinton Won the Catholic Vote After All, So Dems Should Stay Pro-Choice, Right?

By Patricia Miller

A more accurate analysis of the 2016 presidential election than the preliminary exit polls shows…

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Archive, OMFG, Patricia Miller, Politics/LawApril 4, 2017

How the Politics of the 1890s Explain the GOP’s Health Care Woes

By Patricia Miller

Amid news that the GOP is trying once again to restart negotiations over their failed…

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