Lila Rose Targets Planned Parenthood with Lies
Not everyone on the religious right believes that Lila Rose is acting out God’s will, let alone laying down her life. After all, Lila Rose lies in order to get the footage she seeks.
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Damned if You Do, Damned if You Don’t: The Problem of the Rape Exception
The number of those who believe that rape survivors should have to carry a pregnancy to term is rising, though scrutiny of the position reveals it to be cruel and extremist.
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Abortion’s Not in Kansas Anymore?
The majority of abortion clinics in Kansas, given less than 2 weeks to comply with new toilet and closet size regulations, would have shut their doors but for a federal judge’s 11th-hour temporary decision to block the regulations. Was it really safety or a backdoor attempt to end abortion in the state?
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Rethinking a Classic from the Conservative Contraception Canon
I was both saddened and gratified by Mark Oppenheimer’s follow-up piece on the authors of Open Embrace, a Protestant couple’s jointly-written book on why they chose not to use artificial contraception, and how it helped their marriage. Turns out, though, it didn’t work out so well for them. And I was sad to hear it. Truly.
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Fear of a Catholic Ghetto
Is it appropriate that Catholic health care institutions want to be full participants in the U.S. health care system, while retaining the right not to provide contraception—a part of health care that nearly all sexually active adults use? The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops say yes, in a recent statement calling for the rescission of the “contraceptive mandate” provision in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. And in this recent piece at First Things, Christopher T. Haley likewise warns that the religious exemption is too narrow to accommodate faithful Catholic health care. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, he says, would create a “Catholic ghetto.”
Read MoreConservative Rep Grills Oklahoma Personhood Sponsors
Kudos to you, sir.
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October “Baby” is a Grown Woman
The latest anti-abortion film.
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Mainline Protestantism a Shambles? Tell Us Something We Haven’t Heard
I say the following with great affection for the tradition that formed me. Listen, Rick Santorum. If you’re saying something that makes liberal Protestants go, “This again? Isn’t this getting a little… boring?” then you might need some new material.
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How To Control Your Ungodly Urges… On a Budget!
In wake of Rush Limbaugh calling a Georgetown U student a “slut” RD has some helpful hints on how to avoid…well, you can read the headline.
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Photo of the Week: “If I Wanted the Government in My Womb…”
Oklahoma senator poses with a funny poster. Personhood people don’t have sense of humor.
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