Catholic Groups Leading Mifepristone Ban Are Part of Century-Long Tradition Who See it as Patriotic Duty to Protect the Family
…report from the March of Dimes reveals that the majority of these “deserts” are in states hostile to abortion. Indeed, it’s a moral and logistical dilemma of their own making. The story of medicalized abortion opposition is a complicated one. For Catholic nationalist leaders, medicalizing “morality” also meant re-packaging it as a form of sacred duty and patriotism. Catholic nationalist leaders played the long game to preserve “Catholic power” in…
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