The Vile Attack on Salman Rushdie Reminds Us of the Value of a Free Society — But is Our Outrage More About the Criminal Than the Crime?
When it was published in 1988, The Satanic Verses wasn’t immediately controversial. But the charged…
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What a Turn-of-the-Century Anti-Abortion and Contraception Crusader Reveals About GOP Efforts to Ban Abortion Pills by Mail
While his name may not be familiar to most Americans, for 40 years, between 1873…
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Caught in a Fever Dream of Originalism, Can SCOTUS Majority Learn the Lessons of Early America Before it’s Too Late?
The separation of church and state feels like bedrock in America. It is, after all,…
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Progressive Christians: Don’t Look to the Bible For Abortion Rights Arguments — Women’s Autonomy is Not a Biblical Value
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s overturn of Roe v. Wade, many Christians have…
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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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Embryo Men — Decades of Conspiracy, Christian Nationalism, and Fear Led Us to The End of Roe v. Wade
This morning as we again awaken to the realization that American women have lost their…
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Citing Jewish Law, Florida Synagogue Challenges Abortion Ban — But Here’s the Problem With ‘Religious Requirement’ Arguments
Days before the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey,…
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Transphobic and Anti-Abortion Policies are a Direct Threat to My Religious Freedom
The Public Religion Research Institute recently highlighted an important statistic: nearly all Unitarian Universalists (97…
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Don’t Buy Alito’s Assurances: Here’s What Happens Next After Roe Falls
The leaked first draft of Associate Justice Samuel Alito’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson has…
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The End of Roe Comes Courtesy of the Catholic Church — But From ‘The Dorothy Day Abortion Fund’ to ‘St. Vincent de Paul Vasectomy Clinic,’ Here Are Some Ideas for Catholics Looking to Make a Difference
No matter how Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization is decided finally, restrictions unto bans…
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