Randall Terry, the founder of Operation Rescue, grew up outside of Rochester, New York. According to Marian Faux’s profile of Terry in Crusaders: Voices from the Abortion Front, three of Terry’s aunts became pregnant as teenagers and had abortions; all three later worked in the women’s rights movement. Terry, however, left home before graduating high [...]
Dominant discourse within the institution of religion tends to paint an image of women as docile servants of man and the lord. This is why religion, for the most part, makes me squeamish and uncomfortable. I just can’t get down with the idea that women are a bunch of damsels in distress. Too bad Sheila [...]
This week I’ve been discussing a variety of aspects of a recent report by Maria Shriver called “A Woman’s Nation Changes Everything.” One of the other segments of the NBC series on Maria Shriver’s report about women’s lives focused on the changing role of women within faith communities. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, [...]
I had the pleasure of participating in a conference call with Catholics for Choice yesterday morning to hear about the release of a recent poll the organization conducted about Catholic voters and their opinions on health care reform and reproductive health care coverage. 923 Catholic voters, selected randomly, participated in the poll, and 84% of [...]
Last week the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice published an “Open Letter from Religious Leaders to Members of Congress Supporting Inclusion of Abortion Services in Health Care Reform.” The letter is signed by over 70 leaders from a wide variety of faith organizations and churches ranging from the United Methodist Church and Lutheran Women’s Caucus [...]
Engaging in a biblical debate about abortion might seem a little ridiculous if you do not, in fact, believe in God or the Bible. But you’ll never get the choice message across to a Christian fundamentalist without trying! The bible does not mention abortion. It does not define life at conception. Below are a few [...]
I recently opened dialogue with like-minded Dudes for Choice (DfC) with the hope of piecing together common threads that bring us together as a united political voice. This brief entry will serve to open that ongoing dialogue and encourage other DfC to jump in on this discussion. This week’s topic: privilege. In discussing feminist politics [...]
