Frances Kissling

Frances Kissling is a visiting scholar at the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania and former president of Catholics for a Free Choice.

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Religion Dispatches

White House Conference Call Seeks Common Ground on Abortion

On Friday White House officials launched a campaign to appease those on all sides of the abortion issue. Do they realize it’s nearly as thorny as Israel/Palestine?

Frances Kissling

April 5, 2009

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Religion Dispatches

What Liberals Want: A Response to Susan Thistlethwaite

Theologian Susan Thistlethwaite suggested in Newsweek that liberals should respect progressive efforts to connect with evangelicals. Frances Kissling responds that the respect should begin with a sitdown between liberals and progressives.

Frances Kissling

April 3, 2009

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Religion Dispatches

Bad news on the Faith-Based Council

Not only is the balance on Obama’s Faith-Based Council tipped toward conservatives, it seems that for every gay rights advocate there must be a homophobe.

Frances Kissling

April 2, 2009

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