https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to contraception en https://religiondispatches.org/2022/08/02/what-turn-century-anti-abortion-and-contraception-crusader-reveals-about-gop-efforts-ban While his name may not be familiar to most Americans, for 40 years, between 1873 and 1915, the mutton chopped and cherubic faced Anthony Comstock was one of the more powerful and feared people in American society. The most famous… Tue, 02 Aug 2022 01:10:19 EDT Steven K. Green 2db100a8-06a0-4e86-b620-4028e320170a https://religiondispatches.org/2022/05/11/dont-buy-alitos-assurances-heres-what-happens-next-after-roe-falls The leaked first draft of Associate Justice Samuel Alito’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson has sent shockwaves throughout the American psyche. This is a stunning reversal of women’s rights that have been in place for half a century . It… Wed, 11 May 2022 03:34:55 EDT Brynn Tannehill 8f88195d-cde9-4218-bc3a-552870401275 https://religiondispatches.org/2021/05/20/first-roe-then-contraception-unless-action-taken-supreme-court-about-strike-down Sixteen days before Ruth Bader Ginsburg died, the Supreme Court scheduled a conference on a case that could end the reproductive freedom of 170 million American women. Ginsburg died on Sept. 19, 2020, and the conference, set for Sept. 29… Thu, 20 May 2021 12:59:34 EDT Andrew L. Seidel 37c17d42-2690-4b2e-a762-6b0883e79b83 https://religiondispatches.org/2018/07/24/story-behind-catholic-churchs-stunning-contraception-reversal Behind the official explanation for the continued ban on birth control was the need to maintain the link between sex and procreation, which was essential to the maintenance of the traditional, subordinate role of women, a key concern of the Catholic Church. Tue, 24 Jul 2018 01:26:59 EDT Patricia Miller b35f7da8-6a7f-459f-8338-c744f3587a88 https://religiondispatches.org/2018/01/19/new-survey-catholic-women-disengaged-disengaging-and-dont-listen-us-bishops Nearly five years into Pope Francis papacy, with its great expectations for a revival of Catholicism among the flagging faithful, a new large-scale survey of American Catholic women finds the flock faithful but disengaged from the rituals of the church… Fri, 19 Jan 2018 01:22:50 EST Patricia Miller 91448444-aa89-4631-a80e-dd56cc8dbe35 https://religiondispatches.org/2017/11/14/evangelical-author-why-christian-conservatives-supported-trump Though he lost the popular vote by nearly 3 million ballots, the Electoral College carried Donald Trump across the line with razor thin victories in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. Nationally, he relied very heavily on support from a base few… Tue, 14 Nov 2017 01:42:11 EST Eric C. Miller 27eb82ac-de61-4f79-b544-639e9b9ab0f9 https://religiondispatches.org/2017/06/06/can-i-get-some-birth-control-pills-slushie-unpacking-contraceptive-mandate-rollback A roundtable discussion with RD’s Sunnivie Brydum, Patricia Miller, and Anita Little. Tue, 06 Jun 2017 05:22:27 EDT Sunnivie Brydum 92ec58ea-4813-4f68-964d-757b800faacf https://religiondispatches.org/2017/03/15/how-catholic-church-broke-health-insurance-it-advocated It was one of the more remarkable moments in the saga of the “repeal/replace” of the Affordable Care Act. When Democratic Congressman Mike Doyle asked his Energy and Commerce Committee colleague, Republican Congressman John Shimkus, exactly what mandate in the… Wed, 15 Mar 2017 02:46:08 EDT Patricia Miller 412133c7-a848-4774-878c-cb47812c9972 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/11/10/trump-support-will-harm-catholic-church-america White Catholics voted for Trump at 52 percent to the 45 percent they gave Hillary Clinton. Thu, 10 Nov 2016 12:38:48 EST Kaya Oakes 0919413f-62a6-4803-85ba-a71a89c56eea https://religiondispatches.org/2016/10/03/new-poll-americans-disagree-hobby-lobby A majority of Americans support employee access to contraception through workplace-provided insurance. Mon, 03 Oct 2016 12:11:19 EDT Sunnivie Brydum ee426550-c9a0-4337-ab89-d311c50ef064 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/03/24/why-zubik-especially-important-women-color The denial of women of color’s reproductive freedom has led to a sizable health disparity relative to white women. Zubik would help maintain that gap. Thu, 24 Mar 2016 02:54:44 EDT Elizabeth Platt, Kira Shepherd 3bb60f6f-3f25-4165-87d7-62bcbf68425c https://religiondispatches.org/2015/11/03/philly-gives-doctors-wide-leeway-religious-exemption The city of Philadelphia has adopted a new religious exemption policy that allows doctors with objections to certain kinds of care to opt out of their provision, raising questions about the quality of patient care at publicly funded clinics in… Tue, 03 Nov 2015 03:07:03 EST Patricia Miller 02cc392e-6c1c-428f-9b93-df123015b792 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/10/05/welcome-spin-od-conservatives-look-halt-reforms-divorce-and-other-family-matters Now that Pope Francis has concluded his historic US visit, all eyes turn to Rome for the second part of the Synod of Bishops on family life. Opening the synod yesterday, Francis demonstrated the challenge before the bishops, calling for… Mon, 05 Oct 2015 01:01:28 EDT Patricia Miller 81c0ace2-bc3d-4b8c-a5df-7c65ae965ef2 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/09/28/deifying-pope-francis-obscures-where-hes-so-so-right-so-so-wrong We are compulsive god-makers. And this penchant was in florid display this past week as Pope Francis wasn’t just welcomed but deified. Pennsylvania Congressman Bob Brady was, perhaps, the deifier-in-chief as he pilfered the pope’s water glass, sipped reverently from… Mon, 28 Sep 2015 02:03:27 EDT Daniel C. Maguire ab31f530-4909-4ec6-81ef-fd2eb93eaf8b https://religiondispatches.org/2015/08/03/wheatons-decision-end-student-insurance-religious-liberty-ruse Wheaton College grabbed headlines last week for its decision to end student health insurance rather than comply with the contraceptive mandate in the Affordable Care Act. And by comply, I mean: tell the government that it refuses to provide contraception… Mon, 03 Aug 2015 02:13:55 EDT Patricia Miller e0cd8d1b-9c9a-433e-b3cb-60e739e6d2b6 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/07/20/religion-lies-and-videotape-planned-parenthood-and-latest-fake-sting I got snookered by a fake news story from the Pope. “Vatican says Pope will ordain women as priests.” I was deceived by an infomercial on late night TV. “Thin thighs in thirty days.” One of these was amusing, the… Mon, 20 Jul 2015 06:07:27 EDT Donna Schaper ed96fe0c-e2a3-4082-a95a-46dea0cfc5bf https://religiondispatches.org/2015/06/18/ignoring-pope-climate-change-not-using-contraception The encyclical is finally here. Laudato si was officially released today and has already produced a tremendous amount of commentary online. And yet the political ramifications of the encyclical, at least in the United States, remain controversial. Much digital ink… Thu, 18 Jun 2015 04:55:52 EDT Kevin M. Lowe a52708b6-1eaf-47ce-b7ed-171c17c02bb9 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/05/05/mike-huckabee-meet-amy-schumer-and-matter-tony-orlando Perhaps you are too young to remember Mike Huckabee’s 2008 presidential run. If so, you’re definitely too young to remember Tony Orlando. Who? If you were alive (and sentient) in the 1970s, you must have heard Orlando’s smash hit (with… Tue, 05 May 2015 02:05:10 EDT Sarah Posner 24ad4460-6d45-44cc-bece-b839c141b754 https://religiondispatches.org/2014/11/17/circuit-court-rejects-priests-life-contraception-challenge As if further proof were required that challenges to the contraceptive mandate in the Affordable Care Act are largely political stunts designed to push the “religious freedom” narrative, Priests for Life head Father Frank Pavone is now threatening to “defy”… Mon, 17 Nov 2014 02:38:22 EST Patricia Miller 719d39a8-d9b6-43ff-bd42-7c18399a8aab https://religiondispatches.org/2014/10/14/bishops-more-welcoming-lgbt-not-women The surprisingly conciliatory tone regarding gay Catholics in the working document for the family synod released yesterday is being described by some as an “earthquake” and “revolutionary.” But it’s not so much the content that’s groundbreaking—it’s the fact that the… Tue, 14 Oct 2014 03:13:38 EDT Patricia Miller f7407f15-9ea1-4795-9101-200b50f29f52 https://religiondispatches.org/2014/10/09/rand-paul-rattles-personhood-crowd Ryan Lizza describes the recent dust-up over Sen. Rand Paul’s (R-KY) support for emergency contraception, a stance that Lizza says places him at odds with his own support for so-called personhood bills, and most definitely has placed him at odds… Thu, 09 Oct 2014 01:02:30 EDT Sarah Posner 9c5883a3-e620-44ff-a508-16fda3079ae3 https://religiondispatches.org/2014/10/06/pope-calls-out-bad-shepherds-conservatives-prepare-fight-change Just a day before gay marriage in the U.S. received a significant boost from the Supreme Court, the much-anticipated Extraordinary Synod on the Family opened in Rome yesterday with Pope Francis pointedly criticizing “bad shepherds” who seek money and power… Mon, 06 Oct 2014 05:03:45 EDT Patricia Miller 4ef20a90-2727-4fb8-bb5c-545434874364 https://religiondispatches.org/2014/10/03/will-catholic-church-throw-cold-water-larc-revolution A consensus is building at an astounding rate that long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs) such as the IUD and hormonal implants may be something of a magic bullet in the fight against unplanned pregnancy (especially for younger women, who tend to… Fri, 03 Oct 2014 02:55:12 EDT Patricia Miller c6284181-352c-4328-9868-a6f16d161f01 https://religiondispatches.org/2014/09/16/are-religious-leaders-prepared-engage-religious-liberty-questions-post-hobby-lobby Popular coverage of the fallout from the Hobby Lobby decision has largely fallen off, but the impact of the decision continues to reverberate in subsequent lawsuits and court decisions, as reported on RD by Patti Miller and others. But why… Tue, 16 Sep 2014 03:54:07 EDT Carolyn Davis 97c4ff7b-2ffc-44a9-a04c-1ac005c06a52 https://religiondispatches.org/2014/09/12/pro-patriarchy-argument-all-its-glory In case anyone is still unsure exactly what the many lawsuits against the contraceptive coverage requirement in the Affordable Care Act are about (hint: not religious freedom), a lawsuit filed in Missouri this week provides a refreshingly clear picture. Republican… Fri, 12 Sep 2014 04:20:46 EDT Patricia Miller 2279ebdc-3a97-4276-9e09-4888f25cc9b6