Reproductive Control & Anti-Abortion

With left-leaning faith groups unable to agree on abortion issues, the religious right—with the help of anti-choice Democrats—were able to convince Democratic strategists that they spoke for people of faith. Will the inability to take a strong stance for women’s rights split religious coalitions?

Abortion is not a liberal, secular invention; there are examples in Jewish, Muslim, and even Christian theologies—and in Buddhist and Hindu traditions—of instances in which abortion is justified.

A letter to the Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg from a scholar of religious extremism.

In the wake of the Catholic Bishops’ lobbying hard for the Stupak Amendment a pastor weighs in on tax exemptions for Churches.

Faith outreach a craven quest for more votes.

Religious organizations want to be trusted with federal funds. Shouldn’t women be trusted too?

Democrats bent to their wishes. Religious pro-choice advocates are asking why.

His district is no more Catholic than the rest of Michigan or the country, but it is heavily Republican.

As so many pundits ask whether it was the 11th-hour activism of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops that enabled the anti-choice provision to be inserted into the health care bill, our analyst explores a different possibility: Democratic strategy.

Two strands of Christianity battle against a bill ensuring that all Americans are cared for. One prefers John Locke to Jesus while the other has its issues with women.