https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to roe v wade en https://religiondispatches.org/2023/09/27/america-appears-be-heading-religious-civil-war Civil war is coming to America. At least that’s the view sizable numbers of Americans have expressed to pollsters in recent years. A 2022 Economist/YouGov poll found that 43% of respondents think it’s likely a civil war will break out… Wed, 27 Sep 2023 04:02:13 EDT Nilay Saiya e8ff7500-f053-4cb7-a716-93dae679a053 https://religiondispatches.org/2023/06/05/blaming-young-people-fall-roe-holding-firefighters-accountable-arson “Sometimes I’m irrationally mad at younger women,” wrote the acclaimed television critic and Pulitzer Prize winning writer Emily Nussbaum last week in a now deleted-tweet. The reason for the 57-year-old critic’s anger: “I think they didn’t take abortion rights seriously… Mon, 05 Jun 2023 02:30:28 EDT Gillian Frank 69812a5b-9ba0-477b-ae8d-a20bc229e2c7 https://religiondispatches.org/2022/12/16/what-protests-and-executions-iran-can-tell-us-about-america-and-fall-roe-v-wade The separation of religion and government is a basic human right. The protests in Iran and the theocratic regime’s lethal attempts to suffocate the spark of human freedom are a case study proving this truism. But that regime’s obsessive imposition… Fri, 16 Dec 2022 02:43:52 EST Andrew L. Seidel 1fac4284-04f8-4052-882c-05facba50153 https://religiondispatches.org/2022/10/04/white-nationalist-ideology-shines-through-elite-maga-conference-inside-natcon-part-ii Below is the second of a two-part report on the third National Conservatism Conference that took place in Miami, FL from September 11 - September 13, 2022. Read Part I here . “Exercise your dominion, O Lord, over this nation”… Tue, 04 Oct 2022 05:23:09 EDT Ben Lorber 8b40abd3-629f-4727-a893-35feb44bb83d 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/2022/06/30/progressive-christians-dont-look-bible-abortion-rights-arguments-womens-autonomy-not In the wake of the Supreme Court’s overturn of Roe v. Wade , many Christians have gone to their Bibles. Some in joy as they celebrate. Some for comfort as they worry about what comes next. Others for ammunition as… Thu, 30 Jun 2022 05:04:56 EDT Rhiannon Graybill, Jill Hicks-Keeton 4eac21e8-1bbb-4883-be94-6cea47aadc64 https://religiondispatches.org/2022/06/29/problems-pregnant-people-increase-catholic-bishops-claim-theyre-heroes-ending-abortion Now that Roe and Casey have been overturned, the roles of the institutional Roman Catholic Church and of most of the Catholic Supreme Court justices are transparent. Their ‘victory’ was the fruit of long, persistent work that many Catholics, myself… Wed, 29 Jun 2022 04:21:34 EDT Mary Hunt df21a91b-7295-4c4a-a01f-bb78f46c7970 https://politicalresearch.org/2022/06/29/torchbearers-different-future The U.S. Supreme Court decided that for now, bodily autonomy is not a protected freedom. We are faced with an urgent call to action. Wed, 29 Jun 2022 04:14:12 EDT Political Research Associates 4fb69a1b-ea9e-40c3-9ba1-481bde486899 https://religiondispatches.org/2022/06/29/racialization-meets-purity-culture-abortion-criminalization-cases-confirm-its-always Overturning Roe v. Wade was inevitable in this last decade. In March 2015, the state of Indiana sentenced 33-year-old Asian American woman, Purvi Patel to 20 years in prison on charges of feticide — an act that causes the death… Wed, 29 Jun 2022 01:57:34 EDT Mihee Kim-Kort 5274c2e5-b454-41d7-bce0-dd614433b30a https://religiondispatches.org/2022/06/27/embryo-men-decades-conspiracy-christian-nationalism-and-fear-led-us-end-roe-v-wade This morning as we again awaken to the realization that American women have lost their bodily autonomy , that five individuals can decide that States’ rights can’t control guns, but that they do have the power to control women’s bodies… Mon, 27 Jun 2022 02:18:42 EDT Carmen Celestini 4decb173-6927-4006-b0fb-cf236d4a5747 https://religiondispatches.org/2022/06/24/citing-jewish-law-florida-synagogue-challenges-abortion-ban-heres-problem-religious Days before the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey , a Florida synagogue filed a lawsuit challenging Florida’s abortion ban on the grounds that it violates Jews’ religious freedom. Halakhah, or Jewish law, the… Fri, 24 Jun 2022 12:34:36 EDT Rebecca Epstein-Levi 411e5ad3-73b6-47f9-a11d-e464586d55ac https://religiondispatches.org/2022/06/06/transphobic-and-anti-abortion-policies-are-direct-threat-my-religious-freedom The Public Religion Research Institute recently highlighted an important statistic: nearly all Unitarian Universalists ( 97 percent ) support nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQIA+ people. It’s a similar story for reproductive rights—according to the Pew Research Center , 90 percent of… Mon, 06 Jun 2022 05:31:23 EDT Susan Frederick-Gray 6e682810-a437-42fb-bad6-af6caa3f67e7 https://religiondispatches.org/2022/05/24/catholic-bishops-punish-dissent-rosemary-radford-ruethers-life-and-legacy-show-way Theologians will tell you that Catholic theology almost always favors both/and scenarios, yet the U.S. Catholic bishops ’ crusade against abortion results in nothing but either/or positions. Take, for instance, the bishops’ newly favored form of public humiliation for Catholic… Tue, 24 May 2022 10:54:35 EDT Lauren Barbato beff2fd7-80f0-46df-ba8f-147fd786149c https://religiondispatches.org/2022/05/19/we-believe-god-has-special-plan-every-single-life-oklahomas-strict-punitive-and-total Anyone who grew up in the Christian Right could have told you that Roe v. Wade was never “settled law,” despite what the pundits said. We conservative evangelicals were always sincerely gunning for Roe . I was born on July… Thu, 19 May 2022 05:23:18 EDT Chrissy Stroop 9d779d15-4cd9-42e8-80b4-b9f7973d725e https://religiondispatches.org/2022/05/13/pregnant-women-or-people-who-can-get-pregnant-how-do-we-balance-recognition-anti Over the same period in which advocates of reproductive justice have been fighting a rearguard effort to preserve Americans’ constitutional right to abortion care, LGBTQ advocates have fought to advance the use of more gender-inclusive language in a variety of… Fri, 13 May 2022 04:27:53 EDT Chrissy Stroop a4e54a49-a8f7-44f3-9a32-d62df31b6e6d 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/2022/05/10/end-roe-comes-courtesy-catholic-church-dorothy-day-abortion-fund-st-vincent-de-paul No matter how Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization is decided finally, restrictions unto bans on abortions will be courtesy of the institutional Roman Catholic Church. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, their Pro-Life Activities Committee, and colleagues will… Tue, 10 May 2022 03:41:31 EDT Mary Hunt 1c7ff8e2-da71-42af-a292-a2f7ca74b98a https://religiondispatches.org/2022/05/09/end-roe-may-have-something-important-tell-us-about-decline-mainline-protestant-churches As we gnaw on the paws of our grief and foreboding regarding the Supreme Court and Roe , RD’s editor-in-chief reminded me of the beautiful Tom Davis tribute to the Rev. Howard Moody that this magazine published following Mr. Moody’s… Mon, 09 May 2022 03:47:28 EDT Peter Laarman 09fe7c66-f905-4661-86b6-4dc0867cc87b https://religiondispatches.org/2022/05/06/originalism-neednt-always-result-abortion-bans-just-ask-al-qaida When it comes to Roe v. Wade , some pro-choice voices have a jihadism problem. Posting about “Shariʿa” won’t help them. Critiquing originalism might. A subset of those infuriated by the leaked draft of a Supreme Court opinion that would… Fri, 06 May 2022 04:27:14 EDT Nathan French 2bc57955-1063-4303-aec2-3dd9e58ffe8c https://religiondispatches.org/2022/05/05/end-roe-and-assault-trans-people-fail-see-bigger-picture-and-well-never-be-free In March, the State of Texas sent investigators to Amber and Adam Briggle’s home , saying they abused their trans son because they provided him gender-affirming care. In April, Texas police arrested Lizelle Herrera and charged her with murder for… Thu, 05 May 2022 10:45:03 EDT Jacqui Lewis 94226c9b-c107-47a8-8ed9-3fc8766b1c86 https://religiondispatches.org/2022/05/04/heres-what-hospital-care-could-look-post-roe-world Over two years ago, I and a team of researchers set out to learn how policies on abortion at Protestant hospitals in the South impact the medical care that pregnant patients—including those with serious health conditions—receive. What we found surprised… Wed, 04 May 2022 04:51:13 EDT Elizabeth Platt 5649499f-85fc-430c-b1dd-ba7ba4a8829e https://religiondispatches.org/2022/05/03/end-roe-and-school-prayer-america-not-ready-be-christian-nation Conservative Supreme Court justices are rewriting our Constitution . The leaked draft of Justice Alito’s majority opinion overturning Roe v. Wade radically alters American law and our understanding of constitutional rights . It isn’t the first consequential reversal from this… Tue, 03 May 2022 05:28:49 EDT Andrew L. Seidel 34374164-dbfb-4dd6-8316-24b574b906e4 https://religiondispatches.org/2022/05/03/how-evangelicalisms-twin-seeds-biblical-literalism-and-constitutional-originalism According to a leaked draft opinion published by Politico , the Supreme Court’s five constitutional originalists have joined Justice Alito in overturning Roe v. Wade . Many evangelicals are unsurprisingly elated. Legal scholars have found that belief that the Bible… Tue, 03 May 2022 04:26:57 EDT Austin Lee Steelman 0581c608-5537-4230-af7d-3b6207e70e10 https://religiondispatches.org/2022/03/30/metaverse-hero-we-need-rescue-us-suffering-and-enchant-world After a few years hiding in the basements of techno-enthusiasts, virtual reality is back in the limelight. Just in time for a new Matrix movie, Facebook rebranded itself as Meta and tried to take ownership of the entire concept of… Wed, 30 Mar 2022 05:26:53 EDT Robert M. Geraci 9e5a0c4a-ffd4-4928-9bd4-2a14d7c8a255 https://religiondispatches.org/2022/03/21/behind-inclusive-sounding-ads-100-million-pr-blitz-jesus-its-same-old-conservative This month, a $100 million advertising campaign and website have been launched nationwide to help a particular figure rebrand. In the current climate, just who, do you think, might warrant such a massive PR blitz? My own answer would be… Mon, 21 Mar 2022 04:50:51 EDT Chrissy Stroop 26a7f825-7909-4f1c-b371-e32c3ed84988