Abortion
Botched Arguments
Making sure late-term abortions are done only to save the life of the mother—under the safest conditions possible—should be something both sides can agree on.
The ACLU Takes on the Bishops
Contrary to popular belief, the USCCB does not have the power to tell individual bishops—or Catholic health-care systems—what to do and what not to do.
Consistent Ethic of Life, Thirty Years Later
On the thirtieth anniversary of Joseph Bernardin's lecture on the consistent ethic of life, four contributors reflect on its meaning for today's church.
Does Your New Health Plan Cover Abortion?
Unless the exchanges make clear which plans cover elective abortion and which don’t, the ACA’s requirement that insurers segregate abortion funds makes little sense.
Ambivalent After All These Years
In his Fordham lecture Bernardin mentions abortion ten times. The word “fetus” appears twice, but the words “woman” and “women” do not appear at all.
Consistent, Comprehensive, Christ-inspired
Thirty years later one wonders how many recall the debates the lecture engendered. It bears re-reading; the challenges it poses may be even more pressing now.
The Original Culture Warrior?
Bernardin grasped the idea that the Church’s most important contribution to public life is in shaping a cultural consensus on attitude.
An Ethic of ‘Life,’ Not ‘Purity’
To say that Bernardin's consistent ethic of life did not catch on with the American hierarchy would be an understatement.
A New Balance
Whether liberal or conservative, reform-minded or traditionalist, Catholics were stunned by the interview Pope Francis recently gave. So were many non-Catholics.
Letters: Abortion Stalemate & Author's Reply
Readers write, with comments on biological facts, the strengths of Catholic moral thought, and absolutism; Peter Steinfels replies.
'Like a Shadow'
I have attended many births but this was the first time I had to help a woman deliver a baby we both knew would be dead.
Plot Twists
'Catholics in the American Century' gathers essays exploring how Catholic experience and perspectives enrich our understanding of the broader American experience.
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