Abortion and Law

Is This What We Wanted?

On this episode, Mollie Wilson O’Reilly and Natalia Imperatori-Lee discuss their reactions to the leaked draft opinion appearing to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Abortion

Supreme Court

Article

That night in the hospital, praying, I felt sustained by my faith, but abandoned by my Church.

When Abortion Isn’t Abortion

By Mollie Wilson O’Reilly

March 21, 2022

Abortion

Women in the Church

Article

Farther than Ever from Common Ground?

Americans need to identify some path to resolving the irresolvable abortion debate.

By John Gehring

May 23, 2019

Abortion

U.S. Catholicism

Article

My Two Abortions

The need for abortion is evidence of our broken humanity, but our current response also shows our Church’s inability to respond fully to the female experience.

By Anonymous

August 27, 2019

Abortion

Spirituality

Article

Abortion & Performative Politics

Pro-life and pro-choice activists have seized on Alabama’s new abortion law to energize their supporters. But abortion demands more than performative politics.

By The Editors

May 30, 2019

Abortion

U.S. Catholicism

Social Justice

Article

‘After Roe’

Mary Ziegler’s account of the “lost” history of Roe may surprise even the closest (and oldest) observers of the battles following the 1973 Supreme Court decision.

By Margaret O'Brien Steinfels

October 29, 2015

U.S. Catholicism

Abortion

Books

Article

Last Word: A Vigil

One day after Mass, my devout husband told me that he wanted to sign up for an hour of silent protest outside of the abortion center. I understood, of course.

January 28, 2016

Article

The Abortion Decision

The editors respond to the 1973 Roe decision.

By The Editors

February 16, 1973

Abortion

From the Archives

Supreme Court

Article

There Ought to Be a Law

The law is one thing, morality another. Conflating them flattens our public morality into a deadening binary.

By Matthew Boudway

May 24, 2021

Domestic Affairs

Article

Beyond the Stalemate

That Americans and American Catholics remain divided over abortion is to our credit. But some divisions are more necessary, compelling, or expedient than others.

June 3, 2013

Article

The Abortion Decision

A 1973 response to the Roe decision and a vague understanding of privacy

By Robert F. Drinan

February 16, 1973

Abortion

From the Archives

Article

More Christian than its Critics

This 1975 article explores abortion and freedom of conscience.

By Father Raymond G. Decker

February 14, 1975

Abortion

From the Archives

Vatican II

Article

The Gospel Isn’t Single-Issue

In his apostolic exhortation Rejoice and Be Glad, Pope Francis warns against elevating any single social issue above all others

By Paul Moses

April 12, 2018

Article

Women did not arbitrarily choose abortion as part of their platform. It has arisen out of the realities of their situation.

Abortion and Sexual Caste

By Mary Daly

February 4, 1972

Abortion

From the Archives

Theology

Feature

The Trauma of Abortion Politics

Written in 1981, these professors tackle the fascinating and nuanced history of abortion politics.

By Raymond Tatalovich and Byron W. Daynes

November 20, 1981

Feature

The Bishops, the Eucharist, and Abortion

The challenges of Eucharistic coherence and abortion require distinct responses from American bishops. Trying to address them together will only harm them both.

September 2, 2021