abortion and religion

The Right to An Abortion As a Jewish Moral Value

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by Bonnie Margulis, Wisconsin Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice

June 23, 2011 - 11:39am (Print)

The Jewish moral imperative of pikuach nefesh – saving a life – makes safeguarding reproductive rights a vital Jewish moral value.

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Help Please

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reader diary by rccrawford@swbell.net

June 18, 2011 - 9:43am (Print)

Please help to make certain this important debate takes place by checking the box indicating it is an important subject on the front page of the debate. Then follow and comment on the debate. Unless you are a member you will not be able to vote.

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STOKING FIRE: Frank Schaeffer's New Book Takes Muddled and Condescending Approach to Abortion

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by Eleanor J. Bader, RH Reality Check

June 16, 2011 - 9:54am (Print)

Schaeffer's latest book, Sex, Mom, & God: How the Bible’s Strange Take on Sex Led to Crazy Politics—and How I Learned to Love Women (and Jesus) Anyway (Da Capo Press), continues to dissect fundamentalist belief systems.

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Indisputable Abortion Fact #8

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reader diary by rccrawford@swbell.net

August 22, 2010 - 9:32am (Print)

Where is the word of God on abortion?

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Indisputable Abortion Fact #

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reader diary by rccrawford@swbell.net

August 22, 2010 - 9:26am (Print)

It is a fact that abortion is not mentioned in the Bible.

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Indisputable Abortion Fact #6

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reader diary by rccrawford@swbell.net

August 21, 2010 - 9:31pm (Print)

Truly religious pro lifers can never change.

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Act Now: Tell Kathleen Sebelius to Ensure Access to Abortions at Religiously Affiliated Hospitals

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reader diary by ACLU

July 14, 2010 - 9:45am (Print)

The Catholic church ex-communicated a nun for authorizing a life-saving abortion at a Catholic hospital. Now, all pregnant women in the care of Catholic hospitals are at risk.

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Religious Doctrine Can’t Trump Patients’ Lives and Health

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reader diary by ACLU

July 1, 2010 - 12:59pm (Print)

All federally funded hospitals are obligated under the law to provide appropriate emergency care. So why are Catholic hospitals getting away with refusing abortions to women who could die without one?

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Roundup: He's Due December 25!

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by Beth Saunders, RH Reality Check

June 9, 2010 - 10:01am (Print)

The Protestant Churches of England new Christmas promotion poster goes back in time 2000 years (with portable ultrasound machine) and peeks into the womb of Mary to show Jesus as a fetus, complete with halo.

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Banning Abortion: The First Step Toward Theocracy

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by Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check

March 11, 2010 - 7:00am (Print)

Banning abortion should engender the same reaction as forcing women to wear the hijab, forcing kids to say the rosary in school, or banning non-kosher food from restaurants -- an outrageous violation of religious beliefs.

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