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Now You Can't Be Catholic and Support Planned Parenthood?

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by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check

April 15, 2011 - 8:03pm (Print)

One Nebraska Bishop wants to deny communion to politicians who support Planned Parenthood.

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Launches today! Silver Ribbon Campaign to Trust Women http://oursilverribbon.org/

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reader diary by adolmd

January 12, 2011 - 12:23pm (Print)

What do People For the American Way, National Organization for Women, Feminist Majority Foundation, Catholics for Choice, Religious Coalition for Reproductive rights and Choice have in common? the Silver Ribbon campaign to Trust Women. Join us now!

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STOKING FIRE: Sisters of Life

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by Eleanor J. Bader, RH Reality Check

December 7, 2010 - 8:05am (Print)

Sisters of Life take an oath to work "to enhance the sacredness of human life,” a vow making them the world’s only religious order to make opposition to abortion their sole raison d’être.
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Roundup: More on the Pope and Condoms

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by Beth Saunders, RH Reality Check

November 22, 2010 - 11:15am (Print)

Reactions from around the world on the Pope's statement on condoms, plus why a supermodel got involved in maternal health activism.

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5 Myths About the Catholic Vote And How to Counter Them

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by Amie Newman

October 27, 2010 - 3:00pm (Print)

Think you know how Catholic voters feel about the issues and how they'll vote in the elections? Think again.

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Roundup: Protesting the Pope in the UK

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by Beth Saunders, RH Reality Check

September 17, 2010 - 9:02am (Print)

Pope Benedict is in the United Kingdom for a four-day visit, and will be met with a "Protest the Pope" campaign by activists opposed to the Vatican's stance on the child sex abuse scandal, contraception, women, and homosexuality.

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(VIDEO) Listen to the Lives of Ordinary Catholics

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by Lon Newman, Family Planning Health Services

August 31, 2010 - 6:00am (Print)

The president of Catholics for Choice, explores the political power and hierarchy of the Catholic Church, pointing to three questions on which to evaluate the Bishops' lobbying efforts and policy recommendations.

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Pro-Choice Catholics Welcome Liberalization of Abortion Laws in Spain

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by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check

February 25, 2010 - 8:29am (Print)

This week, Spain's senate voted to ease the country’s restrictions on abortion. In doing so, they rejected the opposition of the Catholic bishops and the Vatican over access to safe and legal abortion in that country.

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The Bishops' "Dixi"-Land Ban

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by Lon Newman, Family Planning Health Services

December 7, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)

Public policy on sex, sexuality and reproduction in a pluralistic society must be based on evidence, science, justice, reason and civil discourse. So when the Catholic Bishops or others throw a political tantrum, we must never reward them.
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Catholics, Evangelicals Pledge to Ignore Gay Rights and Abortion Laws

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by John Tomasic, New Journalist Fellow

November 24, 2009 - 11:14am (Print)

Human rights advocates stated that a pledge signed last Friday by religious leaders that they won’t abide by laws supporting gay marriage or abortion "perpetuates the fallacy that equality and religious liberty are incompatible and that civil rights are another burden on religious people."
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