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Faith-Based Initiatives Office to "Address" Teen Pregnancy? Let's Reduce It

February 9, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)

If President Obama's Office for Faith-Based Partnerships wants to address teen pregnancy and abortion, his next 10 appointments to the council should include experts on women's health and reproductive health care.

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CatholicVote.org Ad Morally Exploits Obama's Life Story

by Kate Ott, Religious Institute for Sexual Morality, Justice and Healing

January 26, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)

A new anti-choice ad uses President Obama's life story to vilify women and men struggling to make a decision about an unwanted pregnancy.

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An Interfaith Call to Action on Reproductive Health

by Rev. Dr. Carlton W. Veazey, Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice

November 12, 2008 - 8:00am (Print)

Decisions about whether or when to have children are among the most sacred and monumental that people consider in their life. A coalition of religious groups call on President-Elect Obama to make reproductive health a priority.

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Our Values and Reproductive Rights: Faith

by Rev. Dr. Carlton W. Veazey, Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice

October 14, 2008 - 7:00am (Print)

Should you leave your faith outside the voting booth? I say no – your faith and your beliefs help shape what you care about. I am pro-choice because of my religious tradition and beliefs.

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Choice: Let the People Say, “Amen”

by Rev. Madison Shockley, Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice

July 8, 2008 - 7:00am (Print)

We consider that a miscarriage has no moral content because we attribute it to God. But if women are partners with God then do they not also have moral authority to interrupt the process of human gestation?

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Seminarian Pro-Choice Because of Her Faith

by Jeff Fecke, Blog of the Moderate Left -- moderateleft.com

March 17, 2008 - 8:44am (Print)

Seminarian Kelli Clement says she is not pro-choice "in spite of" her faith. Rather, her faith, she says, "instructs me to be pro-choice." She calls for deeper connections between religious liberals and the broader progressive community.

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