Safe Sex, Healthy Sex, Sacred Sex
A couple of years ago, when my daughter was in seventh grade, I got a notice from her school that I could go and sit in on her first sex education class. I was surprised at how few parents actually...
View ArticleNC Republican Legislators Reject Facts, Embrace Emotion
In a context where the vast majority of women are acting as responsible moral agents exercising a legal right to a safe medical procedure, waiting periods and mandatory ultrasounds are a paternalistic...
View ArticleCelebrating Birth Control
Women's capacity to control their fertility is a moral good. While much of the opposition to various forms of contraception and to abortion come from Christians and Christian groups, many Christians...
View ArticleTrump, Republican Misogyny, and the Attacks on Planned Parenthood
The best avenue for reducing abortions is not bullying women into not having them, it’s helping provide better health care, sex education, and access to contraception so that we reduce the unplanned...
View ArticleCelebrating the Moral Courage of Women Who Have Abortions
During this media blitz highlighting the Catholic Church’s generosity of absolving women of their “sin of abortion,” I want to celebrate the moral courage of women who have terminated pregnancies as a...
View ArticleHow to Fight Right-Wing Abortion Extremists and Help Poor Women
Finally, now, instead of simply feeling sick and tired by this relentless attack on women’s health and women’s dignity – there is something we can do to fight back.
View ArticleHomegrown Terrorism: Why Colorado is NOT the Action of a Lone Gunman
The truth is, all Christians, pro-life and pro-choice, need to change our behavior when it comes to the issue of abortion.
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