Roe v. Wade anniversary

US Jews mourn the anniversary of the fall of Roe with a yahrzeit

By Yonat Shimron — June 23, 2023
(RNS) — American Jews lit a candle made to burn for 24 hours to remember the souls of people who have died in forced births.

Planning for our post-Roe world

By Charles C. Camosy — February 9, 2023
(RNS) — Everyone in the pro-life movement sees this as a moment for doing something new.

At March for Life, a jubilant crowd prepares for state-level fights

By Jack Jenkins — January 20, 2023
WASHINGTON (RNS) — 'It's really going to move more towards a local level,' said a priest and university president from Ohio, who attended the march.

After Roe, 50th March for Life a turning point for national, state abortion protests

By Adelle M. Banks and Jack Jenkins — January 19, 2023
(RNS) — Since last summer’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision, much of the focus of the abortion fight has moved to statehouses.

Clergy file suit over Missouri abortion ban, arguing it establishes a religion

By Jack Jenkins — January 19, 2023
(RNS) — ‘Our elected officials have violated their oath to uphold that constitution by weaponizing religious beliefs,’ said the Rev. Traci Blackmon.

50 years after Roe, many ethics questions shape the abortion debate: 4 essential reads

By Molly Jackson — January 19, 2023
(The Conversation) — Looking at the underlying philosophical and moral questions involved in abortion debates can help explain why it’s such an intensely divisive issue.

White Christian nationalism isn’t pro-life. It’s pro-order.

By Andrew Whitehead and Samuel L. Perry — January 19, 2023
(RNS) — In the Christian nationalist vision, abortion is not a choice but a violation of a collective moral fabric.

Why Roe v. Wade is a First Amendment fight

By Sheila Katz — January 22, 2020
(RNS) — For Jews who can become pregnant, our reproductive freedoms are our religious freedoms, guaranteed in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Actresses read stories of abortion as Supreme Court fight over restrictions nears

By Reuters — January 21, 2016
Adding to the public opinion war over abortion, a reproductive rights group launches a video series with actresses reading women's personal stories of abortion.

Video: 2013 March for Life

By Adelle M. Banks — January 25, 2013
Throngs of anti-abortion activists gathered on the National Mall Friday (Jan. 25) for a rally marking the 40th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision to legalize abortion. After speeches by new March for Life President Jeanne Monahan and political and religious leaders, they marched to the steps of the high court.

Russell Moore: Why adoption is a ‘pro-life’ policy for evangelicals

By Adelle M. Banks — December 31, 2012
(RNS) Russell Moore, dean of the School of Theology at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, talked about why he has focused on adoption as a personal cause and a movement for evangelical Christians. By Adelle M. Banks.
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