Supreme Court
The Christian right’s abortion policy isn’t in my Torah
By Rachel Barenblat — May 3, 2022
(RNS) — A righteous society, Torah says, is one that centers the needs of the most vulnerable.
Roe v. Wade: Faith leaders react to leaked SCOTUS opinion
By Emily McFarlan Miller — May 3, 2022
(RNS) — Religious views of abortion are not as monolithic as many may believe.
Supreme Court tackles case about praying football coach
By Jessica Gresko — April 25, 2022
(AP) — The coach maintains he never required players to join or asked any student to pray.
Can a public high school coach pray publicly on the job?
By Mark Silk — April 6, 2022
(RNS) — The Supreme Court will soon give an answer.
Interfaith rally supports Ketanji Brown Jackson in front of Supreme Court
By Adelle M. Banks — March 30, 2022
(RNS) — While Jackson has generally been private about her faith, speakers in her favor prayed for Senate action and tied their support for her to their religions.
Ketanji Brown Jackson publicly expresses thanks to God but keeps faith history private
By Adelle M. Banks — March 21, 2022
WASHINGTON (RNS) — ‘The way that we express our faith is not just through words but by actions,’ said a law school classmate of Ketanji Brown Jackson, Supreme Court justice nominee.
Americans’ support for LGBTQ rights higher than ever, even as white evangelicals lag
By Emily McFarlan Miller — March 17, 2022
(RNS) — While Republicans and white evangelical Protestants are among the least likely to support three key policies regarding LGBTQ rights, their support still has increased overall in the past seven years.
Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson: ‘One can only come this far by faith’
By Jack Jenkins — February 25, 2022
WASHINGTON (RNS) — 'I must begin these very brief remarks by thanking God for delivering me to this point in my professional journey,' said Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.
We need to depoliticize prayer
By Katie Greenan — February 10, 2022
(RNS) — Politicians have made prayer a commonplace tactic to manipulate audiences.
When religious freedom is for me, not for thee
By Mark Silk — January 20, 2022
(RNS) — Could the current zealotry for religious freedom be just a pretext for looking after one’s own parochial interests?
Comments renew debate over adoption as abortion alternative
By David Crary and John Hanna — December 31, 2021
(AP) — Discussion of adoption as an alternative to abortion intensified when the Supreme Court heard oral arguments over a law that would ban most abortions after 15 weeks.
Why Mississippi’s abortion law argues for passing Build Back Better
By Charles C. Camosy — December 6, 2021
(RNS) — Biden's signature proposal supports a 'whole life revolution' in favor of pre- and post-natal justice.
Before there was Roe: Religious debate before high court’s historic ruling on abortion
By Adelle M. Banks — December 1, 2021
(RNS) — Reports reveal blunt statements opposing the procedure, broadening definitions of what could be legalized and religious politicians’ reactions to state legislatures’ debates over the controversial procedure.
Abortion debate epicenter: Mississippi clinic stays open
By Emily Wagster Pettus — December 1, 2021
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside the Supreme Court early Wednesday ahead of the arguments, their opposing positions marked by signs that included “Her Body Her Choice” and “God Hates the Shedding of Innocent Blood.”
Conflict over abortion laws won’t abate if Roe v. Wade falls
By David Crary — November 22, 2021
On both sides of America’s abortion debate, activists are convinced that Roe v. Wade — the 1973 Supreme Court ruling establishing a nationwide right to abortion — is imperiled as never before. Yet no matter how the current conservative-dominated court handles pending high-profile abortion cases — perhaps weakening Roe, perhaps gutting it completely — there […]
