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Jun 2, 2023 · In the year since the Supreme Court struck down the nationwide right to abortion, America’s religious leaders and denominations have responded in strikingly diverse ways — some celebrating the ...
- Denominational Organizational Structure and Religious Authority
- Morals and Controversial Social Issues
- Historical Context of Abortion in The USA
The very nature of denominations requires structure to keep congregations in touch with one another and to uphold the importance of like-mindedness with regards to doctrine and proceedings, and as such, this means that denominations need an inherent organizational structure. Even with the concept of community at their core, they need a pseudo “info...
With this understanding of how authority structures take form, the relationships of the clergy with both the congregation and the religious institution as a whole begin to take on new focus. This is all the more relevant when attention is given to the role of clergy and the religious institution when moralsFootnote 1 are considered. As Paul Djupe a...
Many authors have written about the complex history of abortion in the US (e.g., Reed 1995; Williams 2011, 2015). For the purposes of this article, this brief discussion will cover the history of the abortion and birth control debates and religious activism in the US after WWII and will focus on the first major legislation regarding abortion to bet...
Apr 12, 2024 · 6 in 10 U.S. Catholics are in favor of abortion rights, Pew Research report finds. Pope Francis remains popular among U.S. Catholics, with 75% having favorable views of him, according to a Pew ...
May 23, 2022 · On many of the questions about abortion’s legality, the views of Catholic Republicans closely resemble the views of other Republicans. For instance, 62% of Catholic Republicans say abortion should be against the law at 24 weeks into a pregnancy, while 7% say it should be legal and 16% say “it depends.”. Among non-Catholic Republicans, 60% ...
- Gregory A. Smith
The Catechism of the Catholic Church states: "Since the first century the Church has affirmed the moral evil of every procured abortion. This teaching has not changed and remains unchangeable. Direct abortion, that is to say, abortion willed either as an end or a means, is gravely contrary to the moral law" (No. 2271).
Nov 15, 2021 · Father John Paul Kimes of the University of Notre Dame is an expert in canon law, which governs life within the church. He says the church sees abortion as a grave evil.
May 27, 2021 · A 2019 Pew Research Center survey affirmed that 68 percent of U.S. Catholics don’t want to see Roe v. Wade overturned. And Catholic Americans get abortions at the same rate as other Americans ...
