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Jun 21, 2016 · On the other side of the debate, a number of religious groups, including the United Church of Christ, the Unitarian Universalist Association and the two largest American Jewish movements – Reform and Conservative Judaism – favor a woman’s right to have an abortion with few or no exceptions. Many of the nation’s largest mainline ...
Apr 24, 2024 · Given the revelation of the Old and New Testaments, with special emphasis on the mystery of the incarnation, the Roman Catholic Church has condemned the practice of abortion. Several examples of ...
May 10, 2022 · A scholar of constitutional law and American religious history explains how the abortion issue has been historically rooted in religious beliefs, giving a moral certainty that law cannot provide.
Apr 30, 2024 · A recent study shows many parishioners don't agree with their church's leadership on the issue. Six out of 10 Catholics support abortion rights. Reporter Katia Riddle went to Missouri to talk to ...
Religious freedom claims took different forms. In a challenge to New York’s abortion ban in the 1960s, lawyers representing 300 women made both Establishment Clause and Free Exercise claims, arguing that the state’s regulation was based on the belief that abortion is a sin, and prohibited women from acting freely on alternative religious ...
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.
She was denied abortion under Irish law because the fetus had a heartbeat and nothing could therefore be done. A midwife explained to her, in a remark for which she later apologized: "This is a Catholic country". Widespread protests were subsequently held in Ireland and India, and there was a call to re-examine the Irish abortion laws.
