abortion politics
Politics, the pulpit, and my pastoral calling
It’s not easy to avoid the perception of a political motive.
A pastoral encounter with abortion I’ll never forget
The teenager told me she was down to her last option: a hanger.
Law is too blunt an instrument for the complex realities of abortion
People’s lives elude sharply drawn lines.
Anti-abortion legislators need a dose of compassion
These draconian new state laws seem more pro-birth than pro-life.
The binary logic of pro-life vs. pro-choice
Most Americans aren't abortion absolutists. The available political options don't reflect this.
Asking better questions about abortion
"Should it be legal?" has not been serving us well.
When pro-lifers were progressives
Most of us only know the pro-life movement after Roe v. Wade. But there's a fuller history—with surprising turns.
by David Heim
When Christian abortion providers are targeted for harassment
A few years after Howard Stephens started providing abortions, he became the target of local anti-abortion protesters. They picketed his home on weekends, distributed leaflets around his neighborhood calling him a murderer, followed his moves around town, and sent hate mail to his son.
Perhaps most concerning, the protesters picketed Howard’s church twice.
by David S. Cohen and Krysten Connon
Choices and lives: The changing politics of abortion
There has been a broad and dramatic shift toward more abortion restrictions in the United States. This will almost certainly continue.