The anniversary of the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion always sparks discussions about this hot-button issue, and the annual March for Life on the National Mall in Washington is one focus of much media attention. But this year there are a number of developments driving the abortion debate in new directions.
Two pending developments are contributing to an escalation of the nation’s long-standing debate over legalized abortion: health care reform and the anticipated release of proposals, developed by a White House task force, aimed at reducing abortion. This edition of ReligionLink provides resources to help reporters navigate the volatile issues at stake.
The killing of a Kansas abortion doctor has thrust the issue of abortion rights and abortion violence into the headlines again. George Tiller was shot to death Sunday, May 31, 2009, while serving as an usher at his Lutheran church in Wichita. A 51-year-old suspect, Scott Roeder, was apprehended later that day, and the story [...]
Thirty-five years after abortion became legal in the U.S., the perennial hot-button issue is shifting in subtle and not-so-subtle ways. The nation’s abortion rate has fallen to its lowest level since 1974. The procedures that are performed are done, increasingly, at an earlier stage of pregnancy than in the past. Hollywood is releasing “life-affirming” films [...]
The earliest stages of the development of human beings, from conception through the period shortly after birth, are fraught with life-and-death issues. Whether concerned about the fate or welfare of a particular embryo, fetus or baby, or hoping to benefit from a reproductive technology or stem cell research, countless individuals and families in every part [...]
Public health experts are forcefully criticizing U.S. policy for limiting access to reproductive and sexual health care in the developing world. As some religious leaders call for a broadening of how conservative Christians respond to AIDS abroad, health experts are blaming deteriorating health in the Third World on what they see as the Bush administration’s [...]
UPDATED APR. 18, 2007: The United States Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Wednesday (April 18, 2007) that the federal law banning the so-called “partial-birth abortion” procedure does not violate a woman’s right to an abortion. The ruling was considered a victory for abortion opponents. The procedure, usually carried out in the second or third trimester of [...]
The national debate over abortion is boiling again with changes to the makeup of the U.S. Supreme Court and two pivotal abortion cases on its docket this fall. At the same time, state legislatures continue to wrangle over competing bills aimed at curbing or expanding access to abortions. ReligionLink offers an updated guide to covering [...]
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