Overreach Weekly: The Bishops Are Trying to Come for Medication Abortion
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Overreach Weekly: Here’s What Todd Blanche Told Faith Leaders About Abortion
Inside Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s Meeting with Faith Leaders. Archbishop’s Wall Street Journal Op-Ed Spreads Dangerous Abortion Pill Disinformation. From the States: The People Love Abortion.
Suffering in Silence Is Not a Requirement for Strength: Uterine Fibroids and The Toll on Black Women
The first organ I ever lost wasn’t taken by cancer.
How a Black Church Has Welcomed LGBTQIA+ Catholics
For a community that evolved as a resistance to exclusion and prejudice, fighting a "false theology of fear" through the Black Catholic tradition and affirming queer people comes naturally.
The Religious Right Wants You to Think Anti-LGBTQIA+ Hatred Is Justified. It’s Not.
Homophobia and anti-trans hatred are strangely accepted in our society.
Trump's "Embryo Adoption" Program Fuels the Forced Birth Agenda
Religious Freedom for Whom? According to the Supreme Court, not Rastafarians. For the First Time Since 2018, Missourians Can Access In-Clinic Medication Abortion.
The Pipeline from Dobbs to White Christian Nationalism
Four years after the Dobbs decision overturned federal abortion protections, its consequences linger throughout the country.
Overreach Weekly: What We’re Taking Away from the U.S.’s “Peace” Talks with Iran
New York’s Clergy Abuse Settlement Proposal Comes with a Hint of Catholic Guilt. What the U.S.’s Violence in Iran Reminds Us About the Struggle for Justice.
Overreach Weekly: She Had an Ectopic Pregnancy. She Says Four Healthcare Institutions Turned Her Away.
Illinois Woman Seeks Justice After Alleged Denial of Care for Ectopic Pregnancy. Pope Leo Names Former Becket Fund Executive Director as Head of Vatican Communications Office.
How West Virginia’s CICADA Center Combats Anti-Abortion Crisis Pregnancy Centers
This pregnancy care center is everything that a Crisis Pregnancy Center is not, with one exception: It’s housed in a church.