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Abortion
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- Catholics and Abortion: Notes on Canon Law No. 1 [PDF]
2010, 13 pp.
From our popular Notes on Canon Law series, a brief and straightforward analysis of what the Catholic church's canon law says about abortion and what it means for the rights of prochoice Catholics.
- Reducing the Need for Abortion: Honest Effort or Ideological Dodge?
Conscience Vol XXX - No. 1
Jon O'Brien, president of Catholics for Choice, raises important questions pertaining to the Obama administration's efforts to reduce the need for abortion. - Confronting our Ambivalence: The Need for Second-Trimester Abortion Advocacy
Conscience Vol XXX - No. 1
Susan Yanow, MSW, discusses the realities facing women who need second-trimester abortions and reaffirms the need for advocacy around later-term abortions. - Abortion and Women of Color
Conscience Winter 2008-2009
Susan A. Cohen, director of government affairs at the Guttmacher Institute, sheds light on why abortion rates are higher for women of color. Cohen explores the complex connection between financial situations, contraceptive use and overall healthcare, and proposes ways to reduce the number of unintended pregnancies. - Prochoice Catholicism 101
Conscience Spring 2008
Jon O'Brien and Sara Morello, president and vice president of Catholics for Choice, outline core Catholic tenets that provide a sound basis for prochoice Catholicism.
- Abortion: Freedom and Responsibility in the 21st Century
Conscience Spring 2008
Experts discuss many recent developments in the abortion debate, including everything from societal views on sex and internet content to fetal pain and sex-selective abortions. - The Facts Tell the Story: Catholics and Choice [PDF]
2006, 2 pp.
How do Catholics feel about abortion? This new brochure gives a quick but comprehensive sampling of the most up to date public opinion data available and shows that the majority of Catholics support the right to choose. - Reframing Social Justice, Feminism and Abortion
Conscience Spring 2005
CFFC board member Susan Farrell argues for advocates of women to challenge the bishops' opposition to of reproductive health and rights on our own terms. - Is There Life After Roe?
Conscience Winter 2004-05
The widely discussed and debated essay by CFFC president Frances Kissling that transformed the public conversation about abortion. Featured in Newsweek, the Village Voice, Ms. and Salon.com, as well as radio programs on the BBC and NPR affiliates all over the country, "Life After Roe" challenges some long-held assumptions about what it means to be prochoice. - A World View: Catholic Attitudes on Sexual Behavior and Reproductive Health [PDF]
2004, 28 pp.
- Also available in Spanish
An indispensable report that provides opinion data, demographical information and behaviors of Catholics from dozens of countries around the world. While the institutional Roman Catholic church—at the global, national and local levels—exerts substantial influence on public policy and even medical practices in reproductive health, the data reveal that the policies advocated by the pope and bishops do not reflect the diversity of attitudes and practices among Catholic people themselves. On contraception, abortion, condoms for HIV-prevention and other matters of family life, Catholic attitudes and behavior often clash with church teaching.
- Attitudes of Catholics on Reproductive Rights, Church-State & Related Issues: Three National Surveys in Bolivia, Colombia & Mexico (The Latin America Poll) [PDF]
2004, 45 pp.
- Also available in Spanish
Three national surveys in Bolivia, Colombia and Mexico that reveal the attitudes of Catholics on priorities for the church, the role of the church in political affairs, sexual and reproductive health and rights, sexual abuse and more.
- Reflections of a Catholic Theologian Visiting an Abortion Clinic [PDF]
2000, 11 pp.
Catholic theologian Daniel Maguire explores his thoughts, feelings and reactions upon visiting a women’s health clinic. - You Are Not Alone: Information for Catholic Women on the Abortion Decision [PDF]
2000, 7 pp.
One of CFFC's most popular publications, this guide for Catholic women considering the abortion decision provides information, valuable advice and answers to difficult questions.