I imagine that readers of this blog will have differing opinions of New York Times conservative columnist Bret Stephens. But it is hard to argue with the fact that he is a consistent conservative. Here is a taste of his […]
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Alito majority draft: “We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled”
Here is Politico: The Supreme Court has voted to strike down the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, according to an initial draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito circulated inside the court and obtained by POLITICO. The draft opinion is a full-throated, unflinching […]
The story behind the first abortion law in the United States
Here is a taste of Allyson Schettino’s post at the blog of the New-York Historical Society: The jury was outraged that a religious leader had persuaded a woman to terminate her pregnancy to hide his misbehavior and escape responsibility for […]
Is the Texas abortion law really stopping abortions?
Here is Axios: The number of Texas residents who traveled out-of-state to access abortion care increased dramatically after the most restrictive abortion ban in the U.S. went into effect in the state in September. Driving the news: Newly released data shows that Planned Parenthood health centers […]
Episode 35: “Mr. Keyes Goes to Illinois”
Barack Obama gets a challenger in the 2004 Illinois Senate race Episode 35: “Mr. Keyes Goes to Illinois” dropped last night. Subscribers to Current at the Longshore level and above have access to new episodes of this narrative history podcast. Here is a teaser: […]
Abortions drop 60% in Texas under new law
Here is Paul Weber of the Associated Press: Abortions in Texas fell by 60% in the first month under the most restrictive abortion law in the U.S. in decades, according to new figures that for the first time reveal a […]
Evangelicals talk abortion: round 2
Yesterday I posted a video of evangelical Christians Lisa Sharon Harper, Shane Claiborne, Randall Balmer, Ron Sider, Andrew Lucado, Rob Schenk, and others discussing abortion. Today I realized that this conversation took place just before the 2020 elections. Some of […]
Evangelicals discuss abortion
All of these participants–Elaina Ramsey, Shane Claiborne, Andrea Lucado, Jerushah Duford, Tatiana Torres, Rob Schenck, Randall Balmer, Ron Sider, and Lisa Sharon Harper–identify as evangelical Christians. Rob Schenck’s remarks are especially revealing and powerful:
Gerson: The GOP view on vaccines is not pro-life
Yesterday we wrote about Michael Tomasky’s piece titled ““The Right Wants to Freedom Us to Death.” Today we have Michael Gerson’s Washington Post column, “How is the GOP’s coronavirus recklessness compatible with being pro-life?” Here is a taste: During last […]
Goodbye Roe v. Wade?
Has the pro-life dog caught the pro-choice bus? Harvard law professor Noah Feldman thinks Roe v. Wade will be overturned. Here is a taste of his Bloomberg column: Chief Justice John Roberts is searching for a compromise to preserve some […]
Ross Douthat makes a case against abortion
Here is a taste of his New York Times column: …with the court set this week to hear Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a direct challenge to Roe v. Wade, it seems worth letting the lawyers handle the meta-arguments […]
Pro-life feminism
Here is Tish Harrison Warren at The New York Times: We need to broaden the tent of feminism. If, in order to be a feminist, one cannot simply be against the oppression of women but also must affirm abortion or […]
Joe Manchin takes his stand on the Hyde Amendment
West Virginia’s Democratic Senator Joe Manchin believes that the United States government should not be in the business of funding abortions. Manchin has made it clear that he will not support Joe Biden’s $3.5 trillion “Build Back Better” plan because […]
What do Jewish texts say about abortion?
Whatever one thinks about the recent Texas abortion law, this piece by Rachel Mikva of Chicago Theological Seminary reminds us that not all religious people believe that life begins at the fetus’s heartbeat. Here is a taste of her piece […]
Tweet of the day
From a Seminole County, Florida school board meeting: Based on what he says here, Michael Beck should be pro-choice on abortion, but something tells me he is not. Here is his entire speech. It picks up at the 1:48:10 mark:
Evangelical roundup: Texas Heartbeat Act edition
What are evangelical Christians saying about the Texas Heartbeat Act? Here’s a bonus addition of the roundup. And it’s not behind the Current paywall! 🙂 James Dobson on Facebook: Just before midnight last night, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a […]
Making sense of the Texas Heartbeat Act
Read Texas Senate Bill 8 here. Some highlights: The bill says that Texas “never repealed, either expressly or by implication, the state statues enacted before the ruling in Rove v. Wade…that prohibit and criminalize abortion unless the mother’s life is […]
Texas effectively bans abortion
Here is Adam Liptak at The New York Times: The Supreme Court did not take action early Wednesday on a request to block a Texas law prohibiting most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, allowing the most restrictive abortion […]
Senate passes $3.5 trillion dollar budget framework. Hyde Amendment is saved. Anti-Critical Race Theory amendment passes.
It’s a done deal. Elections have consequences. The American people rejected Trumpism in 2020. Now the Democrats, who rode the anti-Trump wave into office last November, have the power to get some things done. National Public Radio explains what is […]
“If pro-life advocates want to reduce the number of abortions…arguments about the humanity of the fetus won’t be relevant, because many of the women obtaining abortions already hold such beliefs.”
If you are pro-life, I hope you had a chance to read historian Daniel K. Williams’s piece today at Current. In my view, the pro-life movement is stuck in a rut. In its nearly fifty-year effort to overturn Roe v. […]