A Gallup poll in 2019 — Gallup has polled regularly on abortion since 1975 — found that 92% of Americans believed that using birth control was “morally acceptable,” but their support for abortion, by contrast, was more mixed.
Understanding Americans’ abortion views from poll results not always easy
Calm discourse of ‘The Matter of Life’ is welcome voice in abortion debate
The documentary is scheduled to be screened Monday-Tuesday, May 16-17.
Academics consider fallout, motivations from leak on Roe decision
The draft document, now considered authentic, was well-written and a good legal argument, but the Supreme Court has suffered in this apparent effort to undermine its legitimacy, according to one law professor.
Pro-life advocacy groups plan next steps after abortion opinion leak
Although many pro-life groups immediately reacted positively to the news that the majority of Supreme Court justices seem set to overturn the court’s Roe v. Wade decision, some tempered their reaction with a continued call for more advocacy while others kept a wait-and-see approach until the court issues its opinion in the weeks ahead.
Vicki Thorn dies; founded post-abortion healing ministry Project Rachel
Thorn, a certified trauma counselor and spiritual director, started Project Rachel in 1984 while working in the Respect Life Office of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee.
Scholars: Objections to social trends can be based on reason and religion
Though the conversation began with a discussion on gender ideology, the topic of religious freedom exemptions arose.
Court nominee responds to questions about law, faith and abortion
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson began with introductory remarks March 21 followed by 13 hours of questioning the next day about her role as a judge and a public defender and her views on abortion, critical race theory and her own faith.
USCCB president, committee chairmen recommit church to pro-life initiatives
All eyes are on the high court for its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which involves a Mississippi law that bans most abortions after 15 weeks.