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Why I Skipped Mass Today: A Practicing Catholic Objects to the Bishops’...
Reproductive health politics are controversial enough, but they are even more so for a family of practicing Catholics. My spouse begged me not to put my name on this, concerned about our son, who is...
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The Pontifical Commission and How Birth Control Became Known as Intrinsically...
Anonymous is a practicing Catholic who writes for RH Reality Check on the church and contraception. Half a century ago, the pope appointed a commission to study the morality of birth control. Multiple...
View ArticleDispatches from CPD 2012: Tracking the Opposition’s Attacks on Youth Rights
To see all our coverage of the 2012 Commission on Population and Development, click here. This week, the United Nations (UN) is host to the 45th session of the Commission on Population and...
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I Was Raped: Figuring Out What Happened and Why It Felt Wrong (*TRIGGER...
Five years ago, I was raped. I have never written or spoken those exact words before now; though I have shared the content of this story with those I’m close to, I have always stopped short of actually...
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On Medicaid, Shame, and Not Being Silent
This piece is published in collaboration with Echoing Ida, a Strong Families project. When the Obamacare exchanges became open for enrollment this fall, I eagerly went online to check out my options...
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How HB 2 Is Changing Abortion Access for Texas Women
Read more of our coverage on Wendy Davis’ historic filibuster and the fight for reproductive rights in Texas here. It’s not a secret, but it’s not something that I am very open about. I’ve had two...
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