Prominent evangelical scholars are, once again, disavowing Trump
They’re brave to do so. Do they go far enough?
abortion
How the security culture has burdened women
Natalie Fixmer-Oraiz shows how the post-9/11 US has intensified control of women’s bodies.
The teenager told me she was down to her last option: a hanger.
People’s lives elude sharply drawn lines.
These draconian new state laws seem more pro-birth than pro-life.
Catholicism and the secular state
The intertwining of the Catholic Church and politics, from World War I to Trump
Two ways of being Christian and pro-choice
Is abortion only the lesser of evils, or can it be a moral good?
What we talk about when we talk about sex
The intersection of race and sexuality is the ur-story of American culture.
Women's rights, disability rights
Abortion, Down syndrome, and the question of prenatal testing
A fictional world where abortion and IVF are illegal—and the women who live there
Leni Zumas's novel makes a political point. More importantly, it cultivates empathy.
Most Americans aren't abortion absolutists. The available political options don't reflect this.
As a child, I liked to survey strangers about what it means to be human. Brandon Stanton has created a fully realized version of what I was doing.
A few years after Howard Stephens started providing abortions, he became the target of local anti-abortion protesters. They picketed his home on weekends, distributed leaflets around his neighborhood calling him a murderer, followed his moves around town, and sent hate mail to his son. Perhaps most concerning, the protesters picketed Howard’s church twice.
There has been a broad and dramatic shift toward more abortion restrictions in the United States. This will almost certainly continue.