A Houston-area midwife is the first person to be charged in Texas with violating the state’s extreme abortion ban, which outlaws the procedure under nearly all circumstances.
Faith leaders want Missouri Supreme Court to overturn abortion ban
More than a dozen faith leaders are urging the Missouri Supreme Court to strike down the state’s near-total abortion ban as a violation of church-state separation. The plaintiffs in Rev. Traci Blackmon v. State of Missouri recently filed a notice…
Shining the light of reproductive justice and progressive theology on the strategy of 6-week abortion bans
Six-week abortion bans result from the theology of one group of Christians. However, they restrict access to abortion for all people, regardless of their religious convictions. In so doing, these bans violate core Baptist commitments to separation of church and state and religious liberty, as well as freedom of the individual conscience.