Abortion History - Religious Perspective
Links to resources on the history of abortion as a religious issue.
Clergy Consultation Service on Abortion
From your About Guide to Women's History, a description of this organization which played a role in changing social attitudes towards legalized abortion.
From your About Guide to Women's History, a description of this organization which played a role in changing social attitudes towards legalized abortion.
Canon Law and Abortion
A summary of Roman Catholic canon law as it has affected abortion rights.
A summary of Roman Catholic canon law as it has affected abortion rights.
Catholics and Abortion: Authority vs. Dissent
Rosemary Radford Ruether details the history in the 1980s of Catholics for a Free Choice and their dissent from the church hierarchy's position on abortion and birth control. Includes a brief reference to the history of Humanae Vitae as a Papal response to a majority opinion by church ethicists that artificial birth control was not morally wrong.
Rosemary Radford Ruether details the history in the 1980s of Catholics for a Free Choice and their dissent from the church hierarchy's position on abortion and birth control. Includes a brief reference to the history of Humanae Vitae as a Papal response to a majority opinion by church ethicists that artificial birth control was not morally wrong.
Death, Legal and Illegal
Catholic theologian Daniel McGuire on abortion as one of four issues of the ethics of killing.
Catholic theologian Daniel McGuire on abortion as one of four issues of the ethics of killing.
Christian Ethical Perspective
John Swomley roots his pro-choice position in a Biblical Christian perspective.
John Swomley roots his pro-choice position in a Biblical Christian perspective.
Judaism and Abortion
Article includes a basic summary of Judaism's perspective on abortion.
Article includes a basic summary of Judaism's perspective on abortion.