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Questions about the ethics of doing good
OUR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IT MEANS TO DO GOOD has changed over time. For some, individuals and governments who have money and power know what is...
Conscience, 12/22/08 by Frances Kissling · More from publication -
A Roman Catholic defense of decriminalizing abortion
AS POLAND ONCE AGAIN CONSIDERS CRIMINALIZING abortion by making it illegal under all circumstances, we are hearing strong arguments from both sides...
Conscience, 03/22/07 by Frances Kissling · More from publication -
Should abortion be prevented?
IF ABORTION IS A MORALLY NEUTRAL act and does not endanger women's health, why bother to prevent the need for it? After all, the cost of a...
Conscience, 12/22/06 by Frances Kissling · More from publication -
Does church doctrine trump rape victims' needs?
A BILL BEFORE THE CONNECTICUT GENERAL ASSEMBLY requiring hospitals, including four Catholic ones, to provide emergency contraception to sexual...
Conscience, 09/22/06 by Frances Kissling · More from publication -
Bridging the abortion divide
IN FEBRUARY, 55 CATHOLIC Democrats in Congress issued an unprecedented statement of principles. Never before have they worn their religion so...
Conscience, 06/22/06 by Frances Kissling · More from publication -
A cautionary tale: has progressive religion moved far enough away from patriarchy to do women and democracy much good?
I WAS SITTING IN A SENATE MEETing room a few months ago when I felt the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. A US senator started talking about...
Conscience, 09/22/05 by Frances Kissling · More from publication -
The paths not taken: Pope John Paul II chose not to engage all catholics, and leaves a tragic legacy of missed opportunities that damaged the church
THE DEATH OF FRIENDS, FAMILY and larger-than-life public persons is a time of great reflection--on the past, on our own lives and on the future. I...
Conscience, 06/22/05 by Frances Kissling · More from publication -
The good old boys of the religious left: what's a feminist of faith supposed to do?
EXIT POLL RESULTS INDICATING that 22 percent of voters ranked moral values as the most important factor in their support for a presidential...
Conscience, 03/22/05 by Frances Kissling · More from publication -
Left churches left out.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
Norwalk, Conn. * Frances Kissling is right that sexual justice issues must be an integral component of a religious commitment to social...
Nation, The, 01/03/05 by Haffner, Debra W.; Kissling, Frances · More from publication -
Is there life after Roe? How to think about the fetus?
IN THE THIRTY YEARS SINCE ROE V. Wade ushered in a new paradigm in the legal understanding of the right to choose abortion, there has been little...
Conscience, 12/22/04 by Frances Kissling · More from publication
