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The Church and abortion
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ISBN: 9781442205772 9781442205796 1442205792 1442205776 1282820559 9781282820555 9786612820557 6612820551 Year: 2010 Publisher: Lanham Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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This provocative book takes a critical look at what is increasingly viewed as the central political issue for Catholics-abortion. From pro-choice politicians being denied communion to Democrats being called ""the party of death,"" for some of the most vocal Catholic leaders, the abortion issue often trumps all others. The author, a practicing Catholic who is against abortion in principle, believes the Church is on the wrong course with this issue, with grievous results for the Church and American society more broadly. He gives a brief history of abortion legislation, then exp


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Before Roe v. Wade : voices that shaped the abortion debate before the Supreme Court's ruling
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ISBN: 9781607146711 Year: 2010 Publisher: New York Kaplan Publishing

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"The Supreme Court's 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade declared that the Constitution protected decisions regarding abortion--but the debate was far from over, continuing to be a political battleground to this day. In the decades since the case was decided, the American debate on abortion has moved away from the issues that the justices confronted more than three decades ago. Bringing to light key documents that illuminate the case and its political context, Before Roe v. Wade looks back and recaptures how the arguments for and against abortion took shape as claims about the meaning of the Constitution--and about how the nation could best honor its commitment to dignity, liberty, equality, and life"--Cover, p. 2.

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