2015: The Year in Religious Liberty Controversies
And one to look forward to in 2016
Abortion
U.S. Passed 47 New Anti-Abortion Laws in 2015
Already these new measures are being challenged-and blocked-by the courts.
Support for Legal Abortion Up Among Both Democrats and Republicans
Nearly 60 percent of Americans expressed pro-choice views in a new AP-GfK poll.
Turns Out That Planned Parenthood Shooter is Anti-Abortion "Warrior For Babies"
Not just another "transgendered leftist activist."
Total Abortion Ban Reinstated in Dominican Republic
Abortion under any circumstances (even when the mother's life is at risk) is a criminal offense in this Caribbean country.
Free Speech for Pro-Lifers
The ideals of freedom and autonomy must be put back at the heart of the pro-choice agenda. Let's start by defending the right of the pro-life side to say whatever it wants.
Stop Using the Mentally Ill to Advance Your Ideology
Fear of a small group of unpredictable people is used to attack political opponents.
How Responsible is the (Pro-Life or Black Lives Matter) Movement for (the Planned Parenthood Shooting or Cop Killings)?
Using criminal actions to discredit broader movements is toxic, and will probably be used against you too.
Colorado Planned Parenthood Shooter Kills 3, Now in Custody
Three dead, 12 injured in biggest abortion-clinic attack in years.
Wisconsin Law Requiring Hospital Privileges for Abortion Doctors Ruled Unconstitutional
Admitting privileges rule can't "be taken seriously as a measure to improve women's health," says federal appeals court.
Abortion Access Across Country Could Be Affected by Upcoming SCOTUS Ruling
SCOTUS decision on Texas abortion law could reverberate far beyond Lone Star state
SCOTUS Just Agreed to Rule on Abortion and Obamacare. Is Obama's Immigration Plan Next?
The Supreme Court's 2015-2016 takes shape.
The Strange Convergence of Pro-Lifers and Gun Controllers
Inside the emotion-fueled politics of Planned Parenthood and school shootings
China Drops Oppressive One-Child Policy: Too Late to Avoid Demographic Implosion
Reproductive central planning works as badly as economic central planning
Biden Bashes Abortion, Defends Religious Freedom
The vice president told Catholic magazine America that abortion is "always wrong" but he respects that not everyone believes the same.
20 Week Abortion Ban Fails to Win Enough Senate Support
Only two Republicans voted against the bill and three Democrats in favor.
That Gruesome Planned Parenthood Footage Fiorina Described in the GOP Debate? It Doesn't Exist.
There's still plenty to horrify pro-lifers in the Planned Parenthood sting videos, but what Fiorina claims to have seen isn't among it.
Does Office Depot Have the Right to Refuse to Print Anti-Abortion Fliers?
Chicago-area customer accuses them of religious discrimination.
Obamacare to Blame for U.S. Abortion Clinic Shutdowns?
Vox writer suggests Obamacare is "one root cause" of U.S. abortion clinics "shuttering at an unprecedented rate."
Ohio Likely to Ban Abortion of Fetuses Diagnosed With Down Syndrome
Since such bans are largely unenforceable, the measure is more mechanism for pro-life political signaling than anything else.
Pro-Choice Group Takes Down Story Slut-Shaming Pro-Life Activist
RH Reality Check exposes sexual preferences of opponent because she is anti-Planned Parenthood.
The Death of Pro-Choice Republicans
The GOP once prided itself on being the big-tent party on abortion that - unlike Democratic fanatics - didn't have a litmus test on its candidates.
Why I Am a Pro-Life Libertarian
Rand Paul gets attacked for being pro-liberty and anti-abortion. But there's nothing inconsistent about his view.
Jeb Bush: Do You Really Want to Remind Voters of Your Terri Schiavo Fiasco?
Bush not only concerned about fetuses, but brain-dead people too.
Planned Parenthood Controversy Pushes Gay Marriage Off the GOP's Agenda
Abortion anger dominates the culture war fight at debate.
Scott Walker: Life of Fetus More Important than Life of a Mother?
Even the Roman Catholic Church accepts abortion to save the life of a mother
Ron Paul: 'Unborn Black Lives Matter'
Paul thinks "black lives matter" movement should spend more time stopping abortions.
Jeb Bush Wants to Investigate Planned Parenthood, Which His Grandfather Helped Found
The Bush family's "evolving" position on abortion
The Public Prefers Both Planned Parenthood and the NRA to Any Major Presidential Candidate
According to an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll
What This Planned Parenthood Scandal Really Doesn't Need Right Now Is Judicial Censorship
Judge temporarily prohibits one meeting interview to be released.
Libertarians Should Look Twice at Planned Parenthood Defunding Efforts
GOP move to "defund Planned Parenthood" isn't all it's cracked up to be.
Planned Parenthood and Our Abortion Choices
The latest scandal probably won't lead to any changes, if American ambivalence is an indication.
I Mean, What Isn't Auschwitz These Days? (UPDATED)
The Holocaust: Not just for Planned Parenthood anymore!
Second Planned Parenthood Exec Talks Fetal Tissue Donation in New Undercover Video
Activists pretended to be with a medical research firm called Biomax.
Actually We Should Encourage Women Who Have Abortions to Donate Fetal Tissue to Science
Researchers have used fetal tissue in developing lifesaving medical treatments including the polio vaccine.
EACH Woman Act Would Allow Federal Medicaid Plans to Cover Abortion
New bill would kill the Hyde Amendment and also stop states from banning private insurance coverage of abortion.
Battle Brewing Over Dutch Drones Scheduled to Drop Abortion Drugs in Poland
The "abortion drones" are scheduled to launch from Germany this Friday and deliver prohibited pills to Poland, where abortion remains mostly illegal.
Georgia Drops Murder Charges Against Kenlissa Jones Since Law Explicitly Forbids Charging Pregnant Women For 'Unlawful' Abortion
"Georgia law does not permit prosecution" of woman who took abortion pill, says district attorney.
Georgia Woman Charged With Murder After Self-Administering Abortion Pill
How can a pregnant woman's actions be murder if they fail to kill a fetus but not murder if they actually do?
Americans Getting Increasingly Pro-Choice on Abortion
'Pro-choice' identification is back up to late 1990s levels.
Democrats Want to Force Religious Pregnancy Centers in California to Offer Abortion Info
Some crisis pregnancy centers are shady. But the point should be making them be honest about what they are, not trying to turn them into something they're not.
For the Vatican, Climate Change Leads to … Abortion?
Archbishop Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo has got something he wants to say to you...
