![]() ![]() ![]() Some might argue that the debate has been kept active because of a righteous minority who take seriously their religious duty to protect the life potential of the unborn. Throughout US history, the abortion debate has experienced various ebbs and flows in support of women making their own intimate reproductive decisions. They recognize that questions of abortion, pregnancy, and childbearing are more complex than contemporary public policy debates allow, and therefore, should be guided by the personal morals of those whose reproductive lives are at issue. Those not leading the debate often indicate their frustration with the reductive, binary nature of the debate. While this battle rages in public religious and political arenas, individuals are jostled back and forth, regarding what their states allow them to do in matters most private to their lives. The abortion debate is often presented in terms of whose beliefs are right or wrong. In my work as codirector at Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, I am often asked by religious leaders, scholars, “people in the pews,” social activists, politicians, journalists, and others for my perspective about why the anti-abortion “side” of the debate is gaining steam today and how to shift the public narrative. ![]()
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