Catholics for Choice

CONSCIENCE

Reducing the Need for Abortion

Honest Effort or Ideological Dodge?

There has been a lot of rhetoric around reducing the need for abortion this year. President Barack Obama's administration has been holding listening sessions to discuss the topic with prochoice proponents like Catholics for Choice and Planned Parenthood as well as antichoice and anticontraception advocates such as Concerned Women for America and Catholics United. But where will this dialogue lead us? CFC president Jon O'Brien's lead article in the latest issue of Conscience questions how serious the administration is about reducing the need for abortion and how firm is its support for abortion rights and is an important step in furthering the conversation around reducing the need for abortion. Read more…   Table of Contents

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PRESS RELEASE

Antiabortion Advocate Appointed to Senior Position at HHS

The antichoice organization Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good (CACG) has announced that Alexia Kelley, its co-founder and former executive director, has been appointed to be Director of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships at the Department of Health and Human Services. Ms. Kelley’s appointment would be a defeat for reason and logic and calls into question whether President Obama’s administration is serious about reducing the need for abortion. And, while it may not gain many headlines, the impact and significance of this appointment should not go unnoticed. Read More...

New Publication

The Trouble with Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good The latest investigative report from Catholics for Choice shows how Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good, while presenting itself as just another group working for the “common good,” is in fact an antiabortion organization that publicly supports the restriction of abortion laws. To read The Trouble with Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good, click here [PDF]