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Almost ten years after the landmark decision in Roe v. Wade (1973) the battle over abortion was still being waged. The reproductive rights of women…
LawReproductionAbortionReproductive RightsThe Comstock Law was a controversial law because it limited the reproductive rights of women and violated every person's right to privacy. This…
LawReproductionReproductive RightsAbortionContraceptionFather Frank Pavone, a key proponent of the Roman Catholic Church's pro-life movement, has devoted his life's work to ending abortion, euthanasia,…
PeoplereligionReproductionBiographyCatholicismAlthough the concept of quickening was not developed initially by the Roman Catholic Church, much of their histories are intertwined. Quickening, the…
Human DevelopmentreligionFetusAbortionCatholicismAs various societies around the world began legalizing abortive procedures or liberalizing government stances on abortion, the Roman Catholic Church'…
LiteraturereligionReproductionCatholicismAbortionThe encyclical entitled "Evangelium Vitae," meaning "The Gospel of Life," was promulgated on 25 March 1995 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy. The…
LiteratureJohn Paul II, Pope, 1920-2005religionReproductionCatholicismKnown for dropping a long-held distinction in the Catholic Church between the animated and unanimated fetus, Felice Peretti was born in Grottamare,…
PeoplereligionReproductionCatholicismPopesPope John Paul II's views on abortion and embryology have been very influential to the Roman Catholic Church. He strictly forbade abortion and other…
religionReproductionCatholicismPopesAbortionPope Pius XI, born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti, was born to the wealthy owner of a silk factory on 31 May 1857 in Desio, Italy. He was ordained to…
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