medicine, reproductive technologies, stem cells, abortion 

 

The Contraceptive Mandate Marches On, Religion in the News, Fall 2014 by Mark Silk
The Supreme Court begins to reassess the balance between religious liberty and gender equity in its Hobby Lobby decision.
(Co-written by Sam Livingston and Mark Silk).

Honey, I’m Shrinking the Church, Religion in the News, Vol. 14, No. 2 by Andrew Walsh
Was the Catholic bishops’ religious freedom campaign an anti-Obama crusade or an internal crackdown?

The Struggle to Keep Hospitals Catholic, Religion in the News, Vol. 14, No. 2 by Andrew Walsh
The case of Connecticut.

“Religious liberty” in Court, Religion in the News, Vol. 14, No. 2 by Marc D. Stern
Can free exercise claims liberate Catholic “public ministries” from the Obamacare contraception mandate?

The Month of the Condom Religion in the News, Vol. 13, No.2, by Mark Silk

Who Killed George Tiller? Religion in the News, Fall 2009 by Andrew Walsh.
 Pro-life groups say don’t blame us when a Kansas abortion provider is gunned down.

Bishops at Bay, Religion in the News, Vol. 11, No.3 by Patricia O'Connell Killen
Some bishops are feeling frustrated by the Catholic tradition of resisting single issue politics.

Playing Godless, Religion in the News, Spring 2008, by Christine McCarthy McMorris
Television's dark diagnostician doesn't suffer believers gladly.

Evangelicals Discover the Culture of Life, Religion in the News, Spring 2005, David M. Machacek.
President Bush and other evangelicals are appropriating Catholic ideas and formulas to frame their pro-life policies.

"Schiavo Interminable," Religion in the News, Winter 2005
Florida's famous life-support case lives on.

Kerry Eucharistes, Religion in the News, Summer 2004, by Andrew Walsh
Catholic Bishops are pressed to ban pro-choice politicians from communion.

The Stem Cell Conundrum", Religion in the News, Fall 2001, [integrating the religious perspective in the debate over stem cell research], by Ronald M. Green, Dartmouth College

"Faith in Justice: The Ashcroft Fight", Religion in the News, Spring 2001, [Was it kosher to ask the nominee for attorney general about his religion?], by Mark Silk, editor