Conscience Clause

Conservative Catholic College Rejects Birth Control

Reproductive Justice | Posted 11.19.2009 | Living


Reproductive Justice

Belmont Abbey College argued in court that it was a secular institution in order to receive state funds, but then removed birth control from its employee health care plan. Their reason? The Catholic Church.

Big Sky Dilemma: Must Doctors Help Their Patients Die?

Jacob M. Appel | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics


Jacob M. Appel

Mandating that physicians aid in dying should be a last resort. Montana should explore other, less-invasive means of ensuring that all citizens are guaranteed their constitutional right to die.

President Obama and the Future of Women's Health

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics


Marcia G. Yerman

With a president who understands and accepts a woman's right to reproductive justice, the focus will now entail a reexamination of the multitude of factors that are part of the larger picture.

Abortion: Surrogate for Unspoken Issues

Michele Swenson | Posted 10.04.2008 | Home


Michele Swenson

Issues encompassing welfare, contraception, abortion and sex education remain at the nexus of an ideological agenda that marginalizes and imputes inferiority and sexual sin to women and minorities, while protecting male power and prerogatives of behavior.