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This volume introduces students to the history of cultural and theological responses to abortion as background for understanding a diversity of ethical positions in contemporary Christian, Jewish, and Muslim writings. Politicized debates about abortion are often presented in terms of a binary rhetoric of prolife versus prochoice; however, this collection of essays shows how that binary often breaks down when abortion is seen from different religious perspectives and in light of the voices of women themselves.
While abortion is a global phenomenon, this volume focuses on the U.S. context. American abortion politics and culture wars have been dominated by Christian voices; nevertheless, Jewish and Muslim abortion ethics engage many of the same issues from different cultural and religious perspectives. Finally, this volume presents important examples of recent social scientific studies about the relationship of religion and abortion in the diverse cultural, racial, and economic fabric of American society.
Pedagogical features include:
- Introduction to the subject matter by the editors
- Introductory essays to all five parts of the book
- Questions for classroom discussion
Additional pedagogical materials can be found at: https://abortionreligionreader.com/
Contents
INTRODUCTION
PART ONE - In Their Own Words
Introduction to Part 1
'América Gonzalez', So Many Lives at Stake
Anonymous, In the Shade of Allah's Mercy
Kate Ott, Reproducing Justice
CoWanda Rusk, Christ Was There for Me During My Abortion
Rachael Pass, Lo Teivoshi, You Will Not Feel Ashamed
'Alex' (with Meera Shah), You're the Only One I've Told
PART TWO - Social Scientific Studies
Introduction to Part 2
M. Antonia Biggs, et al., Understanding Why Women Seek Abortions
Kate Cockrill and Adina Nack, 'I'm Not That Type of Person'
Jennifer Kerns, et al., Women's Decision Making Regarding Choice of Second Trimester Termination Method for Pregnancy Complications
Ellen Wiebe, et al., Muslim Women Having Abortions in Canada: Attitudes, Beliefs, and Experiences
Elly Teman, et al., Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Women Navigating the Uncertainty of Pregnancy and Prenatal Diagnosis
Robert P. Jones, et al., The State of Abortion and Contraception Attitudes in All 50 States
John P. Bartkowski, et al., Faith, Race-Ethnicity, and Public Policy Preferences: Religious Schemas and Abortion Attitudes Among U.S. Latinos
Bohsiu Wu and Aya Kimura Ida, Ethnic Diversity, Religion, and Opinions toward Legalizing Abortion: The Case of Asian Americans
PART THREE - History and Context
Introduction to Part 3
A. James Murphy, Undesired Offspring and Child Endangerment in Jewish Antiquity
Beverly Wildung Harrison, Selected Early Catholic Teaching on Abortion
Zubin Mistry, Imagining Abortivi in the Early Middle Ages
Mohammed Ghaly, Pre-modern Islamic Medical Ethics and Graeco-Islamic-Jewish Embryology
Ignacio Castuera, Abortion and Law in the High Middle Ages
Kathryn Blanchard, Contraception in Protestant Theology
Dorothy E. Roberts, Reproduction in Bondage
Paul Saurette and Kelly Gordon, The AMA's Crusade Against Abortion
Loretta J. Ross, Reproductive Justice and Eugenics
D. Marie Ralstin-Lewis, The Continuing Struggle against Genocide: Indigenous Women's Reproductive Rights
PART FOUR - Religious Arguments about Abortion
Introduction to Part 4
Judaism
David Feldman, Abortion: The Jewish View
David Kraemer, Jewish Ethics and Abortion
Y. Michael Barilan, Her Pain Prevails and Her Judgement Respected--Abortion in Judaism
Dena S. Davis, Abortion in Jewish Thought
Christianity
Norman Ford, The Human Embryo as Person in Catholic Teaching
Jason T. Eberl, Aquinas's Account of Human Embryogenesis and Recent Interpretations
Roy Bowen Ward, The Use of the Bible in the Abortion Debate
C. Ben Mitchell, The Value of Every Human Life
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, For the Life of The World: Toward a Social Ethos of the Orthodox Church
Patricia Beattie Jung, Abortion and Organ Donation
Rebecca Todd Peters, Motherhood as Moral Choice
Margaret D. Kamitsuka, Contesting Abortion as Sin
Toni Bond, A Womanist Theo-Ethic of Reproductive Justice
Islam
Kiarash Aramesh, Shiite Perspective on the Moral Status of the Early Human Embryo
Abdulrahman Al-Matary & Jaffar Ali, Controversies and Considerations Regarding the Termination of Pregnancy for Foetal Anomalies in Islam
Marion Holmes Katz, Sufi Ethics: Legal Rulings in Religious Context
Sa'diyya Shaikh, Family Planning, Contraception and Abortion in Islam
PART FIVE - Abortion and Religion in Public Life
Introduction to Part 5
Doris Andrea Dirks and Patricia Relf, A History of the Clergy Consultation Service on Abortion: The Counselors
Patricia Miller, The Battle Over Abortion in the Catholic Church
Stacy A. Scaldo, Roe v. Wade: Setting the Stage for Pro-Choice Religion-Based Holdings
Rachel Kranson, The Women's League for Conservative Judaism and the Politics of Abortion, 1970-1982
Aaron Winter, Mainstream, Militant and Extremist Anti-Abortion Activism
Bryan M. Massingale, The Rhetoric of Slavery in the Pro-Life Discourse of U.S. Bishops
Ziad Munson, Framing Choice: CPCS [Crisis Pregnancy Centers] and the Co-optation of Freedom
Lori R. Freedman, et al., When There's a Heartbeat: Miscarriage Management in Catholic-owned Hospitals
Bernard G. Prusak, Double Effect, All Over Again: The Case of Sister Margaret McBride
Shyrissa Dobbins-Harris, The Myth of Abortion as Black Genocide
Monique Moultrie, #BlackBabiesMatter: Analyzing Black Religious Media in Conservative and Progressive Evangelical Communities
L. L.Wynn and Angel M. Foster, Muftis in the Matrix: Comparing Online English-and Arabic-Language Fatwas about Emergency Contraception
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