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Conscience: The Newsjournal of Catholic Opinion

Spring 2008
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press release

Bishops Still Playing Politics on Abortion

10 September - Bishops Get it Wrong on Biden

Washington, DC—Jon O’Brien, president of Catholics for Choice, issued the following statement about the response from the US Conference of Catholic Bishops to vice presidential nominee Senator Joseph Biden.  Read more...

3 September - Bishops Still Playing Politics on Abortion

Washington, DC - Jon O’Brien, president of Catholics for Choice, issued the following statement about the fact sheet on abortion released by the antichoice lobbying arm of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Read more...

26 August - CFC Responds to Bishops' Comments on Speaker Pelosi

Washington, DC—Jon O’Brien, president of Catholics for Choice, issued the following statement about the response from the US Conference of Catholic Bishops to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. Read more...

    • Read the Executive Summary of the Catholic Voter 2008 poll.
    • Click here to read "Prochoice Catholicism 101."
    • Click here to read an excerpt from "The History of Abortion in the Catholic Church."
catholic voter opinion survey

Major New Poll Demonstrates that Catholic Voters are Divided on President, United against Church Influence in Politics

21 August - Washington, DC—A major new poll today released by Catholics for Choice reveals that Catholic voters, who make up 25% of the American electorate, are currently splitting their vote for president between Barack Obama and John McCain, but are united in their aversion to mixing religion and politics.  Read more...

xvii international aids conference

Catholics at XVII International AIDS Conference Tell Pope:
End Ban on Condoms

31 July - Mexico City—As thousands gather in Mexico City for the 17th International AIDS Conference August 3-8, 2008, Catholics for Choice and its Latin American sister organizations, Católicas por el Derecho a Decidir, will be highlighting Catholic opposition to the Vatican’s ban on condoms using materials developed for the Condoms4Life campaign, www.Condoms4Life.org.

humanae vitae

Examining Humanae Vitae on the anniversary of the Catholic hierarchy's ban on contraception

July 2008

statements and Press Releases

CFC in the News

Click here to see media coverage of the Humanae Vitae anniversary.

Click here to see op-eds written by Jon O'Brien, president of Catholics for Choice.

New Publication

Truth & Consequence - A Look behind the Vatican's Ban on Contraception

14 April - Catholics for Choice released a publication examining the impact of 40 years of Humanae Vitae, the Vatican document that cemented the ban on contraception. Widely acknowledged as a defining moment in modern church history, Humanae Vitae became a source of great conflict and division in the church. To read Truth & Consequence—A Look behind the Vatican’s Ban on Contraception, click here [PDF].

Podcasts

April 2008 - Catholics for Choice organized a telephone conference call with four noted Catholic theologians to launch Truth and Consequence (see  above). Below are links to podcasts of the four theologians’ contributions.

Press Releases

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