Women, Reproductive Rights and the Catholic Church

Dados Bibliográficos

ID14949035
AutoresRosemary Radford Ruether (autor correspondente)
Ano2008
Volume16
Fascículo2
Páginas184-193
Data de publicação2008-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoFeminist Theology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0966-7350 • E-ISSN: 1745-5189
EditoraSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0966735007085999
OpenAlexW2078452118
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8

This article traces opposition to women's contraceptive rights moving from the role of St Augustine and Thomas Aquinas to the modern day role of the Vatican. Traditional views of women and sexuality have been challenged by modern feminism but Catholicism is still pursuing a global crusade against abortion, birth control, and redefinitions of the family that might include homosexual couples. This means opposing sex education curricula and opposition to state funding for family planning assistance. But the Catholic crusades against women's reproductive rights have generated rebellion among some Catholics worldwide. This is led by Catholics for a Free Choice and the SeeChange campaign

Abortion · Birth control · Curriculum · Family planning · Feminism · Gay rights · Holy See · Human rights · Human sexuality · Political science · Politics · Population · Pregnancy · Reproductive health · Reproductive rights · Research methodology · Sociology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Demography · Gender Studies · Law · Religion, Gender, and Enlightenment