Women, Reproductive Rights and the Catholic Church

Datos Bibliográficos

ID14949035
AutoresRosemary Radford Ruether (autor de correspondencia)
Año2008
Volumen16
Número2
Páginas184-193
Fecha de publicación2008-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaFeminist Theology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0966-7350 • E-ISSN: 1745-5189
EditorialSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0966735007085999
OpenAlexW2078452118
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8

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