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There is no one 'religious view' on abortion: A scholar of religion, gender and sexuality explains

  • Written by Samira Mehta, Assistant Professor of Women and Gender Studies & Jewish Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
There is no one 'religious view' on abortion: A scholar of religion, gender and sexuality explainsDemonstrators stand outside the Supreme Court in 2014.Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

The Catholic Church’s official line on abortion, and even on any artificial birth control, is well known: Don’t do it.

Surveys of how American Catholics live their lives, though, tell a different story.

The vast majority of Catholic women have used...

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