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Voting Catholic: A queer, pro-life feminist on abortion

Jesuitical

America Media

News, News Commentary, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.71K Ratings

🗓️ 26 October 2020

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

We're dropping an episode from the Voting Catholic podcast in the Jesuitical feed! Voting Catholic is an original podcast series from America Media that explores the top voting issues in the United States, from abortion to immigration to racial justice, by sharing the voices of experts and activists on the front lines. Each episode tackles one issue through personal storytelling and socio-political analysis from a Catholic perspective. This episode is called "Abortion: It's more complicated than you think." The Catholic Bishops teach that abortion is a preeminent voting issue for Catholics, because it directly attacks life itself. Do Catholics agree? And should it take precedence over other life and death issues?  Aimee Murphy is the Executive Director of Rehumanize International. Visit her white paper and presentation here.  Learn more about Tricia Bruce’ study: “What Americans Really Think About Abortion” US Bishops teaching document on the political responsibility of Catholics: "Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship" Stay up-to-date with America Media's coverage of the 2020 election: www.americamagazine.org/newsletters You can support this media ministry at www.americamagazine.org/donate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello Judge Wittical listeners. I'm Ashley McKinless.

0:14.0

And I'm Zach Davis, and we're here to introduce you to an episode, a special episode of Voting Catholic.

0:19.6

Yes, we are bringing you episode 8, which is called abortion.

0:22.7

It's more complicated than you think.

0:24.8

You've heard us talk about voting Catholic

0:26.5

on the show before.

0:27.5

It's a really important resource, in our opinion,

0:30.8

for anyone going to the voting booth this November. They break down a number of

0:35.9

issues and it's not just abortion they cover immigration and racial justice

0:40.1

among other issues and they do it from a really interesting perspective.

0:44.0

You're probably used to talking heads telling you what to think about the issues.

0:47.8

They bring you personal stories from people who are closest to the issues.

0:52.4

And abortion is probably one of the most,

0:55.8

if not the most, highly charged issues,

0:59.8

particularly for Catholics.

1:01.4

And so many of those individual personal stories end up getting lost and so I really

1:07.9

appreciated the way that Sebastian and Maggie and the team framed this because there's a lot of people who are out there telling you

1:16.2

what to think and explicitly how to think.

1:19.7

And while like the teaching of the church is clear, it is not clear at all what it means for

1:26.0

voters and for our political lives. And if you enjoy the show go to wherever you get your

1:31.7

favorite podcast search for voting Catholic and hit the

1:35.0

subscribe button. A warning for our listeners. This episode contains mature themes and

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