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We Should Be Peacemakers in the Abortion Wars

Where can opposing sides of the abortion debate find common ground? This is a good question but only one of many. What do we mean by “common ground” and who wants it? Who doesn’t? What would it look like? Are there different kinds of common ground? Would finding common ground end the abortion wars; lead to
By Frances Kissling
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    The Abortion Conversation Needs New Language

    In this moment of crushing political polarization, looking for common ground in the abortion debate can feel to both sides like abandoning their most cherished values. For pro-choice leaders, the other side wants to strip women of fundamental rights in a quest to regain power over women’s bodies. For pro-life leaders, the other side wants
    By Katelyn Beaty
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    We Must Engage with Shared Values in the Abortion Debate

    In the abortion debate, we often focus on whose beliefs are right or wrong. We use this approach to persuade politicians to legislate and judges to rule based on their alignment with one side of this debate or other. This approach absorbs us in the battle in public political arenas to win our respective arguments.
    By Cari Jackson