"If this is what the bishops are going to do, if this was their plan for a 'post-Roe' world, then Catholics are going to be very disappointed," said one observer of the Catholic hierarchy.
The Catholic Church spent millions in a losing effort to get Kansas voters to strip abortion rights from that state's constitution. The voters overwhelmingly choose not to do so. How should the church move forward?
With less than 100 days until the midterms, a national network of state-based environmental faith groups is gearing up for a final push to register their communities to vote and then cast ballots with caring for creation front-of-mind.
Kansas voters on Aug. 2 sent a resounding message about their desire to protect abortion rights, rejecting a ballot measure in a conservative state with deep ties to the anti-abortion movement that would have allowed the Republican-controlled Legislature to tighten restrictions or ban the procedure outright.