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Arkansas Attorney General Rejects ‘Misleading’ Abortion Ballot Proposal

    The attorney general of Arkansas rejected a “misleading” 2024 election ballot proposal that could practically eliminate pro-life protections. Attorney General Tim Griffin asked activist Steve Nichols to “redesign” his proposed constitutional amendment because of...
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What Does ‘Abortion’ Mean? Many People Don’t Know

  Most people don’t agree on what the word “abortion” means, a new study finds. The Guttmacher Institute collected responses from over 2,000 surveys on the subject. Participants were given multiple vignettes and asked if the situation described an abortion. Even when the...
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Life Ends Slowly

  Last month, I looked to an ancient Asian religion, Jainism, for help in rethinking the debates in the West over when life begins. Jains believe that human beings are embodied jivas, or sentience-imbued—and bequeathing—life forces. I suggested we might take a cue from them...
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A Long Prayer for the Whole Church

  The following prayer was written by Rev. Timothy Whitaker (1948-2024), who served as bishop of The Florida Area of The United Methodist Church. In 2001, Bishop Whitaker published this prayer in The District Beam (newsletter, January/February) while he was the Norfolk (VA)...
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