Christian right Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Abortion and contraception=== {{See also|Bioethics|Consistent life ethic}} Historically, large percentages of American [[Catholic Church in the United States|Catholics]] and [[Evangelicalism|Evangelical Protestants]] oppose and have opposed abortion,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Religious Landscape Study |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/religious-landscape-study/ |access-date=June 27, 2022 |website=Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project |language=en-US}}</ref> believing that life begins at [[Human fertilization|conception]] and that abortion is murder. Therefore, those in the movement have worked toward the overturning of ''[[Roe v. Wade]] (1973)'', and ''[[Planned Parenthood v. Casey]]'' (1992). The Christian right has also supported incremental steps to make abortion less available. Such efforts include bans on [[late-term abortion]] (including [[intact dilation and extraction]]),<ref>[http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/abortion/2003s3.html Partial Birth Abortion Act of 2003] 108th United States Congress (1st session)</ref> prohibitions against Medicaid funding and other public funding for elective abortions, removal of taxpayer funding for [[Planned Parenthood]] and other organizations that provide abortion services, legislation requiring [[parental consent]] or notification for abortions performed on [[minor (law)|minors]],<ref>[http://articles.dailypress.com/1994-04-09/news/9404090085_1_parental-notification-notification-bill-abortion Allen Wants Parents Notified β Daily Press] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511030423/http://articles.dailypress.com/1994-04-09/news/9404090085_1_parental-notification-notification-bill-abortion |date=May 11, 2013 }}. Articles.dailypress.com (April 9, 1994). Retrieved on August 24, 2013.</ref> legal protections for unborn victims of violence, [[BAIPA|legal protections for infants born alive]] following failed abortions, and bans on [[abortifacient]] medications. The Christian right element in the Reagan coalition strongly supported him in 1980, in the belief that he would appoint Supreme Court justices to overturn ''Roe v. Wade''. They were astonished and dismayed when his first appointment was [[Sandra Day O'Connor]], whom they feared would tolerate abortion. They worked hard to defeat her confirmation but failed.<ref>Prudence Flowers, "'A Prolife Disaster': The Reagan Administration and the Nomination of Sandra Day O'Connor". ''Journal of Contemporary History'' 53.2 (2018): 391β414</ref> The Christian right contends that morning-after pills such as [[Plan B (drug)|Plan B]] and [[Ulipristal acetate|Ella]] are possible abortifacients, able to interfere with a [[fertilized egg]]'s [[implantation (human embryo)|implantation]] in the [[uterine wall]].<ref name="abortifacients">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/06/health/research/morning-after-pills-dont-block-implantation-science-suggests.html|title=Abortion Qualms on Morning-After Pill May Be Unfounded|last=Belluck|first=Pam|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=June 6, 2012}}</ref> The labeling mandated by the U.S. [[Food and Drug Administration]] (FDA) for Plan B and Ella state that they may interfere with implantation, but according to a June 2012, ''The New York Times'' article, many scientists believe that they work only by interfering with [[ovulation]] and are arguing to have the implantation language removed from product labels. The Christian right maintains that the chemical properties of morning-after pills make them abortifacients and that the politics of abortion is influencing scientific judgments. Jonathan Imbody of the [[Christian Medical Association]] says he questions "whether ideological considerations are driving these decisions."<ref name="abortifacients"/> Specifically, many Catholic members, as well as some conservative Protestant members, of the Christian right have campaigned against contraception altogether.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rewire.news/article/2014/01/06/catholic-groups-trying-to-eliminate-coverage-of-contraception-no-matter-who-pays/|title=Catholic Groups Trying to Eliminate Coverage of Contraception No Matter Who Pays: The latest court challenges to the birth control benefit show how much the fight against the contraception mandate is really about the Christian right trying to establish an employer's "right" to control your private sex life.|last=Marcotte|first=Amanda|date=January 6, 2014|publisher=[[Rewire (website)|Rewire]]|language=en|access-date=February 2, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Contra-Contraception|last=Shorto|first=Russell|date=May 7, 2006|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> {{See also|Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization}} [[File:Supreme Court of the United States - Roberts Court 2020.jpg|thumb|The [[Roberts Court]] in 2020. This court oversaw the landmark United States Supreme Court case ''[[Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization]]'' in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Dobbs_v._Jackson_Women%E2%80%99s_Health_Organization |access-date=June 27, 2022 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}}</ref>]] In May 2022, ''[[Politico]]'' published a leaked draft majority opinion, written by Justice [[Samuel Alito]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Exclusive: Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights, draft opinion shows |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/02/supreme-court-abortion-draft-opinion-00029473 |access-date=June 27, 2022 |website=POLITICO |date=May 2, 2022 |language=en}}</ref> It would overturn ''Roe'' and ''Casey'' by nullifying the specific privacy rights in question, eliminating federal involvement, and leaving the issue to be determined by the states. Through a statement made by the [[Chief Justice of the United States]], [[John Roberts]], the Court confirmed the document's authenticity but said that it was not a final decision or the Justice's final decision, which was expected by June or July. The decision was issued on June 24, 2022, ruling 6β3 to reverse the lower court rulings; a more narrow 5β4 ruling overturned ''Roe'' and ''Casey''. The majority opinion stated that abortion was not a [[Constitutional right in the United States|constitutional right]], and that states should have discretion in regulating abortion. The majority opinion, written by Alito, was substantially similar to the leaked draft. Chief Justice Roberts agreed with the judgment upholding the Mississippi law but did not join the majority in the opinion to overturn ''Roe'' and ''Casey''. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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