Statistically speaking, participants in the Synod likely have benefitted from contraception, had abortions, or needed medical care for miscarriage. And considering 1 in 4 abortion patients is Catholic, there is no denying that abortion is a part of the life of the church.
Yet the church continues to ignore and deny her people.
So, Catholics for Choice collected more than 180 abortion stories from Catholics of all backgrounds and identities. We compiled 51 of these moving stories into a book that we will be delivering to country ambassadors to the Holy See and the General Secretariat of the Synod, as well as to Pope Francis through the national post. Finally, we turned those stories into a beautiful 50-foot quilt that we will be marching through the streets of Rome.
Click here to read our book or download the PDF at the top of the page.
If you would like to share your abortion story, you can share that here.
You can view video and photos from our work at the synod below.
We were honored to have The Guardian and Sojourners report on our ethical spectacle at the Vatican.
“It is a huge thing, but he doesn’t seem to fully realise the ripple effects of his words and the violence they can cause to people,” said [Ashley Wilson, a senior adviser for Catholics for Choice]. “There are women in the US who are dying of sepsis because they can’t get the abortion care they need. And the most powerful lobby behind abortion bans in any country is the Catholic church. It’s both shocking and outrageous.”
“As Catholics, we are taught that health care is a human right and that all people should be able to access health services regardless of income or where they live,” Catholics for Choice digital director Emily Harrison said. For Catholics for Choice, and most U.S. Catholics, this philosophy includes access to abortion.
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