The Attack on Abortion Has Me Reflecting on My Christian Past

As a former Christian who once believed abortions to be evil, and who is now convinced of the opposite, I have found heartbreaking, as so many have, the arguments about the Texas antiabortion law. It’s less that it’s devastating to, once again, have our core reproductive rights up for Supreme Court debate—though it is, utterly so—and it’s more that the people bent on overturning Roe v. Wade too vividly bring to mind the girl I used to be. That girl was deeply, joyfully Christian. I grew up Catholic, at first; in junior high, I started veering toward more ecstatic, charismatic… Read Full Article