Stories by Frances Kissling
Frances Kissling is a visiting scholar at the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania where her major interest is the intersection of religion, reproduction and women's rights. She has an additional interest in US organ transplant policy. She served for 25 years as president of Catholics for a Free Choice.
Posted on Mar 28, 2011, Source: AlterNet
For the women of America, Geraldine Ferraro was a trailblazer in American politics. But for Catholic women, she was a champion who stood up to the bishops for our sake.
Posted on Jan 7, 2011, Source: AlterNet
In making Gladys Scott's prison release conditional on the donation of her kidney to her sister, the Mississippi governor sets a dangerous precedent, and flouts the law.
Posted on Jan 3, 2010, Source: DELETED
It's time to demand that the promise of Roe becomes a reality for women whose choices are already limited by poverty, joblessness and marginalization.
Posted on Feb 18, 2008, Source: Huffington Post
As a woman who has spent her life fighting for choice, I believe that Obama's progressive vision is the one that truly embraces reproductive justice.
Posted on Jan 22, 2008, Source: The Nation
Improving the sorry state of US reproductive health policy requires serious shifts within the women's movement and the abortion rights movement.
