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. subscribe to Frances Kissling's feed

Let's Declare Independence From Religious Health-Care Restrictions

Posted on: Jul 3, 2012, Source: Religion Dispatches

While the bishops' religious freedom complaint may be suspect, real difficulties underlie the accommodation the Obama administration crafted on contraceptive coverage.

Gerry Ferraro's Other Legacy: How a Good Catholic Girl From Queens Took On Her Church

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.

How Haley Barbour's Freedom-for-Kidney-Deal for Scott Sisters Makes U.S. Like China

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.

Legal Abortion Is a Fundamental Right -- Why Do We Often Forget That?

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.

Obama is the Best Candidate for Choice

Posted on: Feb 17, 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.

Fulfilling Roe's Promise

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.