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Read more about the article What Is a Disabled Life Worth?

What Is a Disabled Life Worth?

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:February 16, 2023
  • Post category:Disability
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What is a disabled life worth? Every so often, people accidentally say the thing out loud. In this case, it was the Democratic Committee Chair for a city in Massachusetts.…

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Read more about the article Acknowledging the Harm Inherent Within the Abortion Debates

Acknowledging the Harm Inherent Within the Abortion Debates

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:July 20, 2022
  • Post category:Current Events/Disability/Privilege and Race
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When the Supreme Court decided to push regulations around abortion back to the states, it set off a cascade of opinions and responses. Many pro-life activists celebrated while pro-choice folks…

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Read more about the article In the Wake of the Supreme Court’s Decision, The Lord’s Prayer
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In the Wake of the Supreme Court’s Decision, The Lord’s Prayer

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:June 25, 2022
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How can we respond with compassion, justice, and love in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade? Is this ruling cause for celebration or for…

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Read more about the article The Ambiguities of Abortion

The Ambiguities of Abortion

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:June 3, 2022
  • Post category:AJB Recommends/Current Events/Disability/Down Syndrome
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Quick Links: There’s a Better Way to Debate Abortion by Peter Wehner | THE ATLANTIC How the End of Roe Would Change Prenatal Care by Sarah Zhang | THE ATLANTIC…

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Read more about the article The Link-Up (April/May 2022)

The Link-Up (April/May 2022)

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:May 24, 2022
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Here are my top 5 recommendations of what to read or listen to from the past month that I shared in my monthly update (you can subscribe to the updates…

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Read more about the article Abortion and People With Disabilities
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Abortion and People With Disabilities

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:May 9, 2022
  • Post category:Current Events/Disability/Down Syndrome
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Last week’s leak of a draft of a Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade has people talking (yelling?) about abortion all over again. I wrote last week…

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Read more about the article Roe v. Wade: Questions to Ask About the Supreme Court’s Draft
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Roe v. Wade: Questions to Ask About the Supreme Court’s Draft

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:May 4, 2022
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I find myself conflicted when it comes to the politics of abortion and Roe v. Wade. I’m like most Americans—I know I disagree with the extremes of both the pro-life…

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Read more about the article Texas’s Abortion Law and Down Syndrome

Texas’s Abortion Law and Down Syndrome

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:September 8, 2021
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"Why would it be a bad thing for five times more people with Down syndrome to be in the world?" asked my 13-year-old son William, whose older sister Penny has…

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Read more about the article Amy Coney Barrett, Down Syndrome, and Abortion

Amy Coney Barrett, Down Syndrome, and Abortion

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:October 27, 2020
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I have a new essay about Amy Coney Barrett, Down syndrome, and abortion (really light topics with no controversy!) up at the Religion News Service site today. I’ve been thinking…

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The Ethics of Abortion

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:February 13, 2020
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The ethics of abortion. Twice a year, I Skype with a class of high school students at the Riverdale School in New York City during their unit on abortion in…

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