Category Archives: Reproductive Health

Debating Abortion – Valerie Tarico and Chris Christian on the Right to Reason Podcast

Posted on February 18, 2020 by Valerie Tarico

Psychologist and author Valerie Tarico takes the stance that abortion access is an afirmative social and moral good that serves wellbeing. Divinity student Chris Christan argues that abortion should be morally forbidden and illegal. https://therighttoreason.podbean.com/e/debating-abortion/

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Go Figure: Better Birth Control Dramatically Drops Delaware Abortion Rate

Posted on October 4, 2019 by Valerie Tarico

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Guess who cut abortions in Delaware by a third. Hint: It wasn’t the Religious Right. I’m as fiercely pro-choice as they come. I owe my beloved first daughter to the fact that my husband and I were able to terminate … Continue reading →

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American IUDs Help African Women Despite Trump Gag Rule and Funding Cuts

Posted on July 4, 2019 by Valerie Tarico

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When Donald Trump was elected, demand for long-acting birth control soared. Planned Parenthood scrambled to schedule appointments. One woman made a sign that said, “My IUD will outlast your presidency!” Others posted the image to social media. Thanks to a … Continue reading →

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What we Know about Abuse by Clergy – For Starters, Homosexual Priests and Modern Sexual Norms are Not the Problem

Posted on March 4, 2019 by Valerie Tarico

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Sexual abuse perpetrated and hidden by clergy goes back centuries. A priest with unsupervised access to boys grooms and then molests them. As the pattern becomes undeniable, the primary concern of church leaders is not for the children but for … Continue reading →

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Reproductive Choice is About Much More than Abortion

Posted on November 27, 2018 by Valerie Tarico

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When it comes to freely-chosen parenthood, we sometimes miss the big picture. Imperfect people and imperfect contraceptives and imperfect pregnancy processes fail; and when they do, access to abortion is a moral good. Like health knowledge and birth control options, … Continue reading →

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