Christian attitudes surrounding abortion have a more nuanced history than current events suggest
- Written by Luis Josué Salés, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Scripps College
The story of Walatta Petros, a 17th-century Ethiopian noblewoman who was later made a saint, shows that Christianity has a complex history with abortion and contraception.A 1721 manuscript/Wikimedia CommonsOpponents and supporters of legal abortion in the U.S. will be watching when the Supreme Court hears Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health...
















