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For Santorums, personal tragedy turned political

January 20, 2012 By Lisa Miller

Haunting the political landscape is the ghost (or soul or spirit or memory or image, depending on how you see these things) of Gabriel Michael Santorum. Born at 19 gestational weeks, too young to live outside the uterus, Gabriel died within two hours. The story is well known. In October 1996, Karen Santorum underwent surgery […]

Filed Under: On Faith, Washington Post Tagged With: Abortion, Lisa Miller, Rick Santorum

Priority Check

December 13, 2010 By Lisa Miller

As recently as 2004, when evangelicals were credited with reelecting George W. Bush, sexual mores defined the culture wars. But as the economy has become the political priority for liberals and conservatives alike, traditional culture-war issues—abortion, gay marriage—have been blunted as weapons in the political theater. As recently as 2004, when evangelicals were credited with […]

Filed Under: Newsweek Tagged With: Abortion, Christians, Conservatives, Glenn Beck, Lisa Miller, Sarah Palin

Saint Sarah: Is Sarah Palin the Next Jerry Falwall?

June 11, 2010 By Lisa Miller

Another memoirist might prefer to keep such matters private, but Sarah Palin is not another memoirist. In Going Rogue: An American Life, Palin describes, perhaps for the first time in the history of political autobiography, a furtive trip to an out-of-state drugstore to obtain a do-it-yourself pregnancy test. This was in the fall of 2007, […]

Filed Under: Newsweek, Religion Tagged With: Abortion, Barack Obama, Beverly LaHaye, Carly Fiorina, Down syndrome, Down's syndrome, fetus, Gallup, George W. Bush, Guttmacher, James Dobson, Jerry Falwell, John McCain, Karl Rove, Margaret Thatcher, Marjorie Dannenfelser, Nikki Haley, politician, pregnancy test, president, R. Marie Griffith, Religion, Richard Land, Roe v. Wade, Ronald Reagan, Sarah Palin, Senate, Susan B. Anthony List, Trig Palin

The Catholic Church Attacks Nuns

May 27, 2010 By Lisa Miller

Earlier this month, in something of a surprise, a nun at a Catholic hospital in Phoenix was excommunicated for approving a first-trimester abortion last year at that hospital to save the life of a critically ill patient. “An unborn child is not a disease,” said Bishop Thomas Olmsted of the Phoenix diocese. “While medical professionals […]

Filed Under: BeliefWatch: Lisa Miller, Newsweek Tagged With: Abortion, Bishop Thomas Olmsted, first trimester abortion, Lisa Miller, orthodox theology, phoenix diocese, religious sisters, second Vatican council, theology, Vatican, Vatican II

The Bishops, Abortion and Healthcare

March 4, 2010 By Lisa Miller

They see themselves as crusaders for human rights—protectors of the innocent, the voiceless, and the powerless. After years of enduring the slings and arrows of opposition, these activists are finally in the power seat. They are among the most important voices on a crucial political question: will abortion finally scuttle health-care reform? They are America’s […]

Filed Under: BeliefWatch: Lisa Miller, Newsweek Tagged With: Abortion, Healthcare, Lisa Miller, Roman Catholic bishops

Should Harvard Have A Religion Department?

February 11, 2010 By Lisa Miller

It doesn’t take a degree from Harvard to see that in today’s world, a person needs to know something about religion. The conflicts between the Israelis and the Palestinians; between Christians, Muslims, and animists in Africa; between religious conservatives and progressives at home over abortion and gay marriage—all these relate, if indirectly, to what rival […]

Filed Under: BeliefWatch: Lisa Miller, Newsweek, Religion Tagged With: Abortion, Christians, Lisa Miller, Muslims

Health Care: Abortion Is Not the Only Moral Issue

November 18, 2009 By Lisa Miller

We suffer, this week, from a moral myopia. Thanks to the passage in Congress of a health-reform bill, abortion is in the news again, but with the same old warriors brandishing their same old spears. Kate Michelman and Frances Kissling talk about how the current version of the health-care bill “risks the well-being of millions […]

Filed Under: BeliefWatch: Lisa Miller, Newsweek Tagged With: Abortion, Conference of Catholic Bishops, Lisa Miller

To Solve Abortion Start Talking About Sex

May 19, 2009 By Lisa Miller

When President Barack Obama talks about finding common ground on abortion, as he did during his commencement address at Notre Dame over the weekend, he’s not really talking about abortion at all. The president is pro-choice, which means that he believes that women should have access to legal abortions and that Roe v. Wade should […]

Filed Under: BeliefWatch: Lisa Miller, Newsweek Tagged With: Abortion, Lisa Miller, Notre Dame

The Battle Over Abortion Language

April 21, 2009 By Lisa Miller

The way you talk about your desire for common ground, it turns out, signals whose side you’re actually on. Advice to would-be culture warriors in the 21st century: walk softly and carry a big thesaurus. According to the conventional wisdom, the culture wars are over in Washington—or, at the very least, reduced to sideline skirmishes. […]

Filed Under: Newsweek Tagged With: Abortion, Christians, Lisa Miller

Abortion Reduction and Obama

April 20, 2009 By Lisa Miller

A Ceasefire in the Culture War By making ‘abortion reduction’ a priority, Obama courts his frenemies. How does a democratic, pro-choice president avoid engaging in a culture war? This is the question that faces Barack Obama as he begins to shape his domestic policy. His presidency is not yet 100 days old, and already Obama […]

Filed Under: BeliefWatch: Lisa Miller, Newsweek Tagged With: Abortion, evangelicals, Lisa Miller

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About Lisa Miller

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Lisa Miller is a staff writer at New York magazine. She is the former religion columnist for the Washington Post, former senior editor of Newsweek magazine, and author of "Heaven: Our Enduring Fascination with the Afterlife."

In 2014, Lisa Miller was nominated for the National Magazine Award and featured in Best Magazine Writing of 2014.

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