diocese of colorado springs
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Abortion surge from out-of-state clients continues to impact providers
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Demand for abortions continues to tax Colorado providers, as out-of-state women travel here for services because of legal restrictions where they live, following last year’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. About 2 in 5 women seeking abortion services from Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains have been from out…
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Abortion: A great religious divide that also unites faithful opponents and supporters
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When anyone seeks counsel regarding abortion from Rabbi Jay Sherwood, leader of Temple Shalom, Colorado Springs’ largest Jewish synagogue, he cites Jewish law, which, he maintains, subscribes to an undisputed rabbinical conclusion that life begins at birth, not at conception. Sherwood points to the Talmud, the main source of Jewish religious law and theology, referencing the unborn…
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More Colorado victims of alleged sexual abuse by Catholic clergy file compensation claims
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Sixteen more victims of alleged sexual abuse by priests in Colorado’s three Roman Catholic dioceses have come forward since the Oct. 23 release of an independent report detailing substantiated accounts of at least 166 children who were harmed by 43 priests, according to the Colorado Attorney General’s Office. Among those now seeking compensation is an…
