As the midterm elections loom closer, Elizabeth Kirk, Director of the Center for Law and the Human Person, has provided commentary on the impact Dobbs might have on upcoming elections.
Kirk's work was quoted extensively in the National Catholic Register on September 14. The article discusses the Michigan “Reproductive Freedom for All” initiative (Proposal 3 on the ballot) and the response of Bishop Earl Boyea of Lansing, Michigan with his pastoral letter “Fight Like Heaven: Bishop Boyea’s Response to Proposal 3.” In particular, the article features two of Kirk’s works: an overview and analysis of the impact of Proposal 3 and an essay on the right and obligation of the Church to be involved in public advocacy.
Kirk was also interviewed by Catholic News Agency. The article explores data from a new EWTN News/RealClear Opinion Research poll about U.S. Catholic voters' feelings on the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and how it will affect their voting in the upcoming midterm elections.
National Catholic Register
Date: September 14, 2022
By: Janet E. Smith
Bishop Boyea Urges Michigan Faithful: ‘Fight Like Heaven’ to Reject Abortion Proposal
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"Kirk has also written a superb piece on the right and obligation of the Church to be involved in public advocacy. She states the simple and obvious truth that the Church is defending no distinctive Catholic teaching but is 'following the science' that has established that human life begins at conception. The Church seeks to advance the commonsensical view ('supported by religious, philosophical and atheistic persons') that all human life is of equal dignity."
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Click here to read the full article.
Catholic News Agency
Date: October 5, 2022
By: Katie Yoder
New EWTN poll: Where do Catholics stand on abortion ahead of the 2022 midterms?
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“‘This study confirms a phenomenon we have known for some time, i.e., that there is an enormous disconnect between the scope of abortion practices permitted by the Roe regime and what abortion practices Americans actually support,’ Kirk, director of the Center for Law and the Human Person at The Catholic University of America, told CNA.
Kirk, who also serves as a faculty fellow for the Institute for Human Ecology and research associate and lecturer at the Columbus School of Law, noted the finding that nearly 42% of Catholic voters said they are less likely to support a candidate who agrees with Roe being overturned.”
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To see data from the poll and read Elizabeth Kirk’s full comments, click here.