Happy Easter from Catholics for Choice

On behalf of the entire team at Catholics for Choice, I want to wish you a joyous Easter, however you choose to honor this day.

Easter marks the culmination of forty days of journeying toward a radical change of heart and mind. Our community of pro-choice Catholics knows well that this kind of transformation is desperately needed, after a Lenten season fraught with new attacks on abortion access in our states, the fight to get an overqualified Black woman in her rightful seat on the bench, all in the shadow of a looming Supreme Court decision that could decimate our right to abortion.

Still, we pressed on, signing petitions, calling our lawmakers, and showing up at rallies. And we saw some signs of hope: Colorado signed the Reproductive Health Equity Act into law, and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, backed by reproductive rights and interfaith leaders, was confirmed to the Supreme Court. We spoke truth to power and demonstrated to our church, country, and communities that pro-choice Catholics are the majority, and we are not alone.

As we near the possible gutting or striking down of Roe v. Wade, we must not freeze in fear and disbelief at the spectacle of injustice before us. We must, instead, encounter it and work toward the transformation of hearts and minds. Here at Catholics for Choice, we are providing education and fostering dialogue about the moral complexities of abortion, and we are emboldening pro-choice Catholics to be loud and proud about our values, our faith, and our commitment to justice.

It was because of Mary Magdalene’s faith, not in spite of it, that she chose to proclaim the resurrection and fulfillment of God’s promise to us all despite the obstacles and disbelief. It is because of our faith, and not in spite of it, that we continue the struggle for reproductive freedom and justice for all.
 

Wishing many blessings for you and your loved ones,

Wishing many blessings for you and your loved ones,

Jamie L. Manson