Read a May 3, 2013, story at Slate about emerging technologies that could give people enhanced abilities. It asks: “If humans become superhuman, will we turn out to be superheroes — or supervillains?”

Read a July 23, 2009, Washington Post story about why abortion opponents criticize the health reform bills before Congress.

Read a July 28, 2009, Los Angeles Times story describing how abortion could further stall health reform.

Michael Horan is a theologian at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles who can relate Catholic beliefs to Catholic practice, particularly in the political realm. Horan believes hard-line tactics by bishops to deny communion to abortion rights politicians can backfire.

A Nov. 13, 2007 Washington Post piece on the former governor of Virginia cutting funding for abstinence education programs.

A white paper from the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice discusses Jewish perspectives on abortion.

Read their official statement on abortion.

ReligiousTolerance.org has a listing of statements on abortion from various faith groups and other organizations.

Read stories and analysis at Catholicvote.net, sponsored by Catholics for a Free Choice, an abortion rights group. Catholicvote.net is representative of a politically liberal wing of Catholicism.