Deirdre McQuade is assistant director for policy and communications for the Pro-Life Secretariat of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Read a March 27, 2013, article from the Miami Herald about Florida’s legislature looking to ban abortions based on gender or race selection.

Read a March 29, 2013, article about Kansas abortions dropping to the lowest reported number in 25 years. The dip is credited to legislation.

Read a March 29, 2013, article from Slate about North Dakota’s governor signing a bill that would give the state the strictest abortion laws in the country.

Read a March 28, 2013, article from NPR about Pennsylvania increasing oversight at abortion facilities following a 2011 raid at a clinic.

Read a March 28, 2013, blog post from the Washington Post that maps abortion bans across the country.

The Intercommunity Peace & Justice Center is a northwest environmental and responsible investment collaborative venture of several religious communities based in Seattle. Contact executive director Linda Haydock.

LeAnne Beres is executive director of Seattle-based Earth Ministry. Earth Ministry is a Christian, ecumenical group based in Seattle that works with individuals and congregations on environmental issues.

Bernard Daley Zaleha is president of the Fund for Christian Ecology, a Boise, Idaho-based nonprofit that encourages discussion of religion’s responsibility toward the earth.