Tells the story of the individuals who have struggled to assert the moral legitimacy of a pro-choice position in the Catholic Church. This book addresses many questions about the separation of church and state, and what concessions society should make in public policy to matters of religious doctrine, such as the Catholic ban on contraception.
"Wonderful, original, and provocative. . . . Destined to be a critical and popular success."-Kristin Luker, author of Abortion and the Politics of Motherhood
"Good Catholics traces the emergence of a strong and effective pro-choice movement in American Catholicism from the 1970s to 2012. It also documents the aggressive politicization of the Vatican and Catholic hierarchy in combating dissent on abortion and birth control among American Catholics. Patricia Miller concludes that the underlying issue in this struggle is not just abortion itself, but the deep hostility of traditional Christianity to women's sexuality and the possibility of women enjoying sex without 'paying' for it by pregnancy and childcare."-Rosemary Radford Ruether, Professor of Theology, Claremont School of Theology and Graduate University
"A must read for all of us who are prochoice because of our faith, not despite it. We are not alone."-Jon O'Brien, President, Catholics for Choice
"Thoroughly researched."
