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Patricia Miller

Patricia Miller an award-winning author and journalist who writes about issues at the intersection of religion, sex and politics. She is the author of Good Catholics: The Battle over Abortion in the Catholic Church and her work has appeared in The Atlantic, Salon, The Nation, and Huffington Post.

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Religion Dispatches

This Radical Religious Freedom Dissent Reveals Kavanaugh's Views on Sex and Power

Both the sweeping religious liberty claims defended by Kavanaugh and the assertions of his defenders come from the same place: a desire to reassert traditional, patriarchal sexual mores.
Patricia Miller
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The Story Behind the Catholic Church's Stunning Contraception Reversal

Behind the official explanation for the continued ban on birth control was the need to maintain the link between sex and procreation, which was essential to the maintenance of the traditional, subordinate role of women, a key concern of the Catholic Church.
Patricia Miller
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Religion Dispatches

New Survey: Catholic Women “Disengaged & Disengaging” — And Don't Listen to US Bishops

Nearly five years into Pope Francis papacy, with its great expectations for a revival of Catholicism among the flagging faithful, a new large-scale survey of American Catholic women finds the flock…
Patricia Miller
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