Angela Bonavoglia

Angela Bonavoglia is a journalist who focuses on women’s issues, especially health, politics, religion, and film. She is the author of Good Catholic Girls: How Women Are Leading the Fight to Change the Church, and the classic oral history, The Choices We Made: 25 Women and Men Speak Out About Abortion, with a forward by Gloria Steinem. Visit Angela at her website, on Facebook, or on Twitter @angiebona.

[Photo: A trove of pro-choice supporters hold a large, blue banner that reads 'KEEP ABORTION & BIRTH CONTROL SAFE AND LEGAL' during an event.

Missouri and the Fight for Abortion Rights: How Past Became Prologue

Angela Bonavoglia

Missouri’s historic battle for abortion rights presaged in important ways where we are today, and what will be required of reproductive rights advocates in the future.

Why Changes in Reporting Won’t Fix the Catholic Church’s Sexual Abuse Problem

Angela Bonavoglia

Even if the Church implemented safeguards it wouldn't be enough. That’s because the Catholic clergy’s sexual crimes against children are a consequence, not a cause, of the church’s criminality.

UN Child Rights Panel Defends Children and Girls—Throws Down Gauntlet to Holy See

Angela Bonavoglia

In a scathing report released yesterday on the Holy See’s adherence to the principles of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, an aggressive UN committee knocked the Holy See off the high ground.

The Bishops v. Birth Control: It’s Not About the Money

Angela Bonavoglia

How does paying for a health-saving service like birth control for women become such a threat to Church fathers that they’ve made a major campaign out of it?

(VIDEO) Women Challenge Gender Apartheid in the Catholic Church

Angela Bonavoglia

Catholic women are challenging one of the most powerful bastions of patriarchy: the Catholic Church's male hierarchy.