Sacred Choices.The Rights to Contraception and Abortion in Ten World Religions
by Daniel C. Maguire

As written here, a good approach of what Maguire is trying to do in his book would be by means of the relationships between the title and the so-called conventional wisdom:

Family planning, contraception and abortion are all intimately related issues which are often subject to rancorous debates in modern society and international politics. According to conventional wisdom, traditional religious beliefs and institutions are opposed to all three. According to conventional wisdom, religion is inevitably anti-choice in such matters. What if conventional wisdom is wrong?

You can find a summary of the religions being discussed and Maguire's deconstruction of their traditional wisdom here. I believe the making of his contentions is a good start; it's critical thinking with regard to religion(s). And we all appreciate critical thinking around here, don't we? :)

His arguments are broadly displayed as in the following example (p. 32 of the book):

The separation of power and ideas is one of the tragedies of human life. The Catholic tradition is filled with more good sense and flexibility than one would gather from its leaders. Religious leaders are often not equipped to give voice to the best in the tradition they represent. (...) Lay people are changing this as they enter the field of Catholic theology and bring their real-life experiences as workers, parents and professionals. Catholic theology is no longer a clergy club, and that is a gain.

As you can read from the above, he's bringing common sense into religious interpretation; I would contend, however, that his arguments might have been pushed a bit more than what is done by the book. Common sense is a good start for setting forth a common sense debate; yet a religious debate would need more religion-grounded contentions, and this is the account on which the book eluded me. I do perceive it as a good initiative, but its efforts must be sustained by a continuation which would bring the discussion to the next level.