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Media Get the Pro-Life Movement All Wrong

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Eugenics Then and Now

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NEWSWorthy: Media Get the Pro-Life Movement All Wrong

  The following originally appeared in the Washington Examiner, from which it has been reprinted with permission. Progressive outlet Mother Jones examined the supposed “splintering” of the pro-life movement in a recent article, prompted in part by an online spat between...
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NEWSWorthy: Congressional Bill Would Protect Preborn Babies from Abortion under 14th Amendment

  Babies would be recognized as full human beings worthy of protection under a pending congressional bill from Missouri Republican Eric Burlison. Rep. Burlison recently introduced the “Life at Conception Act” along with 68 cosponsors and the backing of pro-life groups. The...
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Eugenics Then and Now

  I have been reading Linda Royall’s 2023 book Sacrifice, in which the investigative journalist details Margaret Sanger’s deep and revolting entanglements with eugenics, racism, Nazi ideology, and population control. Royall also explains how Sanger biographer (and devoted...
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Pastoral Reflections

Murders in Kansas; Marked for Life

  The mid-to-late fifties were a good time to grow up in Garden City, Kansas—a town of 10,000. My mother never lacked love, energy, dreams, and the most encouraging words. My father modeled a work ethic, held us accountable, and shared his wisdom, including how to be...
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NEW YORK STATE’S EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT: A Revolutionary Camel

    A camel is a horse designed by a committee. Once a camel gets its nose into your tent, the rest of its body will soon follow, thus wrecking your tent. [1]   Introduction Rushed through the NYS legislature with little public debate,[2] an “Equal Righ...
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Abortion Looming in Ireland

When last I wrote for this publication, Ireland had been through a huge national and...
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Should We “Harvest” Fetal Tissue?

Last summer, a medical ethicist received an unusual phone call from a woman whose...
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Why Roe/Casey Is Still Unsettled

In his first public criticism of the Supreme Court’s decision in Dred Scott v....
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The Business of Family Planning

  The global contraceptives market was estimated to be $22 billion in 2016  and...
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