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  ETHICS IN THE REAL WORLD: 90 ESSAYS ON THINGS THAT MATTER Peter Singer (with some essays co-authored) (Princeton University Press, 2023, 488 pp., $18.95) Reviewed by Wesley Smith _______________________________________________ The Princeton bioethicist Peter Singer is one... Read More →

  Ah! We’re having it, we’re having it at last—the jabbing, jouncing jugularity of a good old (maybe not actually good, but you have to start somewhere) national scrum over what it means to destroy life in the womb. If it means anything at all. To various participants in the... Read More →

    “The Lord said to Cain: ‘What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying to me from the ground’ (Gen 4:10). The voice of the blood shed by men continues to cry out, from generation to generation, in ever new and different ways. The Lord’s questio... Read More →

  Dr. Christina Francis is CEO of the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists (AAPLOG), a professional medical organization of women’s health care professionals committed to practicing medicine according to pro-life principles, and board member of... Read More →

  “Fanatic.” “Hysterical.” “Overly sentimental.” Have you heard these or similar accusations lately? Opponents frequently paint prolifers as emotionally carried away, even disturbed: An often cynically employed tactic for side-stepping rational debate over the moral “merits”... Read More →

    Throughout the history of the pro-life and pro-family movements, many remarkable individuals have played important roles. Among those who may receive less recognition today is James Likoudis, a gifted scholar and speaker whose long-time defense of human life, the... Read More →

    The traditional Nine Lessons and Carols opens with the carol “Once in Royal David’s City.” The words were written by Cecil Frances Alexander in 1848; they first appeared in the U.S. in Cantica Sacra, Hymns for the Children of the Catholic Church, in 1865. In the lessons... Read More →

  President Joe Biden’s administration wants to make it harder for life-saving pregnancy resource centers to obtain taxpayer dollars. It is part of a broader attack by the Democratic Party on the nonprofit groups that help families choose life and provide them with the... Read More →

    A version of the following  was originally posted December 12, 2023, from the blog of Edward Mechmann “Stepping Out of the Boat.” It is reprinted with permission.   The latest challenge to the Texas pro-life law has gotten a lot of attention. It involves a... Read More →

Recent pro-choice media distortions (or outright lies) got you down? We’ve got an antidote for that. Our own Maria McFadden Maffucci appeared on the David Vaughan radio program Encounter: Worldview Matters on December 7th, discussing recent state constitution amendment... Read More →