Tearing Us Apart: A Resource for Reshaping the Abortion Landscape

NATION FACES CHANGED ABORTION LANDSCAPE —Headline, the New York Times, June 26, 2022   Sure enough? The Times, the Times!—America’s narrow-eyed bearer of meat-slab tidings and truths wouldn’t tickle us under the chin with a feather, would it, hoping to provoke a giggl...
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In Praise of Dishonesty

  For several years, I was represented in Congress by a man whom I admired. He worked hard, listened to a diverse group of constituents, and, at least in my own neighborhood, did much good. He consistently advocated for the pro-life movement. But then came a scandal: He had...
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Congressional Republicans introduce 15-week abortion ban

  GOP legislators led by Senator Lindsey Graham this week introduced a bill to ban abortion after 15 weeks. This federal legislation, which will not pass while Democrats control Congress and the White House, is meant “to define who [Republicans] are,” according to Graham....
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Dismantling the United States of America

  America . . . we have a problem! It seems the United States of America is undermining the United States of America. The smoldering social ruckus—the internal strife and intrigue—that is occurring in the United States today should not be, but it is, and it didn’t just...
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VA to offer abortion access even in states where it’s illegal

  The Biden administration is once again directing federal agencies to expand abortion access in any way possible. Now, the Department of Veterans Affairs is poised to provide abortions to female veterans across the United States—even in states where such procedures may be...
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From the Editors Summer 2022

ROE OVERTURNED A 6-3 Ruling Ends 50 Years of Federal Abortion Rights —New York Times headline, June 25, 2022 When Roe v. Wade was issued on January 22, 1973, it surprised just about everyone, including our founder J.P. McFadden. He read the text of the sweeping opinion the next...
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Yelp Slaps Crisis Pregnancy Centers with Warning Label

  Crisis pregnancy centers are under attack again. This time, from Yelp. The local business review site announced that it will affix warning labels to pro-life centers telling potential clients that such centers “typically provide limited medical services and may not have...
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APPENDIX B: Don’t Forget Andrew Cuomo’s Other Coronavirus Victims

In late April 2020, while field hospitals built with millions of dollars stood empty and the USNS Comfort prepared to leave NYC after having only treated 182 patients, Governor Cuomo announced that further construction on such sites would halt, because they were unnecessar...
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A Searcher for Truth

  I read with sorrow the obituary [Norah Vincent, Who Chronicled Passing as a Man, Is Dead at 53 – The New York Times (nytimes.com)] of Norah Vincent, who, at age 53, committed medically-assisted suicide in Switzerland on July 6. I did not know of her previously. It is...
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Dobbs and Constitutional Limits on Abortion

  In Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade and declared that it was returning abortion regulation to the “people and their elected representatives.” The collective freedom of political choice that Dobbs affirmed sounded plenary....
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