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  I In September 1924 President Calvin Coolidge gave a speech to over 100,000 Catholics of the Holy Name Society1 that exhibited his truly prophetic grasp of the role church and state play in upholding and sustaining America’s constitutional order. Now, when that order is... Read More →

  The Covid pandemic unleashed a soft totalitarianism in healthcare policy and bioethical advocacy that may not abate with the decline in infections and deaths from the pandemic. In this essay I will explore why the arrival of a modern plague created conditions that allowed... Read More →

  The Supreme Court’s decision to take up in its next session Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the suit brought against the 2018 Mississippi law limiting abortions to the first 15 weeks of pregnancy, can’t help but raise heady hopes in prolifers eager for good... Read More →

  For nearly 50 years, the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision has deprived American citizens of their rightful voice and vote on life and abortion. Certainly, citizens have voted for United States representatives, senators, and presidents who acted on secondary matters... Read More →

The Oklahoma legislature on Thursday passed the most expansive pro-life legislation in the country, outlawing abortion from the moment of fertilization. The bill, which Governor Kevin Stitt has promised to sign, makes exceptions for rape and incest, and it would not affect the... Read More →

  Pro-abortion Michigan officials are scrambling to ensure that if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, women in the state will still be able to get abortions. On Tuesday, Court of Claims Judge Elizabeth Gleicher suspended a dormant abortion ban that had been... Read More →

  Faith-based abortion opponents to boost emphasis on pregnancy care, options if Roe overturned by Mark Kellner   Maria McFadden Maffucci, chair of the Human Life Foundation in New York, said her group won’t “declare victory and go home,” but instead would continue its... Read More →

  The pro-choice rants of sanctimonious goddesses mock us with fantasies about an overarching conspiracy that does not exist. “The real agenda of those teaching abstinence-only education,” they scream, “is to stop free sex!” Who is responsible for this failed curriculu... Read More →

  The fifty-year effort to defend innocent unborn human life in the United States from the atrocity of legalized abortion has reached a turning point. The apparent imminent overturning of Roe v. Wade by the Supreme Court will be a giant step toward re-making our country as a... Read More →

This article was originally posted on Stepping Out of the Boat: Ed Mechmann’s Public Policy Blog, on May 9th, 2022, and is re-posted with permission. _________________________________________________________________ Last week we saw the leak of a draft opinion in the major... Read More →