Jesus Was a Fetus

  Jesus, born in a barn amongst the heaving, dank breath of livestock, raised poor in a bad town (Can anything good come out of Nazareth? John 1:46), who unjudgmentally lent a shoulder to corrupt tax collectors, the poor dregs of society, and adulterous women (pointing out...
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Are We Afraid of Life?

  Anastasia Berg and Rachel Wiseman’s new book What Are Children For? On Ambivalence and Choice is an eye-opening study of the contemporary mindset that regards children today as at best useful goods and at worst positive bads. Published before the controversy over J.D....
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In Praise of Folly

  What should I say to a young woman who enters my classroom wearing a t-shirt that reads: “I am a Proud Member of the Pro-choice Generation”? Perhaps my response should be relegated to the realm of the imagination, which neither offends nor upsets. Furthermore, I owe it to my...
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“Your Body, My Choice”

  Shortly after the recent US presidential election, “your body, my choice” began trending up in online discourse. The sentiment is vile. Those who repeat it, or post memes emblazoned with the phrase, do so to threaten women. The meaning of the four-word taunt is clear: “I...
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NEWSworthy: Georgetown University Reverses Course on Discrimination Against Pregnant Student After Backlash

  Infamously left-wing Georgetown University’s callous refusal to accommodate a pregnant student should not shock anyone. The university’s discrimination serves as merely the millionth indictment of the narrative that leftists who are pro-abortion are also pro-woman and...
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The Eyes of Faith

  A New York funeral Mass celebrated by a Catholic bishop and a trio of nationally known priests would seem to indicate that the person being mourned was famous or perhaps a major church donor. Yet the deceased who drew such notable clergy, as well as lay leaders of the...
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GEN C (clusters of cells)

  The Greatest Generation (b. 1901 to 1927) earned its name for fighting WWII. The Silent Generation (b. 1928 to 1945)—aka the Traditionalist Generation—produced the “Silent Majority,” who refrained from publicly expressing their thoughts on “sex, religion, and politics.”...
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NEWSworthy: The Hidden Pro-life Story of the 2024 Election

  On Election Day, voters in 10 states considered measures that directly, or indirectly, would incorporate a right to abortion in their state constitution. Seven of those measures passed; three were defeated. In the former category are five states — Colorado, Maryland,...
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Piety and Laughter—J.P. McFadden

  [The Human Life Foundation will celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Human Life Review at its annual Great Defender of Life Dinner on November 13. The following appreciation is reprinted here in memory of our founding editor James P. McFadden, a widely known and admired...
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NEWSworthy: Florida Defeats Pro-abortion Constitutional Amendment

  Floridians defeated a pro-abortion constitutional amendment that would have opened the door for killing preborn babies through all nine months of pregnancy. Tuesday’s vote also stood out as a positive sign of hope for the pro-life movement, which had suffered a handful of...
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