Mailed Abortion Pills and Victimization: Part 1—Abusers

  Rosalie Markezich loved working with children at her daycare job.1,2 According to documents uploaded by Louisiana Right to Life, she looked at the positive result of her pregnancy test and smiled. However, she was apprehensive about her boyfriend’s reaction. Should she...
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Bill Maher: Why Exclude the Unborn from Shared Humanity?

  Recently, some prominent cultural figures have bucked a longstanding American tradition of vilifying people with different political views. When Republicans and Democrats come together to talk to one another as human beings, they often emphasize shared humanity over...
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Little Fish in a Big Pond 

  It’s an ordinary day in the ancient city of Pompeii. Mount Vesuvius is growling, but that’s been going on for years. For now, the streets are busy with merchants, farmers, shopkeepers, laborers and soldiers going about their business. A weaver named Successus pauses before...
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Just War in the Nuclear Age

  Over ten years ago, writer and cultural analyst Douglas Murray warned that when Iran became close to acquiring nuclear weapons, Israel would strike and, if necessary, strike alone. Has that moment arrived? If so, would that justify the decapitation of Iran’s leadership,...
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The Glory of Life and the Glamor of Lust

  I would like to ask students the following question: “In the interest of equality, do you think that pilots and passengers should take turns in flying the plane”?  “No,” I would expect them to say, because an untrained passenger would expose everyone on the aircraft to...
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Will to Live, Will to Life

  I recently read news about a British woman named Wendy Duffy, who died in April at an assisted suicide clinic in Switzerland. Duffy’s son, Marcus, passed away some four years ago in a freak accident at their home. Since then, Duffy said, she has wanted to join him in...
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NEWSworthy: Democratic Candidate Uses IVF, Then Has An Abortion for the ‘Environment’

  The pro-life concerns about in-vitro fertilization are manifold, but this might be a new one: For parents with a specific family size in mind, it could lead to successful pregnancies followed by a natural pregnancy that ends with abortion. A Democratic candidate for...
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Of New Things and of Equine Endeavors

  One frigid afternoon not long ago, I stood overlooking the paddock at the Aqueduct racetrack, doing my best to evaluate the entries in the upcoming contest; it was an event for younger horses who had never won a race, or maidens. A couple of them were going out for the...
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Teens Are Buying Abortion Drugs Online, Underscoring Need For Restrictions

  Teens are buying abortion drugs online without their parents’ knowledge, a new study admits. Written by pro-abortion Aid Access founder Rebecca Gomperts and two scholars, the study looks at “requests made to a high-volume online medication abortion telemedicine service.”...
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The Clump of Cells in the Mirror

  I was in Florida with my brother and his family for Easter and Good Friday found us in the Emergency Room at the local hospital. Nothing tragic here, my sister-in-law is getting infusions for a health issue (not cancer), a portal has been attached near her breast bone to...
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