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  When our sons were diagnosed with autism, I knew life would change for my husband and me—but not in the ways most people imagine. Yes, there were challenges: sleepless nights, therapies, learning new ways to communicate, and adapting our world to theirs. But there were... Read More →

  The Food and Drug Administration last week approved a generic of mifepristone, the first pill in the two-step abortion drug regimen, sparking outrage from pro-lifers. “The Trump Administration’s approval of a generic chemical abortion drug is a complete betrayal of the... Read More →

  The church witnesses for life simply by being the church. By gathering for worship, hearing the Word of God, celebrating the Sacraments, and observing the Christian Year, the congregation declares that innocent human lives are to be recognized and defended.  Without... Read More →

  Political violence is pretty much a daily feature of today’s news cycle. Assassins are guaranteed their fifteen minutes of fame. But something more than notoriety is happening in the wake of political violence today. Shoot at a pro-life speaker on a college campus, a group... Read More →

  What’s in a name? I was enjoying a nature show on television when the narrator said something that made me sit up, squint, grab the kindle I keep next to my easy chair, and go for Google. With orangutans swinging wildly through the branches, the speaker blithely informed... Read More →

  Long before Pope Leo XIV spoke of the mixed blessings of artificial intelligence and was named by Time a Top 100 figure on the hot topic, the Catholic Church had expounded on another AI, i.e., artificial insemination. The two AIs have more in common than might seem at... Read More →

  A speaker from Harvard, whose name I have long forgotten, recited to us the only poem he ever penned. The last two lines of his sole poetic effort linger in my memory: “It’s just the reverse of what Darwin said/We are going back to the quadruped.” The lines are comical, but... Read More →

  In the summer of 2021, a 108-page report entitled “Tip of the Iceberg: Religious Extremist Funders Against Human Rights for Sexuality and Reproductive Health in Europe, 2009-2018” was published in Brussels. It was produced by the European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual and... Read More →

  I often commute to Tokyo for work. There are many train lines in Japan, and in the capital, they weave and tangle like cat’s-cradle strings. Some evenings, on the long ride home, my train ends up running parallel for a few moments with some other train on some other track... Read More →

  Last week,  the New York Post reported that an Illinois man had been charged with intentionally drugging his pregnant girlfriend with chemical abortion drugs, which resulted in the loss of her 7-week-old preborn baby. The perpetrator, Emerson Evans, has since been charged... Read More →