The Return of Abortion Tourism

  One of the advantages of having lived through the pre-Roe days is that it gives one a sense of the history of abortion in the second half of the twentieth century—especially the dramatic change in attitudes, norms, and behaviors that preceded the momentous 1973 Supreme...
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Promoting Marriage as an Anti-Abortion Policy

  In the months following the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, both sides in the abortion debate have proposed a number of policies at the state and federal level. While the pro-life side has welcomed state anti-abortion trigger laws...
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Appedix A: Envy in the Age of Social Media

More than fifty years before the term “social media influencer” was coined, Rene Girard identified the social role played by those whose attractiveness and authenticity inspired others to want to be like them. The advertising industry has always known of our mimetic desires....
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Bereavement Leave after Abortion

(Here is an insightful column from Human Life Review contributor, Professor Anne Hendershott, published in The American Conservative. ) The Truth of Abortion in Deep Blue Cities   Portland was first in the nation to provide bereavement leave for its employees after abortion,...
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Courts Deciding Whether Elective Abortion is “Essential” During the Pandemic

  Complying with Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines limiting “nonessential” healthcare services during the COVID-19 pandemic, governors from several states throughout the country have issued executive orders identifying elective surgical abortion services as...
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SYMPOSIUM: Could Abortion Ever Be “Unthinkable” Again?

INTRODUCTION Needless to say, we are at an intense moment in the history of the pro-life movement. Although there is fervent new reaction and commentary every day in the press, we think it is also a moment to take a deep breath and reflect on some fundamental questions:  Why is...
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Symposium: Whole Life v. Pro-Life?

We asked participants to respond to one or more of three questions: 1) Should people who defend the right to life of the unborn and the dying call themselves “whole-life” or “consistent-life” rather than “pro-life”? 2) Does defending the right to life today require particular...
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Symposium: Pro-life in the Time of Trump

We asked our participants to reflect on “Pro-life in the Time of Trump,” and offered them the following two opposing views to consider: Charles Camosy writing the day after the election in Crux, and Marjorie Dannenfelser quoted in Susan B. Anthony List’s press release the same...
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From CRISIS: Explaining the Decline in Abortion Rates

Anne Hendershott discusses what some abortion advocates call a “worrisome trend.”
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Must Read: From Anne Hendershott— “The True Gift of The Giver”

“More than two decades ago—long before we all were transfixed by the rebelliousness demonstrated by Katniss Everdeen in the dystopian society presented in the Hunger Games, or Tris Prior in the dystopian Divergent—Newberry Medal-winning novelist, Lois Lowry published The...
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