Maria McFadden Maffucci

In his lead article, “Building an Enduring Majority for Life,” Clarke Forsythe surveys post-Dobbs America and promotes a path forward. “The Dobbs decision moved control of abortion from the Court to public sentiment,” he writes; no surprise, then, that in this time of “stark... Read More →

We begin our 52nd year of publishing with timely and important articles from our two new editors, Mary Rose Somarriba and Christopher M. Reilly. In “DIY Abortion Returns: From Back Alleys to Bathrooms,” Somarriba makes the chilling case that the easy availability of “medication... Read More →

  From its beginning, the pro-life movement has been identifying the reemergence of eugenics, in medicine, law, and society. Indeed, despite the horrors of the Third Reich, the evil ideology never really went away. From Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger’s crusade to... Read More →

  From its beginning, the pro-life movement has been identifying the reemergence of eugenics, in medicine, law, and society. Indeed, despite the horrors of the Third Reich, the evil ideology never really went away. From Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger’s crusade to... Read More →

    PITY FOR EVIL: SUFFRAGE, ABORTION, AND WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT IN RECONSTRUCTION AMERICA Monica Klem and Madeleine McDowell (Encounter Books, 2023, hardcover, 328 pages, $34.99) Reviewed by Maria McFadden Maffucci ________________________________________________ In Pity... Read More →

  The Biden White House continues its unflagging commitment to abortion by announcing September 7 that Vice President Kamala Harris will be undertaking a “Fight for Our Freedoms College Tour” to advance “abortion rights” this fall.  The preliminary lineup includes stops at... Read More →

  by Jennifer Wright (Hachette books, New York, 2023, 334 pp.) Reviewed by Maria McFadden Maffucci ________________________________________________ Crawling through this “pop history” book on Madame Restell brought to mind “The Piranha Brothers,” a memorable skit from the... Read More →

    TWO PATIENTS: MY CONVERSION FROM ABORTION TO LIFE-AFFIRMING MEDICINE Dr. John Bruchalski with Elise Daniel (Ignatius Press, 2022, paperback, 185 pp., $17.95) Reviewed by Maria McFadden Maffucci _____________________________________________________________________... Read More →

  The first thing I’ll say about the movie, Unexpected, is that it lives up to its title. Each time I thought “Oh right, this is how its going to go, ” I was brought up short by a, well, unexpected plot twist. I’m not going to spoil that for you here. The movie, directed by... Read More →

  Dear John Isaiah, Your mother and I named you after the saint, John the Baptist, whose birth we celebrated the day we lost you. Your middle name is the prophet whose words gave us so much solace at Mass that day: “The Lord called me from birth, from my mother’s womb he... Read More →