Wake Up, Sit Up, Show Up

  Turn on, tune in, drop out is a counterculture expression brought to us courtesy of Timothy Leary of LSD fame. Turn on meant become sensitive to different levels of consciousness and what triggers them, with psychedelic drugs being a way to achieve it. (I guess Buddha and...
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Mailed Abortion Pills, Part 2: Physical Perils and Mental Traumas

  The phrase calling abortion a decision “between a woman and her doctor” was always odd. It conjured a discussion between the pregnant female and her physician about her pregnancy, the factors leading her to consider abortion, an analysis of those factors plus alternatives...
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Mifepristone as a Public Health Issue

  On June 5, 2026, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway wrote to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on behalf of herself and 13 other state attorneys general questioning whether “the abortion pill[1]” was contaminating American water. Do not dismiss the...
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The Extermination of Baby Ridgway

  Jesse and Ashley Ridgway made national news recently because of their decision to end the life of their unborn child. The child had been diagnosed in utero with Trisomy 21, known to most Americans as Down Syndrome. For the Ridgways, Down Syndrome was, it seems, not...
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Aqueduct: Requiem for a Racetrack

    Traces of handwriting appeared on the wall, and not for the first time, December 12, 2019. The New York Racing Association (NYRA) announced, with a self-serving press release—is there another kind? —that commencing with the coming calendar year, all training and...
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How the Effective Charity Movement Can Supercharge the Pro-Life Cause

  The choice to abort a baby is often driven by poverty and isolation. One study states, “Sixty percent [of women who aborted their children] reported they would have preferred to give birth if they had received more support from others or had more financial security.1”...
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Then and Now: Filling in the Blanks

  Lisa Rose, a graduate of UCLA, is the president and founder of Live Action, a non-profit organization that supports life and is known for its media advocacy and undercover investigations.   She recounts an incident that took place while she was a student at UCLA that tells us,...
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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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