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  Dear Peter, I hope that you will not take it amiss if I write this in a more informal style than we’ve been using, but my feeling is that now may be a good time to engage in direct dialogue. Wasn’t it something like that which you first proposed to Anne Conlon after reading my... Read More →

“Grand Bargain,” No. Serious Rethinking, Yes Many weeks ago, I all but completed a reply to the critique that George McKenna published in the Human Life Review of “Beyond the Stalemate,” my June 21 Commonweal article, on the current state and future prospects of Catholic... Read More →

Here are this week’s links to world events that impact the struggle for Life: (February 26, 2014) Brendan Foht (The Public Discourse) on Why Easy Stem Cells Raise Hard Questions Alec Torres (National Review Online) on Pro-life License Plates Shot Down Dennis Prager... Read More →

Did you know that you can now get the Human Life Review for free? Read More →

A Bad Bargain: A Postcript           At about the middle of September I wrote a piece on this site critical of an article in Commonweal magazine by Peter Steinfels, a writer and former editor of the magazine... Read More →

Gosnell’s Women’s Medical Society might still be in operation today had the doctor’s lucrative side practice — dispensing “fake prescriptions” for painkillers such as Oxycontin — not brought him to the attention of prosecutors in the first place.–Anne Conlon   Read More →

  Researching? Curious? Want more information on a life topic? Chances are, we have covered it. Download our multiple-tab Excel complete index with all Human Life Review articles sorted chronologically, by author, by article title, and by keywords. MasterHLRindex1975-Present Read More →

  Our 2005 Great Defender of Life Honoree’s timely, hard-hitting column for the Jewish World Review: read it here:   Read More →

In 2014, we will mark the 40th anniversary of J.P. McFadden’s founding of the Human Life Review. He was inspired by the story of the Good Samaritan. Our goal in the coming year is to boost our loyal subscriber base by 40%, to ensure that the Review continues to bring more... Read More →

I am the president of the Human Life Foundation, a non-profit, non-sectarian organization in Manhattan, dedicated to the defense of human life, founded in 1974 in response to the Roe. v. Wade decision. Our quarterly journal, the Human Life Review, seeks to change hearts and... Read More →