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As I write, news accounts of the pope’s early-morning death on April 21 still ricochet around the internet. This bit from the Wall Street Journal: “Pope Francis, who sought to refocus the Catholic Church on promoting social and economic justice rather than traditional moral... Read More →

[Margaret Hickey, a freelance columnist, writes for the Irish Dominican publication, Alive, and reviews for the Irish monthly magazine Position Papers. The following was originally posted April 29, 2025, on the Human Life Review’s website.] ___________________________________... Read More →

[Julia Duin is a longtime investigative journalist and author. The following article was published on Religion Unplugged (www.religionunplugged.com) on October 24, 2024, and is reprinted with the author’s permission.] __________________ When Mariella Aitana Guerrero was born on a... Read More →

I Recently, I attended the Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington, DC, and was struck by the enthusiasm in certain quarters for what the guest speaker— Vice President JD Vance—might portend for improved relations between the American Church and the American State. Of course, in... Read More →

Kate Cox should be cradling a little boy right now—a three-month-old at this writing and very much a wanted child. In late 2023, the Dallas-area mother of three (living) children became the focal point of one of the savviest PR efforts in America’s 52-year-old debate over... Read More →

  Introduction Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? (Juvenal, Satire VI, lines 347–348). For some 2,000 years, the problem of “who guards the guardians” has challenged good governance. The fundamental rights of every person, including the right to life, depend on a government... Read More →

[John Hinshaw, who served 17 months in jail after being convicted for peaceful protest at a Washington DC abortion clinic, is one of 23 prolifers pardoned by President Donald Trump on January 22, the day before the 2025 March for Life. Bernadette Patel recently interviewed Mr.... Read More →

After a stint in federal prison—where, in addition to separation from loved ones, some experienced violent surroundings, poor food and medical care, and limited access to religious services—twenty-three pardoned pro-life activists are not retreating from their mission. If... Read More →

The up-and-down-around-and-around-here-today-who-knows-where-tomorrow presidency of Donald J. Trump leaves a writer—not to mention the majority of us—in guessing mode, hands over eyes. Gee, if we say something searching, something discerning about our president’s second White... Read More →

  The Human Life Review editors invited the participants on the following pages to contribute a reaction to the statement below: In the decades between Roe v. Wade and Dobbs, most prolifers believed that Americans were more or less opposed to legalized abortion on demand... Read More →