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  Nothing is more mischievous than the self-complacency of historians who treat the past as though it were an object lesson in why the present is more enlightened than the past. Yet precisely because these historians flatter the self-complacency of their readers, their... Read More →

    [Gerard V. Bradley is professor of law at the University of Notre Dame, and the Foundation’s Great Defender of Life in 2022. This article first appeared in the August-September issue of First Things magazine and is reprinted here with permission.]... Read More →

      [Clarke D. Forsythe is senior counsel at Americans United for Life and the author of Abuse of Discretion: The Inside Story of Roe v. Wade. This column was posted on July 16, 2023, at National Review Online. © 2023 by National Review. Reprinted by permission.]... Read More →

    SURVIVOR: A MEMOIR OF FORGIVENESS by Cynthia Toolin-Wilson (En Route Books and Media, 2021, paperback, 194 pages, $14.95) Reviewed by Kiki Latimer ______________________________________________________________________ Survivor: A Memoir of Forgiveness by Dr. Cynthia... Read More →

  The first evil step: In 2016, Canada broke with the long history of Western Christian civilization—and common law dating back to the Middle Ages1— when it legalized medically assisted suicide for incurably ill and disabled citizens who were in an advanced state of decline... Read More →

  In the days leading up to the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, leaders at The Catholic University of America asked ourselves: What can Catholic University do to meet this historic moment? How might we lead with love in our response... Read More →

  Last fall our longtime contributor George McKenna sent us “Getting There,” in which the seasoned political scientist, with over 20 articles in the Review’s archive, insisted pro-life politicians sharpen their messaging and deepen their commitment in response to the Supreme... Read More →

    Introduction In November 2023, our Thomas More Society—a non-profit public interest law firm based in Chicago and now blessed with lawyers at offices across the country—will mark a major milestone: 25 years of lawyering for protection of life, family, and religious... Read More →

In Part I of this two-part article we showed that the real burden on Republican campaigns was not the pro-life cause but the failure of many Republicans to authentically articulate the evils of abortion. A corollary of this conclusion is that Dobbs was far from being a “loser”... Read More →

  Mmmmhhfff, yuck—that decidedly past-prime odor enveloping life in hyper-woke, hyper-amped 21st-century America! What in the world could it be? What in the world could it not be, I meekly inquire about the cow pasture we have come, curiously, to call our culture: a name... Read More →