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Dana Hendershott 1949-2025

NEWSworthy: Madeline Fry Schultz

Majority of Americans Support Abortion, Pew Finds. Many Remain Persuadable

Blog: Rev. Zygmunt Zieliński

The False “Source of Life”: Nazi Surrogacy and Eugenics

Faithful Reflections: Margaret Hickey

Why Would Mary McAleese Attack Infant Baptism?

NEWSworthy: Matt Lamb

Democratic Senate Candidate James Talarico Wants Christians To Support Abortion

BLOG: Brian Caulfield

On the Fifth Anniversary of Fighting for Life: The Bloom of Lila Rose

PASTORAL REFLECTIONS: Fr. Gerald Murray

Strive for the Lord

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Struggling Financially, Planned Parenthood Now Offers Vasectomies and Botox

BLOG: Jason Morgan

Is It Right to Die?

Pastoral Reflections: Rev. George G. Brooks

Come Be Reconciled and Saved

BLOG: Diane Moriarty

On Rape, Prolifers should Show Humility and Heroics

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Is Canada on the Verge of Newborn Euthanasia?

  A Canadian news item that likely passed under most Americans’ – including prolife Americans’ – radar was an August 25 statement by the Québec College of Physicians seeming to endorse euthanasia for newborns. The British tabloid The Daily Mail claimed the College reaffirmed...
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No Compassion for Men 

    The Wall Street Journal recently published a piece highlighting the rise in “men suing over their partners’ abortions.” The piece framed these lawsuits as mere ploys from the ‘anti-abortion movement’ to target abortion providers, suggesting that the male plaintiffs...
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Jane Austen at 250

  The following first appeared in the Irish publication Position Papers (positionpapers.ie) on December 1, 2025. It is reprinted here with permission.   It is a truth not (yet) universally acknowledged that a person in possession of a large grievance must be in want of...
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Prolife Karma & Grace

  Students of religion often characterize the Hindu principle of karma and the Christian principle of grace as opposites, but this is not strictly the case. And both can serve as compatible motivations for the pro-life cause. Consider karma, a type of retributive justice....
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