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"My Voice, My Choice" and the Silence Beneath it.

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Trump Moves to Expand IVF Access

  Infertility is a national dilemma, but the Trump administration’s answer to it is not one pro-lifers can fully get behind. President Donald Trump last week proposed a new rule for employers to provide stand-alone coverage for fertility benefits, aside from standard health...
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NEWSworthy: Democratic Candidate Uses IVF, Then Has An Abortion for the ‘Environment’

  The pro-life concerns about in-vitro fertilization are manifold, but this might be a new one: For parents with a specific family size in mind, it could lead to successful pregnancies followed by a natural pregnancy that ends with abortion. A Democratic candidate for...
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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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“My Voice, My Choice” and the Silence Beneath It

    This article was originally published on March 17, 2026 by Catholic Exchange.   Europe is once again rallying around a slogan: My Voice, My Choice. The phrase has recently returned to the center of European political debate, especially as the European...
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Abortion and the Conscience of the Nation

  THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY of the Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade is a good...
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Talking to Non-Christian Prolifers

After Alexandra G. was raped at age 13, her mother opted not to take her to a doctor...
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Should We “Harvest” Fetal Tissue?

Last summer, a medical ethicist received an unusual phone call from a woman whose...
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President Obama and “Black Genocide”

Barack Obama has made history in two unprecedentedly dramatic ways: He is the first...
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