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State Litigation Seeks to Curb Mail-Order Abortion

  Pro-life advocates have spent years combatting the rising surge of chemical abortion drugs, which now make up over 60% of abortions in the United States. Admirable efforts have been made to expose the dangers of the pill, as well as the consequences that mail-order...
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A Tragedy in Georgia Needs a Federal Response

  This article was originally posted March 27, 2026, on Ed Mechmann’s public policy blog, Stepping Out of the Boat.   Every abortion is a tragedy. But the irresponsible and illegal availability of abortion drugs by mail makes things so much worse. A recent incident in...
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The Clump of Cells in the Mirror

  I was in Florida with my brother and his family for Easter and Good Friday found us in the Emergency Room at the local hospital. Nothing tragic here, my sister-in-law is getting infusions for a health issue (not cancer), a portal has been attached near her breast bone to...
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Life Advice: It’s Greek to Me

  At my New York high school in the 1970s, Brother Andrew would tell a joke to incoming freshmen: “I used to know a little Greek  . . .  but he died.” As street-smart teens, we rolled our eyes, but he knew better than we did. At class reunions, even 50 years on, we all...
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Why Roe/Casey Is Still Unsettled

In his first public criticism of the Supreme Court’s decision in Dred Scott v....
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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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BOOKNOTES: WHAT IT MEANS TO BE HUMAN: THE CASE FOR THE BODY IN PUBLIC BIOETHICS

  WHAT IT MEANS TO BE HUMAN: THE CASE FOR THE BODY IN PUBLIC BIOETHICS O. Carter...
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The Business of Family Planning

  The global contraceptives market was estimated to be $22 billion in 2016  and...
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