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Can We Have a Little Privacy Here?

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Illinois and New York Advance Assisted Suicide, Claiming It Means Dignity For The Dying

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European Parliament Backs Abortion Travel Fund As Prelude to ‘Abortion Rights’

  In a move that signals a growing effort to impose abortion access across Europe by indirect means, the European Parliament voted to endorse a proposal that would use European Union funds to underwrite abortion travel — despite the EU’s lack of authority over national...
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NEWSworthy: Gwen Stefani Criticized for Promoting Christian Prayer App Because It Doesn’t Promote Abortion

  Few things are as priceless as American celebrities remembering that Christian values actually mean something. Several celebrities learned this the hard way last week when “A Bit Fruity” podcast host Matt Bernstein mocked Catholic pop singer Gwen Stefani for promoting the...
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Can We Have a Little Privacy Here?

  Since the Supreme Court could not find an explicit right to abortion in the Constitution to support their Roe v. Wade decision, they claimed instead that a “right to privacy” was implied in the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, which bars the state from...
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Holding Christmas Every Day

  Early in December of 2025, our youngest son and his wife welcomed their newborn son into their arms. Her pregnancy had been difficult. “How difficult?,” you ask. While carrying the baby, she passed kidney stones on multiple occasions. That’s how difficult. Also, her...
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ARCHIVE SPOTLIGHT: “HIDDEN ROOTS” by Harold O.J. Brown

Harold O. J. Brown, Ph.D., was a long-time Human Life Review contributor, an...
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What the Abortion Argument Is About

Malcolm Muggeridge was one of Britain’s best-known authors, a prolific writer...
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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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What I Saw at the Abortion: The doctor observed, the man saw.

I am a surgeon. Particularities of sick flesh is everyday news. Escaping blood, all...
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