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The Logic of Abortion

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A New Twist to the Meaning of Being Pro-life

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The Life of Chuck

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‘Bro-Choice’ is trying to make a comeback

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Post-Scopes Conceits of “Science”

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State of Washington Gifts Planned Parenthood $11 Million To Cover Shortfall

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Post-Scopes Conceits of “Science”

  One hundred years ago, John Scopes was convicted of violating Tennessee’s ban on teaching evolution. His trial—enshrined in popular mythology as a victory of enlightened science over benighted religion—left more behind than just a courtroom verdict. It helped entrench a...
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State of Washington Gifts Planned Parenthood $11 Million To Cover Shortfall

Washington state officials will take $11 million from an emergency fund to give to Planned Parenthood to ensure it could keep aborting babies. The decision followed President Donald Trump’s signing of the “Big Beautiful Bill,” a massive budget law that defunded Planned Parenthood...
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A New Twist to the Meaning of Being Pro-life

  The conventional meaning of being “pro-life” is related to the abortion issue. Whereas abortion advocates identified themselves as being “pro-abortion” or “pro-choice,” those who opposed abortion responded by calling themselves “pro-life.” Being “anti-abortion” was a tag...
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Pastoral Reflections

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The Life of Chuck

  It’s hard to know what to do with a film that begins with the end of the universe. The Life of Chuck places us in a generic urban/suburban world where normal things are starting to unravel. In a traffic snarl, a schoolteacher (Marty) sees a billboard with the picture of an...
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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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Abortion Looming in Ireland

When last I wrote for this publication, Ireland had been through a huge national and...
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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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Fatal Tissue: The Horror and the Lure

The history of the natural sciences has two themes, one, the formation of their...
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