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International Planned Parenthood Slashes Nearly 1,000 Jobs Due to Trump Funding Cuts

  The International Planned Parenthood Federation is shedding jobs left and right due to President Donald Trump’s prohibitions on subsidizing the abortion industry. The group said “the Trump Administration’s funding cuts have forced 34 of International Planned...
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Pro-Lifers: There Is No Flexibility on Taxpayer-Funded Abortions

  President Donald Trump seems to have underestimated the importance of the Hyde Amendment to the pro-life movement. But on taxpayer funding for abortion, pro-lifers are not budging. During a speech at the Kennedy Center, President Trump recently told Republicans that they...
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  Well Dobbs is sure turning out to be a pro-life bust. Or is it? Since the 2022 Dobbs decision, which didn’t outlaw abortion but simply put its legality back in the hands of the States, voters in California, Michigan, Ohio, and Vermont have passed amendments to enshrine...
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Homily for the 2026 National Prayer Vigil for Life

  Your Eminences and Excellencies, my brother priests, consecrated men and women, dear brothers and sisters in Christ. It is a deep honor and privilege to celebrate this Vigil Mass here at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, on this “National...
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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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Abortion Looming in Ireland

When last I wrote for this publication, Ireland had been through a huge national and...
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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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What the Abortion Argument Is About

Malcolm Muggeridge was one of Britain’s best-known authors, a prolific writer...
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