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Leo and the Label “Prolife”

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New York Governor Wants $65 Million For Abortionists, Planned Parenthood

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Tim: The Oldenburg Boy Who Wasn’t Meant To Be

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Dasein ohne Leben (or “Existence without Life”): A Nazi Film Argues for Killing the Weakest

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Judge Rejects Colorado’s Abortion Pill Reversal Ban

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The Goodness of Life, Even Unto Death

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Homily for the 2026 National Prayer Vigil for Life

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 Maryland sets up $25 million abortion fund with Obamacare dollars

    Maryland will subsidize abortions using a surcharge on its Affordable Care Act insurance funds. Democratic Governor Wes Moore signed legislation directing $25 million “to fund a program to pay for abortions,” according to the Associated Press. The money for the...
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Another Step Towards the Moral Abyss

This article was originally posted June 10, 2025, on Ed Mechmann’s Public Policy Blog, Stepping Out of the Boat.   New York State’s government, already infamous for its hostility to life in the womb, has taken another tragic step towards the moral abyss – the State...
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 Looking Beyond Disability—to Joy!

  When our sons were diagnosed with autism, I knew life would change for my husband and me—but not in the ways most people imagine. Yes, there were challenges: sleepless nights, therapies, learning new ways to communicate, and adapting our world to theirs. But there were...
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Rejecting Public (and Private) Coarseness

  American society is fractured; discourse that is civil is rarely heard. We are divided Red against Blue and Blue against Red. Our history is reckoned glorious; or it is taken to be an embarrassment. Technology throws gasoline on fires that otherwise might be easily...
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