NEWSworthy: Anita Blanchard

Trump Moves to Expand IVF Access

BLOG: Margaret Hickey

Just War in the Nuclear Age

PASTORAL REFLECTIONS: W. Ross Blackburn

A Prayer for the Vulnerable

BLOG: Dr. Donald DeMarco

The Glory of Life and the Glamor of Lust

BUY COFFEE, SAVE LIVES

Check out our new Partnership with 7 Weeks Coffee!

FAITHFUL REFLECTIONS: Rev. George Brooks

The Ascension of Jesus

WINTER 2026 ISSUE NOW ONLINE

PDF format

BLOG: Jason Morgan

Will to Live, Will to Life

VIDEO AVAILABLE

2025 Great Defender of Life Dinner

FAITHFUL REFLECTIONS: Rev. W. Ross Blackburn

The Logic of Abortion

NEWSworthy: Madeline Fry Schultz

Democratic Candidate Uses IVF, Then Has An Abortion for the ‘Environment’

BLOG: Peter Pavia

Of New Things and of Equine Endeavors

NEWSworthy: Matt Lamb

Teens Are Buying Abortion Drugs Online, Underscoring Need For Restrictions

BLOG: Diane Moriarty

The Clump of Cells in the Mirror

FAITHFUL REFLECTIONS: Christopher M. Reilly

Doubling Down on Dignity, for Life

TICKETS ON SALE NOW!

2026 GREAT DEFENDER OF LIFE DINNER is SEPTEMBER 28, 2026 His Eminence Timothy Cardinal Dolan Honoree

Truth and Reason in Defense of Life

Buttonhome1pngtina edit
Buttonhome2

928,302 people have visited this page. 4,406 have visited this page today.

NEWSworthy

Republican Congresswoman Struggles to Get Her Ectopic Pregnancy Treated, Blames Pro-Abortion ‘Fearmongering’

  Representative Kat Cammack, a Florida Republican, waited for hours to receive treatment for a life-threatening ectopic pregnancy last year. Medical professionals claimed they were afraid of running afoul of Florida’s six-week abortion ban. Cammack blames misinformation and...
Read More →

Chicago Teachers Union Leader Praises Abortion Access

    A Chicago Teachers Union leader says falling enrollment in public schools can be fixed with abortion. A ProPublica piece details how population decline in Chicago has left dozens of public schools way under capacity, threatening their existence. But the vice...
Read More →

BLOG

ID 33057850 © Brad Calkins | Dreamstime.com

Jane Austen at 250

  The following first appeared in the Irish publication Position Papers (positionpapers.ie) on December 1, 2025. It is reprinted here with permission.   It is a truth not (yet) universally acknowledged that a person in possession of a large grievance must be in want of...
Read More →

Faithful Reflections

The Grace to See Things Right

  “Gratitude is the attitude” said the spinning instructor to her class full of intrepid and somewhat exhausted riders. I was one of them. I liked the rhyme as I pedaled away; I liked the message even more. I remember being with a friend who observed about someone he was having...
Read More →

ERA NEW YORK STATE EXPLAINER

CURRENT ISSUE

NEW ISSUE ONLINE

HUMANIZE

The blog and podcast of Wesley J. Smith

SIGN UP HERE!

  • Join us!

    Join Now

The focus of civilized discussion of the abortion issue

Our mission is to give the readers the tools to have a "civilized discussion" about many issues related to the life issues, most notably Abortion. Further the continuation of our cause by donating to a highly reputable life-affirming organization
Donate Now

Archive Spotlight