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Report: “The Abortion Pill Harms Women”

  Just how dangerous is the abortion pill? Pro-lifers have long argued that in addition to ending a life, mifepristone is also dangerous for women and often leaves them suffering alone or rushing to the hospital after an at-home chemical abortion. Now, as groups pressure FDA...
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New York Pushes Asissted Suicide

The following is a reprint from Ed Mechmann’s blog, “Stepping Out of the Boat,” from April 28. Reprinted with permission. Sadly, the New York State Assembly passed the Medical Aid in Dying Act yesterday, April 29th. It now goes to the Senate.   New York has...
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Punishing the Good Samaritan

  A speaker from Harvard, whose name I have long forgotten, recited to us the only poem he ever penned. The last two lines of his sole poetic effort linger in my memory: “It’s just the reverse of what Darwin said/We are going back to the quadruped.” The lines are comical, but...
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No Empire beyond the Seas

  I have the privilege of composing this reflection while residing in Tanzania. A colleague and I are working on a series of projects for the Archdiocese of Mwanza, which is on the shore of Lake Victoria, in the north-central part of the country. Like many Africans,...
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