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Setting the Bar

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The Cries of a Newborn

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Mothers of the Murdered

FAITHFUL REFLECTIONS: Rev. George G. Brooks

The Mystery of the Cross

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Surrogate Refuses to Abort Baby with Heart Defect, Saving His Life

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Renting Wombs, Rending Hearts: The Dark Realities of Surrogacy

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Entrepreneur Bryan Johnson Makes a “Clone” to Delay Death

Faithful Reflections: Robert Marshall

RFAs: Making Christian Ethics and Common Sense Unconstitutional

NEWSworthy: Jacqueline O'Hara

Massachusetts Officially Enshrines Abortion Up Till Birth

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NEWSworthy: Anita Blanchard

Bill Targets Forced Abortions Through Surrogacy Contracts

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Choosing Choice

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Seeing God's Hand in All Things

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Massachusetts Abortion Bill Trojan Horse for Abortion Extremism 

  The overwhelming majority of Massachusetts house lawmakers just passed a bill that would allow abortions after 24 weeks in the state. The bill, H.5595, needs to clear the state Senate before implementation. Unfortunately for pro-life advocates in the state, the Massachusetts...
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Heartbeat International on Trial for Spreading Truth

  California Attorney General Rob Bonta is suing pro-life nonprofits Heartbeat International and Real Options for $20 million for supporting abortion pill reversal. The trial People of the State of California vs. Heartbeat International & Real Options started June 24,...
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Renting Wombs, Rending Hearts: The Dark Realities of Surrogacy

  To protect women and children, we have to let go of the illusion that surrogacy is anything other than a form of human trafficking. Today, women everywhere are finding it harder than in previous years to get and keep work. Since the start of the pandemic, Forbes reports,...
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Faithful Reflections

RFAs: Making Christian Ethics and Common Sense Unconstitutional

  This article was originally published at CatholicCulture.org on June 18, 2026 (link). It is reprinted with permission from Catholic World News. ________________________________________________________________ As of June, 2026 ten states have added voter-approved...
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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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What the Abortion Argument Is About

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

“Pro-life action news: Mark Wednesday, Feb. 26, in red letters because it is one big...
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From the Editor: On Hijacking Immigration Uproar

As I write this, the Human Life Review is seeing an unprecedented amount of public...
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