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Satanic Temple Loses Lawsuit Against Idaho’s Pro-Life Law

  Idaho’s law protecting preborn babies from abortions does not turn women into “slaves” or violate their religious liberty, a federal judge affirmed recently. The Satanic Temple brought a lawsuit against the state’s pro-life law based on farfetched legal theories that it...
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Even Abortion Advocates Are Tired of Chemical Abortion Lies  

  As the debate over chemical abortion and its accessibility rages on, a new poll is showing that most American voters support stronger restrictions on the dangerous drugs. A recent poll by McLaughlin & Associates discovered that 70% of American voters support...
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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...
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Prolife Karma & Grace

  Students of religion often characterize the Hindu principle of karma and the Christian principle of grace as opposites, but this is not strictly the case. And both can serve as compatible motivations for the pro-life cause. Consider karma, a type of retributive justice....
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What I Saw at the Abortion: The doctor observed, the man saw.

I am a surgeon. Particularities of sick flesh is everyday news. Escaping blood, all...
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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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Talking to Non-Christian Prolifers

After Alexandra G. was raped at age 13, her mother opted not to take her to a doctor...
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FROM THE ARCHIVES: Forty Years after Roe: Onward We March

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