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A Tragedy in Georgia Needs a Federal Response

  This article was originally posted March 27, 2026, on Ed Mechmann’s public policy blog, Stepping Out of the Boat.   Every abortion is a tragedy. But the irresponsible and illegal availability of abortion drugs by mail makes things so much worse. A recent incident in...
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Abortion Supporters Focus On Economics, Not Morality

  In the past several weeks, researchers have published papers that claim to show dire economic consequences when states restrict abortion. Abortion supporters are hoping that pro-lifers can be swayed by focusing on economics and the financial consequences of prohibiting...
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  I recently read news about a British woman named Wendy Duffy, who died in April at an assisted suicide clinic in Switzerland. Duffy’s son, Marcus, passed away some four years ago in a freak accident at their home. Since then, Duffy said, she has wanted to join him in...
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The Logic of Abortion

Love must be learned. Which is why there is no better example of love in our world than that of mothers, who both love and learn to love by giving themselves to another—often at great cost. It is also why pro-choice culture is so deeply destructive. For a culture that is all...
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The Odd Couple: Freedom and Liberty

“My chief hope for the future is that the common people have not parted company with...
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FROM THE ARCHIVES: Forty Years after Roe: Onward We March

   “No issue in U.S. history has produced such an impressive and sustained outpouring...
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The Ethics of Fetal Implants

In September 1987, an operation took place at the La Raza Medical Center in Mexico...
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The Slide to Auschwitz

  In July the City Council of Cambridge, Massachusetts, voted to petition...
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