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NEWSworthy: Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Pregnancy Center Free Speech Case

  Finally, some good news! The Supreme Court seems poised to rule in favor of New Jersey pregnancy centers in a case that would set important precedent not just for the First Amendment, but also for pro-life organizations seeking to secure funding without exposing their...
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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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Death’s Grip on New York

The following is from Ed Mechmann’s public policy blog “Stepping Out of the Boat,” December 18th and is reprinted with permission. The governor of New York has announced that she will sign the assisted suicide bill into law. Since our state already has...
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All Under Judgment; All Needing Mercy

  The readings for the third Sunday of Advent in the Catholic lectionary include this passage from the Letter of James: “Do not complain, brothers and sisters, about one another, that you may not be judged. Behold, the Judge is standing before the gates.” (5:7-10)  This must be...
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Why Roe/Casey Is Still Unsettled

In his first public criticism of the Supreme Court’s decision in Dred Scott v....
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The Long Road of Eugenics: From Rockefeller to Roe v. Wade (Fall, 2004)

  The infamous Roe v. Wade1 decision relies directly and indirectly on the work...
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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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Abortion and the Conscience of the Nation

  THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY of the Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade is a good...
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