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Even Abortion Advocates Are Tired of Chemical Abortion Lies

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Two Takes on the Fate of the Penny

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Wisconsin Bill Would Clarify Miscarriage Is Different From Abortion

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The Grace to See Things Right

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Pro-choice Stepford Wives

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Pro-life Community—Give Thanks!

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God Is Not Stingy

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The Tongue of the Taught

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Robotic IVF: Technologically Impressive or Morally Problematic?

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TWO TAKES ON HUNGER

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Pro-life Voters More Motivated Than Pro-Abortion Ones, Poll Finds

  A new poll suggests that citizens who support protections for preborn babies are more motivated than their pro-abortion peers. The results come from 19th News, which supports abortion, and polling company SurveyMonkey. The companies surveyed more than  20,000 adults in...
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The Surprisingly Controversial IVF Alternative Dividing Washington

  The following was first published on Oct. 16, 2025, by the Washington Examiner. Read the original here. __________________________________________________________________________________ It may seem like pronatalism is the province of the Right, but when it comes to...
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God Is Not Stingy

  A certain Catholic nun, whose name we need not divulge, has drawn upon theology to buttress her pro-choice philosophy. She argues that since God gave her the gift of choosing, she should use that gift. Therefore, in being pro-choice, she is cooperating with God. God,...
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The Tongue of the Taught

(This piece was originally posted on October 23, 2015.) __________________________________________________________________ The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with a word him who is weary. Morning by morning he awakens; he...
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The Business of Family Planning

  The global contraceptives market was estimated to be $22 billion in 2016  and...
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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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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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In a Basin Clearly

Friday, 6:00 p.m., September 30th. Three deliveries and two hours of sleep in the...
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