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Massachusetts Officially Enshrines Abortion Up Till Birth

  Smiling proudly, the group of women surrounding Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey on Tuesday looked more like they were celebrating a birthday party than signing legislation. As Gov. Healey made her last pen stroke, the gaggle of women erupted in applause, some laughing...
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Bill Targets Forced Abortions Through Surrogacy Contracts

  Representative Andy Ogles of Tennessee has reintroduced a bill that would prevent federal courts from enforcing contract provisions that force surrogate mothers to obtain an abortion. The Preventing Forced Abortions Act of 2026 would also ensure that surrogate mothers...
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  The idiomatic expressions “lowering the bar” and its opposite “raising the bar” have their modern-day roots in pole vaulting competitions—although it’s unlikely many of us find our inner dictionaries turning to that reference page, so ingrained is that phrase in our minds...
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The Cries of a Newborn

  Locke is a film from a dozen years ago, a minor classic. It is also a life-affirming surprise. The film opens with Locke (Tom Hardy) getting into his BMW at the end of a day of work. In the dark he sets out for London, a two hour drive, rather than his home where his wife...
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Abortion Looming in Ireland

When last I wrote for this publication, Ireland had been through a huge national and...
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Should We “Harvest” Fetal Tissue?

Last summer, a medical ethicist received an unusual phone call from a woman whose...
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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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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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