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A Dystopian Nightmare: Chemical Abortion Pills Enable Abusers

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Seen but Not Heard

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The Billion-Footed Beast and I

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No Empire beyond the Seas

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Federal court affirms: Pro-abortion Equal Rights Amendment never ratified

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Virginia High School Staffers Helped Two Girls Get Secret Abortions, Report Says

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How To Love Your Neighbor as Yourself

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Challenging the Church on Abortion

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NEWSworthy: Lawmakers Repeal Arizona’s Strong Pro-life Protections

    Pro-abortion Arizona Republicans joined with Democrats to repeal the state’s strong pro-life protections. Several pro-abortion Republicans took up GOP Senate candidate Kari Lake’s demand to weaken the law, in place since 1864, that basically completely banned...
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NEWSworthy: France Constitutionally Enshrines Abortion

    On March 4 I received an Apple News alert on my phone. There was an image of the Eiffel Tower lit up and a headline noting, “France Becomes First Country in World to Enshrine Abortion in Constitution.” The historic landmark was lit up with the words, “My Body, My...
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In Praise of Folly

  What should I say to a young woman who enters my classroom wearing a t-shirt that reads: “I am a Proud Member of the Pro-choice Generation”? Perhaps my response should be relegated to the realm of the imagination, which neither offends nor upsets. Furthermore, I owe it to my...
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Pastoral Reflections

Euthanasia, the Looming Frontier

    The reports from Canada are particularly disturbing. “Medical Assistance in Dying” is the term used there—MAiD it is called—and in the few years since the Canadian supreme court found a fundamental right to demand medical assistance with one’s death, the numbers...
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