NEWSworthy: Anita Blanchard

Trump Moves to Expand IVF Access

BLOG: Margaret Hickey

Just War in the Nuclear Age

PASTORAL REFLECTIONS: W. Ross Blackburn

A Prayer for the Vulnerable

BLOG: Dr. Donald DeMarco

The Glory of Life and the Glamor of Lust

BUY COFFEE, SAVE LIVES

Check out our new Partnership with 7 Weeks Coffee!

FAITHFUL REFLECTIONS: Rev. George Brooks

The Ascension of Jesus

WINTER 2026 ISSUE NOW ONLINE

PDF format

BLOG: Jason Morgan

Will to Live, Will to Life

VIDEO AVAILABLE

2025 Great Defender of Life Dinner

FAITHFUL REFLECTIONS: Rev. W. Ross Blackburn

The Logic of Abortion

NEWSworthy: Madeline Fry Schultz

Democratic Candidate Uses IVF, Then Has An Abortion for the ‘Environment’

BLOG: Peter Pavia

Of New Things and of Equine Endeavors

NEWSworthy: Matt Lamb

Teens Are Buying Abortion Drugs Online, Underscoring Need For Restrictions

BLOG: Diane Moriarty

The Clump of Cells in the Mirror

FAITHFUL REFLECTIONS: Christopher M. Reilly

Doubling Down on Dignity, for Life

TICKETS ON SALE NOW!

2026 GREAT DEFENDER OF LIFE DINNER is SEPTEMBER 28, 2026 His Eminence Timothy Cardinal Dolan Honoree

Truth and Reason in Defense of Life

Buttonhome1pngtina edit
Buttonhome2

919,722 people have visited this page. 304 have visited this page today.

NEWSworthy

NEWSworthy: A Symphony of Hope: Reflections on the March for Life

  On the morning of the March for Life, my alarm clock was a tiny bird outside my window, belting out the crispest notes she could hit. The bird should still have been sleeping as the temperature was below freezing outside. But instead, she was flooding the sky with her...
Read More →

Trump Pardons 23 Pro-Life Activists  

      On Thursday, January 24, we got great news. President Donald Trump pardoned 23 pro-life activists including Lauren Handy, Jonathan Darnel, Jay Smith, John Hinshaw, William Goodman, Joan Bell, Paulette Harlow, Jean Marshall, Heather Idoni, and Herb Geraghty,...
Read More →

BLOG

Monkey’s Nephew

  What’s in a name? I was enjoying a nature show on television when the narrator said something that made me sit up, squint, grab the kindle I keep next to my easy chair, and go for Google. With orangutans swinging wildly through the branches, the speaker blithely informed...
Read More →

Faithful Reflections

Seen But Not Heard

  I recently made a trip to Tabora, Tanzania, a place most people I know have probably never heard of let alone visited. Certainly, I would not have heard of it but for a connection with the Anglican bishop there, who had repeatedly invited me to visit his diocese. The trip...
Read More →

ERA NEW YORK STATE EXPLAINER

CURRENT ISSUE

NEW ISSUE ONLINE

HUMANIZE

The blog and podcast of Wesley J. Smith

SIGN UP HERE!

  • Join us!

    Join Now

The focus of civilized discussion of the abortion issue

Our mission is to give the readers the tools to have a "civilized discussion" about many issues related to the life issues, most notably Abortion. Further the continuation of our cause by donating to a highly reputable life-affirming organization
Donate Now

Archive Spotlight