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Colorado Abortionist Admits Hard Truth Pro-Abortion Activists Won’t

    This election cycle, presidential hopeful Vice President Kamala Harris and other pro-abortion activists have repeatedly alleged that late-term abortions are a myth. This narrative follows pro-abortion attempts over the past 50 years to gaslight the American public...
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Hundreds of Aborted Babies Could Be Denied Burial If New York City Changes This Rule

    Second-trimester aborted babies could soon be denied a proper burial if New York City implements a pending regulation. The NYC Department of Health appears still to be considering changing its regulations surrounding aborted babies. Babies aborted at “24 or more weeks of...
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My Cardinal to the End

  [This article appeared in a slightly shorter form in First Things on May 3, 2010, ten years after the death of Cardinal John O’Connor. It is reprinted here, with the magazine’s permission,  to mark the 25th anniversary of the beloved Cardinal’s passing.] I first got to...
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The Prodigal Son and “Love Them Both”

  “Love them both”—I have long appreciated the way this pro-life slogan acknowledges the sincerity in pro-choice expressions of concern for women’s welfare while inviting everyone to consider the humanity of the child as a subject of our love. When I input the slogan, my...
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