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Who Is Speaking Up for the Unborn?

President-elect Donald Trump announced on Nov. 14 that he had selected Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be the next head of the Department of Health and Human Services. Given Kennedy’s history of supporting abortion, this nomination should concern pro-life advocates, argues Joe Carter, a...
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Wyoming Judge Finds ‘Right’ to Abortion in State Constitution

    A Wyoming judge has once again found a reason to block the state’s lifesaving laws. Teton County District Judge Melissa Owens said the state constitution prohibits two laws in Wyoming, the Life Act and Medication Abortion Ban. Judge Owens read a “right” for a woman...
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   It’s Always Nice to Get a Letter

  It was early last March, the day after my Aunt Marie’s funeral. My cousin Amy and I were returning to our hotel after spending a few hours clearing out her mom’s apartment at the assisted living facility where she had lived. It’s always a big job, and Amy had set a modest...
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The Hearts of the Faithful

  This essay first appeared in Pins in the Liberal Balloon, a 1990 collection of essays from Fr. Canavan. ____________________________________________________________________________ The face of the earth has changed over the centuries and is changing more radically in the...
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