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Massachusetts launches $1 million campaign against pro-life nonprofits

  Massachusetts state officials are going to war against pro-life nonprofits that give women free diapers and help families provide for their babies and kids. The taxpayer-funded campaign, at a cost of at least $1 million, includes information sheets, graphics, and even...
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Near Tragedy in Texas Highlights Importance of Safe Haven Laws

A teenage mother in Houston recently put her newborn baby boy in a trash bag, tied it closed, and tossed him in a dumpster in the Texas July heat. Fortunately, a passerby heard the baby’s cries and summoned help. The event is shocking. A young mother left her own baby for dead in...
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The One and the Many

  There are two ways in which to think about humanity: as unique human persons or as aggregate masses. When we humans start to speak of groups of people, it almost always leads to dismissing each group member’s humanity, even if only slightly. “Fans of that football team...
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A Beautiful Outside

  It was the seventies. Susan and I walked past it every Sunday on our way to and from church. It was a lovely little house, single-story, low adobe wall lined with flowers around the yard, a walk to the door. One Sunday, Susan told me: “They do abortions there.” We were...
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