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True and False Abortion History: It’s not true that abortion was unregulated in America before 1821

    This article originally appeared in The New Oxford Review, April 11, 2024, and is reprinted with permission. __________________________________________________________________ Much wailing and gnashing of teeth followed the Arizona Supreme Court’s recent upholding...
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Supreme Court to Hear Idaho Abortion Case

  The U.S. Supreme Court is set this month to hear arguments involving a pro-life law in Idaho that makes it a crime for medical professionals to perform abortions. The decision will likely play a role in the upcoming presidential and congressional races in November. In...
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To Bury the Dead

  On February 18, an Ohio judge ruled that a Buckeye State law requiring that the remains of aborted unborn children be either interred or cremated violated a (state) constitutional amendment passed in 2023 to protect abortion rights. The law, passed in 2021 after...
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Pastoral Reflection for Lent 2025

  On the first Sunday in Lent this year, many churches will read St. Luke’s account of our Lord’s forty days’ temptations in the wilderness, which is preceded by a genealogy of Jesus (Lk. 3:23-38). St. Matthew’s Gospel has a genealogy too (Mt. 1:1-17), proceeding from...
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