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A Dystopian Nightmare: Chemical Abortion Pills Enable Abusers

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Seen but Not Heard

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The Billion-Footed Beast and I

Pastoral Reflections: Fr. David Poecking

No Empire beyond the Seas

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Federal court affirms: Pro-abortion Equal Rights Amendment never ratified

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Virginia High School Staffers Helped Two Girls Get Secret Abortions, Report Says

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How To Love Your Neighbor as Yourself

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Challenging the Church on Abortion

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As Ohio Goes, so Goes the Nation?

  The pro-life movement’s Nov. 7 loss of the Issue 1 vote in Ohio was not much of a surprise to those who had been following the polling, advertising, and media coverage carefully. In fact, the loss had been, practically speaking, realized months earlier in August when a...
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Study claiming uptick in abortions after Dobbs challenged by social scientist

    Abortions reportedly increased post-Dobbs, according to a study from the pro-abortion Society for Family Planning. However, a trained social scientist and business professor questioned the applicability of the study as it relates to the effectiveness of pro-life...
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Rocks of Ages

    In this seaside community in Beautiful British Columbia (as their license plates proclaim) where my mother- and father-in-law retired, seventy-five steel steps separate the trail where the staircase begins and the beach that lies below at the foot of a steep...
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Pastoral Reflections

Addressing Abortion in the Sanctuary

    Most pastors and most priests seldom speak about abortion from the pulpit during the weekly worship service.  Why are pastors and priests so reluctant to talk about this matter in the sanctuary?  Fear.  We are afraid that if we address abortion a woman of whatever age...
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