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“Right to abortion” efforts fail in New Hampshire

  New Hampshire legislators have killed two bills that would effectively remove any protections for preborn babies. The New Hampshire Senate voted 14-9 to defeat a bill to create a “right [for all citizens] to make their own reproductive decisions.” The Feb. 15 vote followed...
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NEWSworthy: Alabama IVF Ruling Acknowledges ‘Humanity of Unborn Children’

  The Alabama Supreme Court has issued a landmark ruling in defense of innocent life that could have a sweeping impact on in-vitro fertilization across the United States. “Unborn children are ‘children’ … without exception based on developmental stage, physical...
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Over the Counter Counterintuitive

  I am an apartment dweller in New York City. My building endured a long and strange chapter during which the landlord sent up so much heat that even with the radiator turned off tenants had to keep the windows open in a blizzard. Some of us ran air conditioners all winter....
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When a Monk Dies

    In my last reflection here, I argued against euthanasia and physician assisted suicide—medically available options in an increasing number of countries, and states in the U.S. But as with many other unethical practices, simply making the case for their wrongness is...
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