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Another Step Towards the Moral Abyss

This article was originally posted June 10, 2025, on Ed Mechmann’s Public Policy Blog, Stepping Out of the Boat.   New York State’s government, already infamous for its hostility to life in the womb, has taken another tragic step towards the moral abyss – the State...
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Washington Post Tries and Fails to Debunk Study on Mifepristone Dangers

  Is the abortion drug mifepristone truly “as safe as Tylenol”? A new report from the Ethics and Public Policy Center is disputing the claim. Data from the report reveals the real world failure rate of mifepristone is at least 5.26% — double the rate from U.S. clinical...
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How the Church Can Be the Village

  America’s twin epidemics of isolation and low birth rates intersect in the heartbreaking experience of new mothers in America. In my short time as a mom (we have two toddlers and another child on the way), I have spoken with women at libraries, pregnancy centers, churches,...
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Reflection for Pentecost

  Receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them. (John 20:22-23) The scene of our Lord’s first resurrection appearance to the disciples, when all of them are together, from the Gospel of John, is sometimes called “St. John’s Pentecost.” John doesn’t give the...
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In a Basin Clearly

Friday, 6:00 p.m., September 30th. Three deliveries and two hours of sleep in the...
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