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Pro-life Voters More Motivated Than Pro-Abortion Ones, Poll Finds

  A new poll suggests that citizens who support protections for preborn babies are more motivated than their pro-abortion peers. The results come from 19th News, which supports abortion, and polling company SurveyMonkey. The companies surveyed more than  20,000 adults in...
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The Surprisingly Controversial IVF Alternative Dividing Washington

  The following was first published on Oct. 16, 2025, by the Washington Examiner. Read the original here. __________________________________________________________________________________ It may seem like pronatalism is the province of the Right, but when it comes to...
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Jane Austen at 250

  The following first appeared in the Irish publication Position Papers (positionpapers.ie) on December 1, 2025. It is reprinted here with permission.   It is a truth not (yet) universally acknowledged that a person in possession of a large grievance must be in want of...
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Prolife Karma & Grace

  Students of religion often characterize the Hindu principle of karma and the Christian principle of grace as opposites, but this is not strictly the case. And both can serve as compatible motivations for the pro-life cause. Consider karma, a type of retributive justice....
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