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Ohio Voters Face Pro-Life Referendum August 8

    Ohio pro-lifers are working to get out the “yes” vote ahead of a special referendum August 8 on requirements for amending the State Constitution. The Buckeye State is one of those states that, in the heyday of early 20th century Progressivism, adopted “initiative...
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NEWSworthy: Iowa lawmakers pass fetal heartbeat abortion ban—Iowa lawmakers ban abortion after six weeks: *UPDATE BELOW ARTICLE*

  Iowa lawmakers passed a “fetal heartbeat” abortion ban on July 11, banning abortion after six weeks’ gestation. The state’s Republican Governor Kim Reynolds signed the bill into law Friday. “The measure,” NBC reports, “includes exceptions for the life of the woman,...
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Piety and Laughter—J.P. McFadden

  [The Human Life Foundation will celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Human Life Review at its annual Great Defender of Life Dinner on November 13. The following appreciation is reprinted here in memory of our founding editor James P. McFadden, a widely known and admired...
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A Lesson in Christian Charity

    One of the nicest surprises I received as a young priest came from a parishioner I had visited in the hospital. A few days after she returned home, she and her husband stopped by the rectory with a gift for me—a brand-new piece of luggage. I was very touched by her...
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