Maria McFadden Maffucci

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ABOUT THIS ISSUE (Winter 2026)

We begin our 52nd year of publishing with timely and important articles from our two new editors, Mary Rose Somarriba and Christopher M. Reilly. In “DIY Abortion Returns: From Back Alleys to Bathrooms,” Somarriba makes the chilling case that the easy availability of “medication...
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The Great Defender of Life Dinner: November 7th, 2025 Honoring Dr. Christina Francis and Anne Conlon

    WILLIAM BLACKBURN My name is William Blackburn, I am the son of Ross Blackburn, who is a contributor to the Human Life Review. The first Great Defender of Life dinner that I came to, I was 13—dad brought me out—and I was just about the youngest person at the dinner,...
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Winter 2026

Winter 2026 Cover T H E H U M A N L I F E R E V I E W F E A T U R E D I N T H I S I S S U E A L S O I N T H I S I S S U E THE HUMAN LIFE FOUNDATION INC NEW YORK NEW YORK 10.00 PER COPY Mary Rose Somarriba on DIY ABORTION RETURNS FROM BACK ALLEYS TO BATHROOMS Christopher M Reilly...
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GREAT DEFENDER OF LIFE DINNER 2026

TICKETS SOLD OUT for our 23rd Annual Great Defender of Life Dinner! Call Monday, September 28, to see if we have cancellations available: 212 685-5210 or e-mail maria@humanlifereview.com MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2026 at the Union League Club in New York City Cocktails 6:00  ◊ ...
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FALL 2025 FULL ISSUE

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Fall 2025

ABOUT BILL MURCHISON AND SOMETHING ABOUT ME His heart just stopped So spoke Nancy Murchison when she called with the sad news that her husband William Polk Murchison Jr had died in Dallas on Oct 8 And what a big heart his was Bill reported on the unruly clash of politics and...
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SUMMER 2025 FULL ISSUE

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Summer 2025

About this issue: This is a summer of much discontent in the US and the world but here you will find hope amidst the woes
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INTRODUCTION Summer 2025

In an address he gave in 2001 at a conference co-hosted by this journal, Fr. Richard John Neuhaus told attendees: “We are signed on for the duration and the duration is the entirety of the human drama, for the conflict between what John Paul II calls the culture of life and the...
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SPRING 2025 FULL ISSUE

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