Personhood Refutes Legalized Abortion

  The joy experienced after Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization refuted and overruled Roe v. Wade was quickly dashed when President Biden promptly deplored the Supreme Court’s decision, a condemnation that leaders from other democratic nations were quick to join:...
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MADAME RESTELL: THE LIFE, DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF OLD NEW YORK’S MOST FABULOUS, FEARLESS AND INFAMOUS ABORTIONIST

  by Jennifer Wright (Hachette books, New York, 2023, 334 pp.) Reviewed by Maria McFadden Maffucci ________________________________________________ Crawling through this “pop history” book on Madame Restell brought to mind “The Piranha Brothers,” a memorable skit from the...
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THE STORY OF ABORTION IN AMERICA: A STREET-LEVEL HISTORY, 1652-2022

  Marvin Olasky and Leah Savas (Crossway, 2023, 512 pp., $39.95) Reviewed by John Grondelski _________________________________________________________________________ Ecclesiastes advises that “there is nothing new under the sun.” Marvin Olasky and Leah Savas show that much...
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What’s Said and What’s True

  Readers of the New Testament are familiar with one way Jesus and later Paul explained to their listeners and readers the difference between what evildoers argue and what is true: “It is written.” For example, when Satan asked Jesus to turn stones into bread (chapter four...
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What About Pro-choice?

The Roe v. Wade opinion of the 1973 Supreme Court virtually altered the Rights of Man doctrine—the universal acknowledgement that every person has the right to life, liberty, and property. The heretofore intelligibly ordained and unalienable social standards by which Americans...
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GREAT DEFENDER OF LIFE DINNER 2021

  OCTOBER 7, 2021 HONORING MARGARET COLIN AND MARVIN OLASKY __________________________________________________ Marvin Olasky: Thank you, David. I will treasure being called a Great Defender of Life, even though the great is an exaggeration. Back in 1990 I profiled two great...
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