The Future of Manufactured Children
by Carl R. TruemanOur culture could easily come to regard reproduction as a manufacturing industry. Continue Reading »
Man’s Marian Future
by Peter J. LeithartOnly through tribulation does hope have its advent in the world, and all this comes to literal fulfillment in Mary. Continue Reading »
Elizabeth Warren, Woke Totalitarian
by George WeigelThus self-styled “pro-choice” advocates propose to constrain the choices available to women by driving compassionate and life-affirming care out of business through the porcine regulatory apparatus of the administrative state. Continue Reading »
Marching Toward a Different Future
by George WeigelA post-Roe America will be a country that needs the March for Life as much as ever, and perhaps even more. Continue Reading »
Love, and Be Silent
by Julia YostRegretting Motherhood: A Study by orna donath north atlantic, 272 pages, $15.95 In March, a self-help author tweeted that whereas he once intended to have many children, now, after putting in a few years on his first, he had decided that one was enough, and more than enough, and if he had it . . . . Continue Reading »
Having a Baby at the End of the World
by Randy BoyagodaFuture Home of the Living Godby louise erdrichharpercollins, 288 pages, $28.99 Never trust the teller, trust the tale,” D. H. Lawrence famously declared. Keep that in mind when it comes to Louise Erdrich and her new novel, Future Home of the Living God. In an interview about her latest work, she . . . . Continue Reading »
Losing my Child at Easter
by Leah Libresco SargeantA grieving mother finds Christ in the comfort of fellow women also bearing wounds. Continue Reading »
We Need to Talk About Adoption
by Elizabeth KirkIn “Adoption, Abortion and a Message of Hope,” J.D. Flynn makes an important point: the choice to place a child for adoption is a heroic sacrifice, borne in suffering, which we must always acknowledge and honor. As adoptive parents, my husband and I wholeheartedly embrace this truth. As I have . . . . Continue Reading »
My Daughter's Body
by Maria GrizzettiIt was a rainy Tuesday morning in June. I remember pounding rain on a copper roof outside my window; sheets of water splattering as a city darkened and pealing thunder brought with it the full force of a summer rainstorm; then fierce pain. Continue Reading »
The Passion of Pregnancy
by Gina LoehrIn quiet hallways and private corners, I’ve made my confession to trusted friends. Guilty and ashamed, but seeking solace, I have admitted the truth: I hate being pregnant. Now, in the throes of my sixth round of this freely chosen misery, I have decided to speak openly. We religious types rarely, if ever, publicly address the real burden that pregnancy puts on women. Instead, we jump ahead to the value of the life she carries. Unless we find ways to acknowledge this aspect of the experience of women, our defense of the truth that every human life has value risks ringing false. Continue Reading »
America's most
influential
journal of
religion and
public life
Subscribe
Latest Issue
Support First Things
influential
journal of
religion and
public life
Subscribe
Latest Issue
Support First Things
Filter Tag Articles
Subscribe Today!
