Cowards in the House
by Greg Forster“At least the Swiss know how to keep a proper ledger.” Continue Reading »
Jesus Died for Someone’s Sins, But Not For Hers
by Russell E. SaltzmanThe contemporary music that best appeals to me falls into a folk or urban folk genre, and I like it most when it voices alienation and loss. When it touches faith, as it frequently does, it nudges up against a faith that is absent or mislaid and one hears a wistful grief for its absence. Continue Reading »
How Identity Politics Don’t Allow Debate
by Carl R. Trueman An assault on free speech at an institute of higher education highlights both the power of rhetoric and the convenient philosophical inconsistency of identity politics.
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U.K. Parliament: Sex-Selective Abortions Should be Illegal
by J. David NolanGood news from the U.K. today, as the House of Commons voiced strong opposition to the notion that the sex of a child should ever be considered relevant to the legality of an abortion. Continue Reading »
How to Win Elections as a Pro-Life Politician
by Pete SpiliakosIn public debates on abortion, “pro-life” candidates either lose or—at best—don’t win. They either pick fights they should avoid, or avoid fights they should welcome. Continue Reading »
Rich, Poor, and Abortion
by Greg ForsterRuth Bader Ginsburg just can’t stop accidentally talking like a eugenicist. What rotten luck! Continue Reading »
The Difference Three Percent Makes
by Betsy Childs HowardAccording to the Planned Parenthood, just 3 percent of its services are abortion related. So why are so many clinics closing? Continue Reading »
Buffering Abortion Speech
by Gregory Pine, O.P.On Thursday, the Supreme Court decided to strike down as unconstitutional the 2007 Massachusetts law which mandated a thirty-five foot buffer around medical facilities that offer abortions. Since the decision was handed down, the fallout has been contentious. One article, emblematic of a genre of literature which focuses on radicalism, sees little in the way of fruitful discourse happening outside of clinics: Continue Reading »
Allow Abortion—Or You’re Guilty of Torture
by Stefano GennariniU.N. experts in Geneva were at it again last week telling the Holy See that Catholic teaching on abortion is a human rights abuse, revealing a chasm between the Church’s understanding of its mission and how U.N. officials perceive it. The episode is reminiscent of a time in history when secular leaders did not accept a separation of Church and State. Continue Reading »
Autonomy’s Triumph in Canada
by David T. KoyzisThe autonomous person, liberated from the constraints of the past and free perhaps even from the stigma of social disapproval of his chosen lifestyle, has become the new god of the Canadian civil religion, almost totally eclipsing whatever communitarian elements have managed to survive the cultural shifts of recent decades. Continue Reading »
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