The Body is More Than a Tool
by Carl R. TruemanCartesian mind–body dualism undergirds the rhetoric of abortionists. Continue Reading »
Catholic “Beliefs” and the Abortion Debate
by George WeigelThe correct answer to the question of when human life begins is not a matter of faith; it is a matter of scientific fact. Continue Reading »
The Pro-Life Movement Chooses the Hard Right Over the Easy Wrong
by Tom CottonGod willing, our generation will be known as the post-Roe generation. Continue Reading »
Pope Francis and the Life Issues
by George WeigelPope Francis is not—as the American media would have it—a relativist softie. He is staunchly pro-life. Continue Reading »
An Opportunity to Overturn Roe
by Gerard V. BradleyThe Court’s inaction this term on an abortion case from Mississippi strongly suggests that fewer than four justices are prepared to overrule Roe. Continue Reading »
The Biblical Case Against IVF
by Matthew Lee AndersonVulnerable human beings in the earliest stages of life are especially at risk these days. Increasingly, on both sides of the Atlantic, we chemically induce abortions in the comfort of our own homes, so that the process of terminating an embryo’s life is socially invisible. The fertility-industrial . . . . Continue Reading »
Letters
by VariousAll attempts to fit Thomas Becket into a mold that echoes the interests or prejudices of the writer fail to do justice to the man or to the complexities of his situation. Once he was appointed archbishop of Canterbury, for good or ill, it was his responsibility to protect the interests of the . . . . Continue Reading »
Thoughts on a Pro-Life Picket Line
by George WeigelNo woman in America has to have an abortion; humane, life-affirming alternatives are available. Pro-life people must make those alternatives more visible in 2021. Continue Reading »
The COVID Vaccine and the Pro-Life Movement
by Melissa MoschellaShould pro-lifers refuse to use the vaccines because they were developed using cell lines derived from the tissue of aborted fetuses? Continue Reading »
Benjamin Watson Tackles Abortion
by John MurdockA recent documentary on abortion, Divided Hearts of America, invites conversations rather than condemnations. Continue Reading »
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