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Three Takeaways from Our Post-Dobbs Moment

Charles C. Camosy

On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court overturned one of the most odious legal regimes ever foisted on the U.S. American people: that of Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey....

Pro-Lifers and the Trump Administration: Wins, Concerns, and the MAHA Opportunity

Charles C. Camosy

Anyone with eyes to see and ears to hear knows that the pro-life movements have received some very important victories courtesy of the Trump administration. The horror show that...

Mixed Pro-Life News and Lessons from Election Night

Charles C. Camosy

There is good news for the pro-life movement from election night.

VP Nominee Tim Walz Supports the Right to Infanticide

Charles C. Camosy

Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris has picked Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota as her running mate. Walz recently legalized infanticide in the state of Minnesota. As someone who does...

Catholics and the Incoming Biden Administration

Charles C. Camosy

Joe Biden has been in public life for a very long time, so many of us are by now quite familiar with the “darkness” in his life—a darkness he...

Honoring the Elderly

Charles C. Camosy

COVID-19 has killed nearly 150,000 Americans, and about half of them were residents of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities. In misguided attempts to save space in hospitals...

Why John Bel Edwards Wins

Charles C. Camosy

Given our nation’s polarized abortion politics, it is hard to believe that a governor who dramatically expanded Medicaid in his state also signed a bill banning abortion after a...

Reproductive Injustice

Charles C. Camosy

Trust Women:A Progressive Christian Argument for Reproductive Justiceby rebecca todd petersbeacon, 248 pages, $27.95 In Trust Women, Rebecca Todd Peters aims to advance a progressive Christian feminist project, but her...

Alfie Evans and Our Moral Crossroads

Charles C. Camosy

Physicians have many ways of influencing medical decisions made by the parents of children in their care. Certain studies can be cited in support of what the physician desires,...

Euthanasia and the Belgian Brothers of Charity

Charles C. Camosy

Over a decade before the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Archbishop Joseph Francis Rummel of New Orleans formally moved to end segregation in his archdiocese. He had already taken the unpopular step...

Learning From Charlie Gard

Charles C. Camosy

While sitting on hospital medical-ethics committees, I have sometimes worried that physicians are tempted, against the wishes of parents, to refuse or slow down life-sustaining treatment to an infant...