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Andrew Tate and Conservative Hypocrisy
On February 27, Andrew and Tristan Tate landed in Florida after Romania’s Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) lifted their two-year travel ban due to outstanding charges...
IVF Is Not Pro-Family
Donald Trump made good on his promise to expand access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) on February 18, signing an executive order that “directs policy recommendations to protect IVF...
America’s Cross-Border Abortion War
The United States has been deeply divided on abortion for decades, but since the overturn of Roe v. Wade, those divides have deepened as differing legal regimes emerge across...
An Unmerry Hitchmas
On December 14, Atheism UK and the Origins Project Foundation hosted a “Merry Hitchmas” event at the Royal Geographical Society in London to commemorate the life of atheist journalist...
James Herriot’s Son Condemns Starmer’s Assault on Farms
If James Herriot was alive now, he would be horrified by what this prime minister is doing. I’m speaking for him, really,” Jim Wight told me. As the son...
Trump Responds to Pro-Life Pressure
Donald J. Trump’s ongoing betrayal of the pro-life movement has ignited a fierce debate on the right. While some pro-life leaders are calling on the Trump-Vance campaign to reverse...
Is the Republican Party Becoming Pro-Choice?
The Republican National Committee proposed its 2024 GOP party platform in Milwaukee on July 8, and for the first time in forty years, this platform does not include support...
The GOP Changes Its Tune on Abortion
In 2017, Kellyanne Conway took the stage at the National March for Life in Washington, D.C., to tell the gathered crowd of thousands that she was “a mother, a...
What I Saw At Corrie Ten Boom’s Hiding Place
The Watchmaker’s Daughter:The True Story of World War II Heroine Corrie ten Boomby larry loftis william morrow, 384 pages, $16.49 Eighty years ago, on February 28, 1944, the Nazis...
Farewell to a Pro-Life Hero
Florida’s most notorious abortion clinic is located at 1103 Lucerne Terrace in downtown Orlando. On the sidewalk directly in front of this clinic, the Orlando Women’s Center, there are...
What We Can Learn from Pro-Life Losses
Ohio voters have enshrined abortion rights in the state constitution. On November 7, they endorsed the “Right to Make Reproductive Decisions Including Abortion Initiative,” known as Ohio Issue 1,...
Celebrities Against Pornography
Over the past several years, the public discussion on pornography has undergone a distinct shift. Criticizing pornography or advocating restrictions was once considered the purview of prudes, but that...
The Trans Scandal and the Parent Underground
Parents with Inconvenient Truths About Trans: Tales from the Home Front in the Fight to Save Our Kidsedited by josie a. and dina s. pitchstone publishing, 392 pages, $19.95 In June...
The Dark Future of Over-the-Counter Contraception
For the first time, an oral contraceptive is going to be available over the counter, without a prescription. On July 13, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that...
How Assisted Suicide Destroys the Loved Ones Left Behind
Bear the standard for religious orthodoxy with First Things. Make your contribution to our 2023 spring campaign today at firstthings.com/donate. The central argument for legal assisted suicide is that it alleviates suffering....
