Abortion & IVF
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Abortion Pills Head to the Supreme Court
Two judicial rulings over mifepristone this month have set the stage for the most important legal battle…
Surrogacy Is Already Illegal
In 1984, a Virginia physician named H. Barry Jacobs announced a plan to broker human kidneys on…
The Photo They Don’t Want You to See
The photo is haunting: A tiny baby boy, his minute legs pulled toward his visibly ribbed chest,…
The Alarming Truth About the U.K.’s Abortion Numbers
Last month, after a mysterious eighteen-month delay, the U.K. government finally published the 2023 abortion figures for…
When the Means Undermine the End
An introductory course in moral theology will include that the end does not justify the means. It’s…
Frequenting the Frontlines of Life
It was a brisk early morning when I set off from the John Jay Institute last Friday…
The Theology of Roe
A controversial abortion case reaches the Supreme Court, and men in black robes impose their religious views…
Is Trump Playing the Long Game on Abortion?
When news broke last week that the Trump administration had quietly restored federal Planned Parenthood funding, which…
Can Liberals Be Pronatalists?
Last year the United Nations Population Division predicted that global population will peak in approximately sixty years,…
Two Pro-Life Goals for 2026
The second Trump administration has been marked by wins on what we might dub “cultural” conservatism—ending DEI…
When No-Fault Divorce Turns Children into Commodities
I anticipate that the most controversial part of my forthcoming book, The Desecration of Man, will be…
The Wealthy Chinese Buying Babies and American Citizenship
"In the foreseeable future, China and the U.S. will be the two strongest countries in the world.…
The Inkling Who Fought Abortion
Earlier this autumn, I had the opportunity to visit Oxford the day before I delivered two lectures…
The Surrogacy Exploitation Crisis
“It’s horrific, it’s disturbing, it’s damaging emotionally,” said Kayla Elliot, a young woman now fighting for custody…
Children Are Gifts, Not Products
In late September, researchers at Oregon Health & Science University announced a breakthrough that could reshape the…
