Abortion & IVF

A selection of recent articles on this topic

Bioethics in 2017

Wesley J. Smith

Aside from Donald Trump’s call to “repeal and replace” Obamacare and Hillary Clinton’s promise to repeal the…

Advent in the Deathworks

R. J. Snell

Ryszard Legutko observes in The Demon in Democracy that the cultured despisers of religion will not rest…

Chaplains of Death

R. R. Reno

It’s an appalling document. In a pastoral letter, ten Catholic Bishops of the Canadian Atlantic Episcopal Assembly…

A Culture of Life in the Walking Dead

Abigail Rine Favale

Since its earliest seasons, AMC’s zombie apocalypse series The Walking Dead has depicted a God-widowed world. Although…

“Death Control” and the Bioethics Peril

Wesley J. Smith

Thousands of medical ethicists and bioethicists, as they are called, professionally guide the unthinkable on its passage…

The Two Minds of Progressivism

David Azerrad

One of the great impediments to understanding the progressive ideology of our age is the fact that…

NFP Is Not Always “Marriage-Building”

Audrey Pollnow

When I was engaged, a friend asked whether I planned to use contraception. I explained that I…

Religious and Pro-Life Conscience Unwelcome in Healthcare

Wesley J. Smith

Healthcare is quickly becoming about much more than the provision and reception of medical treatment. To a…

A Subjective Definition of “Death” Would Unleash Great Evil

Wesley J. Smith

Most people understand the word “death” to mean the end of biological life or, as Merriam-Webster defines…

Trump Is No Pro-Lifer

Robert P. George

When candidates for high office are faking it in order to persuade a party’s base that, appearances…

Conservative Populism is Divided Against Itself

Pete Spiliakos

Conservative populism can’t catch a break. The party’s elites have a stranglehold on policy. As Reihan Salam…

The God of the Womb and the World

John Murdock

The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof.” Psalm 24:1 is a popular verse in Christian…

Uncovering the History of the Abortion Debate

Berny Belvedere

After Roe: The Lost History of the Abortion Debate by mary zieglerharvard university press, 400 pages, $39.95…

The Speaker and the Social Doctrine

George Weigel

TRIGGER WARNING: This column will speak well of Paul Ryan, the new Speaker of the House of…

Don’t Kill the Moon

Alexi Sargeant

The long-running British sci-fi staple Doctor Who has quietly become one of the most pro-life shows on television. Under…