Abortion & IVF
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Life Too Inconvenient for Life
The Journal of Medical Ethics, an altogether mainstream, peer-reviewed scholarly publication, recently published an article justifying “after-birth…
Contraceptive Controversy
The Obama administration was surprised by the degree and intensity of resistance to the Health and Human…
Go With God
The Christian religion,” wrote Robert Louis Wilken, “is inescapably ritualistic (one is received into the Church by…
While We’re At It
• Remember the alliance of atheists who offered to take care of your pets in the event…
Review of Hugh of St. Victor
Hugh of St. Victorby paul roremoxford, 256 pages,$27.95 In the Paradiso Dante locates Hugh of St. Victor…
Ralph McInerny (1929—2010)
According to Aristotle, is the performance of virtuous acts with ease and delight. On that basis, as…
Abortion Before Roe
Less than two years after the citizens of Washington voted by referendum to uphold the state’s prohibition…
Letters—February 2010
A Protestant Education Thank you for the fine article by Jason Byassee and L. Gregory Jones (“Methodists…
Advent and the Pregnancy Narratives—a Season of Joyful Expectation
I fear I may have missed some of the beauty of Advent. I missed the lessons from…
On the Demise of Fatherhood
It is news to no one that, in the Western world in general and the United States…
He Threw It All Away
In the early 1970s, Lutheran pastor Richard John Neuhaus was poised to become the nation’s next great…
For Pro-Lifers, A New Day
The worst aspect of an Obama presidency, I have been telling friends for months, will be his…
Children of Men
Going to see a film based on a novel you’ve read and enjoyed is always problematic. The…
The Rare Achievement of Disagreement
Look, when we think about ending an early human life, this is something that is really bad…
From the Provinces
Poor Omaha. I’ve been noticing my adopted hometown cropping up more and more frequently as shorthand. Fargo…
