The Limits of Planned Parenthood’s Storytelling
by Leah Libresco SargeantJoss Whedon’s “Unlocked” tells a more complicated story about sex and abortion than he and Planned Parenthood must have intended. Continue Reading »
What I Saw At The Debate Between Dissent and American Affairs
by Matthew SchmitzDispatches from the debate: Any left that is unable to see the way we are enslaved by lust will end up the unwitting handmaiden of those who exploit. Continue Reading »
Time for a “Populist” Bioethics Commission
by Wesley J. SmithEven chaotic debate (about cloning, gene therapy, and three-parent embryos) is preferable to our current, aimless drift. Continue Reading »
Pro-Lifers: Get Out of Medicine!
by Wesley J. SmithDoctors in the United States cannot be forced to perform abortions or assist suicides. But there is a concerted campaign to change this. Continue Reading »
Susan B. Anthony’s Contested Legacy
by Daniel K. WilliamsClaiming Anthony for either side in the modern abortion debate is highly anachronistic. Continue Reading »
Après Gorsuch le Deluge
by George WeigelReason is another victim of Roe vs. Wade. The Gorsuch hearings underscored that. Which does not bode well for the future. Continue Reading »
The Moral Turn
by Hadley ArkesFor some conservatives, bracing themselves on the night of the election, the evening offered nothing less than a miracle unfolding. But that sense of things was even more pronounced for young lawyers defending religious plaintiffs in the courts, and for the small band of conservatives on the Supreme . . . . Continue Reading »
Pro-Life, Pro-Truth
by Alexi SargeantBeyond the power of the institution we oppose, there is another danger: We who defend life must not allow our commitment to the truth to be compromised. Continue Reading »
Optimism at CPAC’s Pro-Life Panel
by Michael J. NewOne year ago, we could not pass a twenty-week abortion ban; now we have a president who is “delivering on his promises”. Continue Reading »
What I Saw and Heard at the March for Life
by Kevin Gallagher At the March for Life, no efforts were made to police the ideology of the marchers. Feminists for Life, some stalwart Democrats for Life, and a pregnant woman carrying the quixotic poster: “End Abortion: Abolish Capitalism” walked side by side with the #MAGA caps and monarchists. All political differences faded in a cause greater than any government.
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