The Faith of the Military Mom
by G. David BednarWar is the venue for man’s greatest depravity, but it is also his most grand endeavor.
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A Mother’s Prayer
by Darren GeistThe foundation of the domestic church is marriage, and when I was baptized, my marriage was reborn as a sacrament—with all the graces that entails. Continue Reading »
The Case Against the Abortion Pill
by Rachel Roth AldhizerHere is how I buried the body of my fifth child: I took myself to the emergency room because I was in labor and bleeding. The baby on the ultrasound screen lay still in the curve of my belly, its heart silent. Fetal demise resulting from spontaneous abortion, the medical term for miscarriage. The . . . . Continue Reading »
Hitler’s Second Coming
by R. R. RenoIt was surreal. President Biden began his State of the Union speech by invoking the Nazi threat. More than eighty years ago, Biden reminded us, Franklin Roosevelt rallied the nation, as “Hitler was on the march,” and “freedom and democracy were under assault.” Today, the president warned, . . . . Continue Reading »
Ireland Tries and Fails to Erase Mothers
by John DugganThe overwhelming rejection of the attempt to remove “mother” from the Irish constitution shows that barriers will occasionally fly up when liberalization encroaches. Continue Reading »
The Fall of the Irish Mammy
by John DugganThe proposed changes to the Irish constitution seem to be inviting Ireland to advance further into an era of cognitive dissonance about motherhood. Continue Reading »
Embracing Pro-Family Economics
by Jon SchweppeAfter Roe v. Wade, Republicans need to work together to find ways to support the family and the economy. Continue Reading »
The Stories of the Pro-Life Cause
by Carl R. TruemanWhile abortion was a constitutional right, there seemed little reason to wrestle with the issue in depth. One could be pro-life or pro-choice, but in practice this did not affect most individuals’ engagement in the wider life of the nation. That is no longer the case. Continue Reading »
Return of the Cyborgs
by Mary HarringtonA newly-influential strand of feminism aims to free us from the inconvenience of embodiment. Continue Reading »
A Tale of Two Pregnancies
by Mary EberstadtMost people who believe abortion to be wrong believe it to be wrong intrinsically. By contrast, those who do not believe abortion to be wrong make a utilitarian deduction: A child at the wrong time can be a bad thing. Therefore, ending its life can be a good thing. A right to abortion, they believe, . . . . Continue Reading »
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