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The Pro-abortion VP at the March for Life

The following is from Ed Mechmann’s public policy blog “Stepping Out of the Boat,” January 22 and is reprinted with permission. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Perhaps I’m naive, but I thought that being...
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International Planned Parenthood Slashes Nearly 1,000 Jobs Due to Trump Funding Cuts

  The International Planned Parenthood Federation is shedding jobs left and right due to President Donald Trump’s prohibitions on subsidizing the abortion industry. The group said “the Trump Administration’s funding cuts have forced 34 of International Planned...
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  Well Dobbs is sure turning out to be a pro-life bust. Or is it? Since the 2022 Dobbs decision, which didn’t outlaw abortion but simply put its legality back in the hands of the States, voters in California, Michigan, Ohio, and Vermont have passed amendments to enshrine...
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Homily for the 2026 National Prayer Vigil for Life

  Your Eminences and Excellencies, my brother priests, consecrated men and women, dear brothers and sisters in Christ. It is a deep honor and privilege to celebrate this Vigil Mass here at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, on this “National...
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NEW YORK STATE’S EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT: A Revolutionary Camel

    A camel is a horse designed by a committee. Once a camel gets its nose into your tent, the rest of its body will soon follow, thus wrecking your tent. [1]   Introduction Rushed through the NYS legislature with little public debate,[2] an “Equal Righ...
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BOOKNOTES: WHAT IT MEANS TO BE HUMAN: THE CASE FOR THE BODY IN PUBLIC BIOETHICS

  WHAT IT MEANS TO BE HUMAN: THE CASE FOR THE BODY IN PUBLIC BIOETHICS O. Carter...
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The Slide to Auschwitz

  In July the City Council of Cambridge, Massachusetts, voted to petition...
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Abortion Looming in Ireland

When last I wrote for this publication, Ireland had been through a huge national and...
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Scheidler’s Supreme Victory

“Pro-life action news: Mark Wednesday, Feb. 26, in red letters because it is one big...
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