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September 2025

September 03, 2025

Abortion May Account for ALL of the Decline in Births

Our fertility rate has been declining, to the point that it is now well below...

January 2025

January 30, 2025

Hating the Vulnerable

The classics scholar Nadya Williams says that behind the push for abortion and euthanasia is...

July 2024

July 05, 2024

Aborting the Elderly vs. Treasuring Them

Our society is anti-life both at its very beginning and at its very end. "Euthanasia,"...

September 2023

September 15, 2023

DISCUSSION: Do Pro-Lifers Need to Change Their Language?

Some Senate Republicans are saying that pro-lifers need to change their terminology. What do you...

February 2023

February 06, 2023

Outlawing Silent Prayer

The next frontier in violating religious freedom: outlawing not just prayer but silent prayer. Already,...

February 03, 2023

Making Birth Free

A novel idea has surfaced in pro-life circles: Making birth free. Removing the cost of...

October 2022

October 27, 2022

Augustine on Abortion, Miscarriage, & the Law

St. Augustine wasn't sure when life began, but, contrary to how pro-abortionists are trying to...

July 2022

July 07, 2022

The Myth of Bodily Autonomy

Perhaps the strongest arguments on the pro-abortion side are the variations of the claim that...

June 2022

June 27, 2022

“The Greatest Victory in the History of the Conservative Movement”?

The overturning of Roe v. Wade has been described as "the greatest victory in the...

June 22, 2022

The Difference Between Early and Modern Feminists

Whereas modern feminists seek to make women be like men, thus valuing men above all,...

May 2022

May 31, 2022

Entertainment in Our Culture of Death

The killer at Uvalde, Texas, didn't seem to have anything against the fourth graders he...

January 2022

January 04, 2022

Revising the First and Second Amendments

A proposal to revise the Bill of Rights, including eliminating guns from the Second Amendment...

August 2021

August 20, 2021

Where the Battle Is Raging

Robert Benne quotes Luther on the necessity of Christian confession at the points where the...

July 2021

July 23, 2021

The Left’s Culture War

Conservatives and Christians are associated with the culture wars. But the most aggressive culture warriors...

May 2021

May 27, 2021

Bonhoeffer on Abortion

Dietrich Bonhoeffer is a Lutheran theologian who is widely respected from all sides. So his...

May 24, 2021

The Supreme Court Takes Up Roe v. Wade

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that will, in effect, be a...

April 2021

April 15, 2021

Making Taxpayers Pay for Abortions?

The looming pro-life issue is whether or not Democrats will push through the elimination of...

February 2021

February 26, 2021

A Disease That Becomes a Human Being at Birth

Many politicians who are strong advocates for abortion are Catholic or members of other pro-life...

February 19, 2021

Fighting Abortion from the Demand Side

Pro-lifers often concentrate on the supply side of abortion, trying to make the procedure less...

January 2021

January 27, 2021

The Ghosts of Abortion

Why is our society so dysfunctional? Why has our culture become so toxic? Perhaps because...

December 2020

December 03, 2020

Abortion and the Will to Power

Critical theorists see power and oppression everywhere. Why don't they see it in abortion, which...

October 2020

October 26, 2020

Which Should Weigh More, Character or Abortion Policy?

Conservative Christians tend to say that, yes, Donald Trump has character flaws, but they are...

October 08, 2020

Why Balancing Abortion against Other Issues Doesn’t Work

Some people don't personally believe in abortion, but they can be pro-choice because they invoke...

October 07, 2020

Why “Personally Opposed to Abortion but Pro-Choice” Doesn’t Work

Many politicians and voters say that while they are personally opposed to abortion, they believe...

September 2020

September 18, 2020

The Historic Evangelical Opposition to Abortion

The pro-abortion camp is saying that evangelicals used to support abortion. But actually, despite one...

November 2019

November 15, 2019

Moloch at the Colosseum

If you visit the Colosseum in Rome, where thousands of Christians were martyred, you will...

May 2019

May 23, 2019

Abortion’s Underlying Issue

The great Anthony Esolen has written a brilliant article for Public Discourse on the underlying...

May 10, 2019

Why Abortion Can Never Be an “Inalienable Right”

Kansas is predominantly a pro-life state with a pro-life legislature. But abortions--even late-term abortions of...

February 2019

February 01, 2019

And Now a Move to Legalize “Abortion” AFTER BIRTH

There is no limit to what pro-abortionists would do to an unwanted child. No limit....

January 2019

January 29, 2019

Abortionists Strike Back

As pro-lifers are scoring victories, with the hope of a conservative Supreme Court that might...