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Running Barefoot Into America’s Debate on Life
17+ hour, 39+ min ago (762+ words) COMMENTARY: When abstractions become daughters, arguments become conversations " and the Church's defense of life is heard more clearly. When a dear friend called recently at 10 a.m. asking if I could get to New York City that afternoon to film a PBS…...
UK Catholic Baroness Warns of ‘Terrifying’ Plan to Decriminalize Abortion Pills Up to Birth
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (817+ words) Baroness Rosa Monckton says a proposed UK amendment would remove criminal penalties for women who end their own pregnancies at any stage, raising concerns about late-term, unsupervised abortions at home. LONDON " A UK Catholic peer has warned that proposed legislation,…...
Adoptee From China, Student Leaders Speak Out Against Notre Dame Abortion Advocate Appointee
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (890+ words) Behind the backlash against the appointment of an abortion advocate to leadership at Notre Dame is a group of young Catholic pro-lifers, including a student who was adopted from China. The president of the Right to Life group at the…...
Fallout Continues at Notre Dame Over Pro-Abortion Appointee
5+ day, 11+ hour ago (909+ words) Two scholars have resigned their roles at the university's Asian studies institute, while the student pro-life group has called for the appointment to be withdrawn. Two scholars have resigned from their roles with the University of Notre Dame's Asian studies…...
‘You Never Lose Those Scars’: How an Abortionist Decided to Leave the Industry and Became a Pro-Life Leader
1+ week, 2+ day ago (568+ words) Dr. Kathi Aultman performed abortions for years " until the experience of giving birth to her own child made her realize she could not "kill babies just because they weren't wanted." "Unfortunately, I was still very pro-choice, even after I became…...
Christian Woman Pleads Not Guilty to ‘Buffer Zone’ Abortion Facility Offense in UK
1+ week, 4+ day ago (713+ words) A Christian woman has pleaded not guilty to allegedly breaching a "buffer zone" law after silently praying outside an abortion facility in Kings Norton, Birmingham, United Kingdom. Isabel Vaughan-Spruce, 48, from Malvern in Worcestershire, was charged in December 2025 under the Public…...
Pro-Life Group Petitions Supreme Court After School Refused ‘Defund Planned Parenthood’ Poster
1+ week, 4+ day ago (689+ words) A student's free speech rights 'shouldn't depend on the circuit where she attends school.' Pro-life students in Indiana are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a freedom-of-speech case after their public school allegedly refused to allow a pro-life poster to…...
Notre Dame Affirms Appointment of Abortion Advocate to Prominent Post
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1689+ words) Scholar Susan Ostermann, due to take over as director of the university's Asian studies institute on July 1, has written multiple columns castigating attempts to make abortion illegal. Notre Dame's recent announcement that a scholar who advocates for legal abortion will…...
Building Hope and Inspiring Mothers at St. Gerard Campus
1+ week, 5+ day ago (814+ words) COMMENTARY: St. Gerard's helps young mothers recognize their own worth and the value of the child they're carrying. Imagine a high-school campus where motherhood is revered, where babies are cherished " and even invited " and where moms are treated with dignity…...
Why Pro-Lifers Are Pressing President Trump for More Action
1+ week, 5+ day ago (719+ words) EDITORIAL: Topping the list for Trump is rolling back the Biden-era policy of wide distribution of the abortion pill. To achieve this goal, the movement sometimes must call out political officeholders who describe themselves as being strongly pro-life but whose…...