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Home: Current Issues: Abortion Current Issues: AbortionArticles:'Raisin' and Falling - Peggy NoonanEvery now and then you witness a small moment that is actually a big moment. Maybe it alerts you to something surprising that's going on, or maybe it illustrates what you already know but in a new way, one that can't be dodged or avoided. Popular Read more... A Christmas Story - Calvin NewsFor almost three decades Calvin College professor Pete Tigchelaar has had a three-month-old fetus, encased in plastic, that he uses in his human biology classes. He's always thought of the tiny fetus as a good educational tool. Popular Read more... Abortion and Logic - DONALD DEMARCOJohn Irving is a well-known novelist and short story writer. In his latest book, My Movie Business: A Memoir (Knopf, 1999), he presents his view on abortion and his attitude toward Right-to-Life advocates. This passage is quite remarkable in that it contains well over a dozen logical fallacies within a relatively brief span of words. Popular Read more... Against Abortion, But Pro-Choice? - Fr. William SaundersSometimes I have met Catholics — especially where I work — who say, "I am personally against abortion, but I am pro-choice." To me, that makes no sense, but how can I argue with them? Popular Read more... 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days - James BowmanAs I was coming out of a screening of 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days, as shaken up by the experience as I imagine everyone who has seen the film must be, I accidentally fell into step behind a couple — she in her 20s or early 30s, he considerably older, both elegantly dressed — who were making their reaction to what they had seen a matter for public remark. Read more... A culture exposed - Mike AquilinaWe’ve ended up back where we started before the rise of Christianity. Read more... A pro-life free-speech heroine walks free - Nigel HannafordThis could be a free speech story, or a pro-life story, or just a story about plain old perseverance. You decide. Read more... A right to abortion doesn't outweigh the right to know the risks - Barbara KayNobody disputes the fact that preterm birth (PTB) is a risk factor for a number of infant and childhood afflictions. The more extreme the prematurity, the worse the problems. Read more... A Tipping Point on Abortion? - Michael CookTwo events last week suggest that its ideological appeal is tottering and about to fall. Read more... A Visual Apologetic for Life - Mark EarleyWhen Michelangelo carved the beauty of the human form in marble, he knew that true art is “but a shadow of the divine perfection.” Read more... Abortion and the Conscience of the Nation - President Ronald ReaganWhile sitting as the fortieth president of the United States, Ronald Reagan sent Human Life Review this article shortly after the tenth anniversary of Roe v. Wade; HLR printed it with pride in their Spring, 1983 issue. Read more... Abortion: A Failure to Communicate - Paul SwopeRecent research on the psychology of pro-choice women offers insight into why the pro-life movement has not been as effective as it might have been in persuading women to choose life. Read more... Abortion: A Tool of Male Oppression? - National Catholic RegisterThe President of Feminists for Life argues that the early American Feminists were unanimous in their opposition to abortion, which they viewed as a tool of male oppression. True feminism, then and now would never force women to choose between a career and a child. Read more... Abortion: Tips for pro-choice advocates - Sherry TyreeWant to really sell your message? Here's what you need: promotion, a polished image, honesty and a sense of humor. Read more... Against the Grain: A Day in the life of Serrin Foster - Tom HoopesThey've stood in front of hostile crowds, been shouted down at universities, and faced the biggest names in radical feminism. Read more... An abortion 'consensus' that never existed - Father Raymond J. de SouzaCanada's "consensus" on our unlimited abortion licence — any time, for any reason, fully funded by tax dollars — is a strange one. Read more... An Unnecessary Evil - Clarke D. ForsytheGiven the state of public opinion and the fact that 75 percent of Americans believe that abortion is at least the taking of human life, if not murder itself, effectively changing public attitudes will require a shift of emphasis and resources to educating Americans about abortion’s impact on women. Read more... Another 'champion of abortion' becomes defender of life: the story of Stojan Adasevic - Catholic World NewsThe Spanish daily La Razon has published an article on the pro-life conversion of a former "champion of abortion." Read more... Another Souper Candidate? - Daniel P. CoyneAs life-affirming generations in the future look back at us, few will be treated more harshly than the modern soupers. Highly educated, outspoken, and passionate, they could have made a difference. They knew the truth. And, for a short time, they were willing to speak out for the unborn. But then the price got too high. They became cowards. Read more... Applause from Hell - Fr. Frank PavoneIf we think of hell, we might imagine screams coming out of the flames, or the sinister laughter of the devil. But the sound I recently heard coming from there was that of applause. Read more... Are post-abortive Pro-Lifers hypocrites? - Beatrice FedorOne who knows reflects upon the attitudes of pro-choicers about women who've aborted babies and then become pro-life. Read more... Back to the Drawing Board - Francis J. Beckwith"Back to the Drawing Board: The Future of the Pro-Life Movement" is an unprecedented collection of thoughtful and sometimes painfully honest essays, evaluating the pro-life cause thirty years after Roe v. Wade. Read more... Bernard Nathanson Dead at 84 - Stephen Vincent‘I am one of those who helped usher in this barbaric age.’ After putting thousands of unborn children to death, he became one of the great leaders of the pro-life movement. Read more... Bonding with Baby: Why Ultrasound is Turning Women Against Abortion - Mark StricherzThe manipulation of language has long been one of the hallmarks of the pro-choice position. But with ultrasound, words no longer matter so much: The abstract melts into the concrete and the personal. This powerful emotional appeal will continue to grow as 3-D ultrasound enters the mainstream. Read more... Bush's Second Chance - Hadley ArkesThe sense of relief, felt so deeply in the pro-life community on November 3, 2004, seems to have drifted away in the weeks and months since the presidential election. It is already easy to forget how great a threat the election posed: even the most sober observers of the political scene recognized that a Kerry presidency would mark the end of any prospects for the pro-life cause in Congress or the courts. Read more... Related Categories:Pages Updated On: Mon May 27 2013 - 17:30:37
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