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Against Abortion, But Pro-Choice?
FR. WILLIAM SAUNDERS
Sometimes 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?

Church Has Always Condemned Abortion
FR. WILLIAM SAUNDERS
I had an argument with a friend about the Churchs teaching on abortion. She said that the Church was not against abortion until the 20th century; I said that the Church has always been against abortion. Am I right, and if so, what evidence is there to give to my friend?

Popping A Cork For Abortion?
FATHER RAYMOND J. DE SOUZA
Convivium Editor-in-Chief Father Raymond de Souza asks how aborting babies has gone from being a rare individual choice to international cause for breaking out the bubbly.

The Woman and the Physician Facing Abortion
DIANNE N. IRVING
One of the most urgent yet least discussed dilemmas concerning the woman, the physician, and a host of others facing abortion today, is access to the correct basic scientific information regarding the human embryo - scientific information which demonstrates empirically that normally every human being begins at fertilization as a single-cell embryo, the zygote.

Abortion: A Tool of Male Oppression?
NATIONAL CATHOLIC REGISTER
The 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.

Abortion and the Conscience of the Nation
PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN
While 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.

How Abortion Hurts Women: The Hard Proof
ERIKA BACHIOCHI
In order to persuade the personally opposed pro-choicer we must address this 1970's feminist fallacy that abortion is necessary for women's sexual equality and well-being

Planned Parenthood Celebration Jolted by Abortion Survivor
TED HARVEY
She sings the anthem to applause, then her secret is revealed to stunned silence.

The bitter irony of sex-selective abortion
COLLEEN CARROLL CAMPBELL
Missouri state Treasurer Sarah Steelman recently earned the opprobrium of abortion-rights advocates by calling for a ban on sex-selective abortions.

Presenting the Abortion Issue to Children
FATHER FRANK A. PAVONE
At the start of the homily, I asked for a volunteer from among the youngest, smallest members of the congregation.

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