It is galling that the word “sanctuary” is being claimed by states promising greater access to abortion. But we can create true sanctuaries for both vulnerable women and the human beings in their wombs.
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Pro-life activist says fetuses kept in her home are proof of illegal late-term abortions
Lauren Handy and Terrisa Bukovinac said the fetuses are from a box of medical waste they got from the driver of a medical waste truck at an abortion clinic, and they claimed the fetuses looked like they were from late-stage abortions.
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Can you be pro-life and own guns?
When talking about gun control policies, we must center our conversation around the sanctity of human life.
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‘We need her’: Faith leaders urge senators to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court
“We need her,” Mary Novak, executive director of Network, a Catholic social justice lobby, said at the rally about Judge Jackson. “Network’s got your back.”
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Vatican archbishop hopes to challenge polarized U.S. abortion debate with Pope Francis’ pro-life ethic
The Vatican czar on life issues, Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, is on a mission to bring Pope Francis’ holistic pro-life vision to the United States.
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Supreme Court reinstates death penalty for Boston Marathon bomber
The Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in a 6-3 vote.
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4 lessons for a post-Roe world from Fannie Lou Hamer: a pro-life, civil rights icon
As the pro-life movement prepares for the possibility of a post-Roe America, there are several lessons it can learn from Hamer’s advocacy and the civil rights movement.
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Does the March for Life have a white supremacy problem?
March for Life organizers would do well to issue strong disavowals beforehand in anticipation of attempts by white supremacists to co-opt its message.
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The Catholics for Choice basilica stunt was shocking. Sacrilege often is.
It is appalling to see an organization that claims to be Catholic project pro-abortion messaging onto a structure that celebrates the conception of the Mother of God. What am I supposed to take from this?
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Group projects pro-choice messages on national basilica, the latest targeting of Catholic worship spaces over abortion
With tens of thousands of anti-abortion protesters gathered for the annual March for Life, Catholics for Choice projected pro-abortion messages on the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.