Even Planned Parenthood now seems embarrassed by Sanger’s support for forced sterilization, writes John J. Conley. Her targeting of the black population to reduce birth rates is equally troubling.
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Erasing Margaret Sanger from Planned Parenthood doesn’t change abortion’s eugenic logic
From its very inception, the mission of Planned Parenthood has been, in effect, to target, control and ultimately reduce vulnerable, “undesirable” populations.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Father James Martin: Wearing a mask is pro-life
The question comes down to this: Are you really pro-life? Do you reverence all lives—the check-out clerk as much as the unborn child?
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Faith leaders urge president, attorney general to halt federal executions
“As faith leaders from a diverse range of traditions, we call on President Trump and Attorney General Barr to stop the scheduled federal executions,” the group said in the statement released July 7.
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Northern Ireland’s Legislative Assembly rejects U.K.-imposed abortion law
The Northern Ireland Assembly has voted 46-40 to reject as “extreme” the new abortion law passed by the British parliament, which would be binding upon the province.
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Just what is the truth about Norma McCorvey?
An FX documentary on Norma McCovey, the “Jane Roe” of the controversial 1973 Supreme Court decision, reveals that she wasn’t the pro-life activist she claimed to be and that she was allegedly manipulated by people within the pro-life movement.
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Pro-lifers say Planned Parenthood must return $80 million in PPP funds
Pro-Life organizations are taking exception to the fact that Planned Parenthood affiliates have been recipients of funds under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act.
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Pro-lifers betrayed their cause by treating Norma McCorvey, ‘Jane Roe,’ as less than fully human
She was used and abused as a child, and she continues to be used and abused by both pro-lifers and pro-choicers who want her to a weapon against the other side.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
‘Never Rarely Sometimes Always’: A searing but flawed film about abortion
For all its deft crafting of real-life detail, Eliza Hittman’s film never admits any reality besides abortion as saving grace.
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USCCB launches ‘Walking With Moms in Need’ yearlong parish service project
U.S. Catholic bishops are creating a project in which parishes accompany expectant mothers.