by First Things’ Keith Pavlischek writes about common ground, the Obama administration and reducing the number of abortions: The problem, of course, is that anyone who has been paying attention knows full well that Obama and his crew are not interested in reducing the number of abortions. How do we know this? We know it […]

by intern Anne Marie D. Spotlighting important information gleaned from other pro-life blogs… Washington Post article noting that economic prosperity no longer translates to a low fertility rate in some highly developed countries. According to the article…

by Penny Young Nance writes in the Baltimore Sun about how President Obama really just isn’t that into pro-lifers: The battles on Capitol Hill over Sonia Sotomayor and health care have convinced me that pro-life Americans should take a cue from a popular chick flick. A hit movie newly out on DVD recently proclaims a […]

by Charlie Savage has an interesting piece in the New York Times about the Sotomayor hearings, abortion, Gonzalez v. Carhart, settled law and precedent. Hadley Arkes discusses empathy and apathy. After discussing Laci’s and Connor’s law and court cases involving partial-birth abortion, Arkes writes (emphasis added)…

by Dan Gilgoff reports that there is a growing schism among common ground advocates regarding legislation on abortion. One side wants the two segments of the common ground package (preventing unwanted pregnancies and reducing the need for abortion) introduced in one bill while another side wants them introduced separately.

by Carder Edward T. Oakes, S.J. asks in a First Things journal entry the burning spiritual question about our President: Can Barack Obama be converted on abortion? The short answer to that question is: probably not. Oakes mentions the April 29 press conference in which a reporter asked President Obama about his unfulfilled promise of […]

by Wesley Smith comments on the recent case of a woman in Japan being implanted with the wrong embryo, having an abortion and then suing the government-run hospital: As for me, I think it is all upsetting, and – yes I will say it – the field increasingly epitomizes a society that thinks we are […]