Search Results: Pro-life movement

The Humanity of the Unborn Child

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / January 21, 2019 /
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…have addressed those participating. As a consequence, millions of people have been exposed to pro-life information, arguments and witness. They have seen, first-hand, how much the actual pro-life movement differs…

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“But I’m Only One Person ― What Can I Do?”

By Brian Clowes, PhD / August 13, 2020 /
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…not by the handful of full-time employees of the pro-life and pro-family movements, but by people who work locally to save lives. To paraphrase Tip O’Neill, “all pro-life activities are…

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Should Men Speak against Abortion?

By Brian Clowes, PhD / June 8, 2017 /
men and abortion

…by abortion are males, which all the more gives men the right to speak out against it. 4. The Pro-Life Movement is Predominantly Female If we consider the pro-life movement

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Does Pro-Life Rhetoric Lead to Violence?

By Brian Clowes, PhD / June 7, 2017 /
Does Pro-Life Rhetoric Lead to Violence?

pro-lifers are defining and condemning what the pro-abortionists do; in return, the pro-abortionists are depicting the killing of pro-lifers (and, in some cases, taking matters into their own hands). In…

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Should Pro-Lifers Be “Single-Issue”?

By Brian Clowes, PhD / May 15, 2017 /

…New activists often bring this attitude into the pro-life movement. Every veteran pro-lifer has seen new recruits, aflame with enthusiasm and ideas and energy, who believe that they are going…

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Growing Violence Against Pro-Lifers

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / May 20, 2019 /

life-long pro-lifer, Bissonnette has participated in pro-life demonstrations for years. She says she has repeatedly suffered physical and verbal assault. “Rocks have been thrown at me,” she writes. “I’ve been…

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Life and Death – A Different Worldview

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / November 12, 2018 /
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…Church attempt to co-opt the term to serve their own questionable political purposes. On the other hand, the pro-life movement and its founders and shapers selected the term “pro-life” in…

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Why We Still March Post “Roe”

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / January 23, 2023 /
Human Life International banner at the March for Life

life over death. One of the things that characterizes the pro-life movement, is a profound optimism about the potential goodness – even heroism – that lies in ordinary human beings;…

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Why Don’t Pro-Life Groups Merge?

By Brian Clowes, PhD / June 8, 2017 /
man writing list of pros and cons

…and incest, and “pragmatic” pro‑lifers would support it. This intractable problem has been plaguing the pro-life movement since its beginnings, and is not likely to be resolved any time soon….

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Prayers for a Culture of Life

By Sofia Infante / April 1, 2021 /
St. Michael the Archangel prayer card

…For those who promote adoption, For national and local pro-life groups, For unity in the pro-life movement, For courage and perseverance in pro-life work, For those who suffer ridicule and…

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