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The Reality of Partial-Birth Abortion

By Susan Ciancio / August 23, 2022 /
3d rendered illustration of a human fetus at week 24

abortion—or in medical terms, an intact dilation and extraction abortion (D&X).   What Is Partial-Birth Abortion? In a partial-birth abortion, the abortionist begins delivering the baby but stops partway. Holding…

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Abortion’s Twisted Relationship with Sexual Abuse

By William Lawyer / July 16, 2022 /
Violence of Human Trafficking: Is abortion okay after rape or incest?

Abortion Providers Aid Sexual Abuse Abortion advocates often view legal abortion as a way of keeping victims of sexual trafficking safe, ensuring abortions are offered by trained providers. These advocates…

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The Horrors of the Abortion Pill and the Hope of Reversal

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / December 18, 2023 /
The Horrors of the Abortion Pill

…has revealed that medical abortions now constitute over 50% of all abortions in the United States. And abortion groups are proactively seeking to increase that proportion, by heavily advocating in…

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Does Legalizing Abortion Stop Filthy, Back-Alley Abortions?

By Brian Clowes, PhD / March 4, 2022 /

…of back-alley abortions.   Legalizing Abortions Doesn’t Make It Safe Unfortunately, Matulis’ vivid description of pre-Roe back-alley abortions more closely fits what happens in many legal abortion mills operating today….

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Can We Use Our Consciences on Contraception?

By Brian Clowes, PhD / April 18, 2018 /
forms of contraception

…Rights of Catholics in the Church (ARCC); Call to Action (CTA); Catholics for a Free Choice (CFFC); Coalition of Concerned Canadian Catholics (CCCC); Conference for Catholic Lesbians (CCL); CORPUS: The…

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Visualizing Abortion Statistics: Who’s Being Killed and Why?

By Brian Clowes, PhD / June 14, 2023 /
cemetery crosses

…that was killed by lynching between 1882 and 1968. Late-Term Abortion Statistics Late-term abortions refer to second and third trimester abortions. As far as late-term abortions are concerned, we have…

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Correcting Pelosi with Truth and Charity

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / May 30, 2022 /

…unapologetic support for legal abortion, which the Catholic Church teaches is the murder of an innocent human being. In his letter, Archbishop Cordileone explained that he had on previous occasions…

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Can Catholics Apply the Principle of Probabilism to Abortion Decisions?

By Brian Clowes, PhD / September 7, 2018 /
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…page 786. [5] National Council of Catholic Bishops Committee on Doctrine. “Abortion and ‘Free Choice’: The Catholic Church Teaches Direct Abortion is Never a Moral Good,” November 1984. Even classical…

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Left for Dead: How Many Survive Abortion?

By William Lawyer and Matthew Margetts / March 12, 2021 /
abortion hospital

In recent years, the topic of abortion has involved much debate over those children who survive abortions. With more and more abortion survivors coming forward to share their stories, and…

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Why Should Celibate Priests Speak about Abortion?

By Brian Clowes, PhD / August 28, 2018 /
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Church teachings on abortion. When the occasional dissenting priest speaks out for abortion, abortion advocates praise him as a hero. For example, pro-abortionists applauded when notorious dissenter Fr. Robert Drinan…

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