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How Abortion Affects Men: One Father’s Story of Loss, Addiction, and Healing

By Living a Culture of Life Podcast / March 13, 2026 /

Abortion is often framed as a women’s issue—but what about the men whose children are lost to abortion? In this episode, Sean Corcoran, CEO of Men for Life, shares his deeply personal story of losing his child to abortion and the devastating impact it had on his life. After the abortion, Sean spiraled into addiction,…

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Is the EU Undermining Pro-Life Laws? The Rise of Abortion Tourism

By Living a Culture of Life Podcast / March 19, 2026 /

In this episode, Fr. Shenan Boquet joins us to break down a major development in Europe: a new European Union decision that could expand abortion tourism across member states. What does this ruling mean for countries like Poland that have strong pro-life laws? How does this decision impact women, families, and national sovereignty? And why…

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Feeding Tubes & End-of-Life Ethics | Lessons from the Terri Schiavo Case

By Living a Culture of Life Podcast / March 26, 2026 /

What happened in the Terri Schiavo case—and why does it still matter today? In this episode, Fr. Shenan Boquet discusses one of the most pivotal end-of-life cases in modern history. The tragic death of Terri Schiavo in 2005 followed a years-long legal battle, culminating in Terri’s feeding tube being removed. She died of starvation and…

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Be Not Afraid! St. John Paul II’s Key to Building a Culture of Life

By Denise Hunnell, MD / May 28, 2014 /
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(Zenit.org) — The recent canonization of Saint John Paul II offers an impetus to reflect on both his life and his papacy. The Pope’s leadership of the Catholic Church was exemplified by his signature phrase “Be not afraid!” Yet, what exactly was he exhorting the faithful to face without fear? Pope John Paul II first…

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Murder is Good? Does the Bible Tell Me So?

By Deborah M. Piroch / November 21, 2014 /
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Last week’s Time Magazine expose, 6 Myths About Abortion, is part of the abortion industry’s rebranding effort, as they seek to move away from the always-false “pro-choice” language toward the more diabolically honest pro-abortion approach. Hence the need to do away with certain facts that are inconvenient for the pro-abortion crowd, recasting them as “myths.”…

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Babies Saved From Abortion in 2017

By Deborah M. Piroch / December 27, 2017 /
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Merry Christmas, Little Ones! A small sampling of babies saved through Human Life International in 2017.

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The Beauty of Having Children

By Deborah M. Piroch / August 26, 2018 /
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Children, the Supreme Gift of Marriage Last year Christian musician Nichole Nordeman shared a humorous but tragic anecdote. She described overhearing a couple at the airport on a video chat with their “baby” and the baby’s “grandparents.” The parents, she said, were clearly suffering separation anxiety. “They are cooing and gushing and exclaiming ‘well look…

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Enough with the Blood Money

By Deborah M. Piroch / September 26, 2018 /
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Most Americans do not support abortion after the baby can feel pain. Yet every day in parts of America babies may be aborted up to the 9th month. And as if those blood money profits were not enough, selling fetal body parts adds horror upon horror and continues to happen. But yesterday we saw a…

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Dr. Joseph Meaney Leaves HLI for the National Catholic Bioethics Center

By Deborah M. Piroch / June 4, 2019 /

For immediate release: June 4, 2019 Contact: Deborah M. Piroch Email: dpiroch@hli.org (Front Royal, VA) The Board of Directors of The National Catholic Bioethics Center (NCBC) is pleased to announce that Joseph Meaney, Ph.D., has been named as the new President of the Center upon the retirement of its current President, Dr. John M. Haas, at…

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HLI Condemns Anti-Catholic Laws Imposed on Northern Ireland

By Deborah M. Piroch / October 22, 2019 /

For immediate release:  October 22, 2019 Irish Contact: Lisa O’Hare, HLI Ireland Media Liaison –  lisa@humanlife.ie USA Contact: Deborah M. Piroch, Director of Public Relations – dpiroch@hli.org   (Belfast, N. Ireland and Front Royal, VA) – At midnight last night the new ruling by Westminster to allow abortion to 24 weeks or 4 months of age –…

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