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The Risks of Abortion

By HLI Staff / August 11, 2021 /
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The pro-abortion movement has gone to great lengths to downplay the risks of abortion to the mother, but these risks are very real. This article will examine some of the common consequences of abortion. As we shall see, aside from always resulting in a dead baby, abortions are also dangerous to the mother.   Injuries…

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This We Believe: Basic Catholic Beliefs in One Quick Guide

By HLI Staff / November 12, 2025 /
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What are some basic Catholic beliefs and Catholic prayers? Discover the Apostles’ Creed, Commandments, Sacraments, Beatitudes, and classic Catholic prayers…

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John Paul II’s Theology of the Body and Living the Gospel of Life

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / July 25, 2013 /
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In this 2012 presentation, HLI President Father Shenan J. Boquet speaks about John Paul II’s Theology of the Body and how it is an important resource in understanding God’s plan for marriage, family, and society. The Theology of the Body was given by the pope as a response to the attack on human sexuality and…

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Recovering the Art of Living to Build a Culture of Life

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / July 25, 2013 /
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Recorded in 2013, in this presentation HLI President Father Shenan J. Boquet says that in today’s society the art of living is overshadowed by a false understanding of man and woman and their ultimate destiny. As cultures continue to collapse, it becomes imperative for all Christians to fully participate in the re-introduction of the One…

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Does Abortion Reduce Crime?

By Brian Clowes, PhD / May 26, 2023 /
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Research shows that abortion and crime rates are related. The question is whether they are directly linked. One study claimed that legalizing abortion increased murder rates by up to 7%. This is because legalizing abortion is a contributing factor to the great increase in out-of-wedlock births and single parent families, which in turn contribute to…

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The Negative Effects of the Pill (And Its Ineffectiveness)

By Brian Clowes, PhD / May 11, 2017 /
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Introduction One of the most prominent features of the culture of death is its short-sightedness. It puts grand plans into action and makes sweeping promises about how many lives will be saved or improved by its initiatives. And then its architects are invariably shocked and surprised when a galaxy of negative unintended consequences quickly emerge,…

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Exposing the Global Population Control Agenda

By Brian Clowes, PhD and Marisa Cantu / January 3, 2024 /
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The United States National Security Council is the highest decision-making body regarding foreign policy in the United States. On December 10, 1974, it completed a top-secret document entitled National Security Study Memorandum or NSSM-200, also called The Kissinger Report, since Henry Kissinger was Secretary of State at the time it was written. The subject of NSSM-200 is “Implications of…

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Does Contraception Lead to Abortion?

By Brian Clowes, PhD / April 6, 2017 /
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No matter how thin you slice it, ladies and gentlemen, family planning is a euphemism. We don’t intend or desire to prevent conception for conception’s sake; we want to prevent conception because of what follows conception. Family planning is the prevention of births, and as birth is the end of a sequence which begins with…

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The Conception Conundrum

By Brian Clowes, PhD / April 20, 2017 /
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Human Conception: The Beginning of Life There is much confusion and disagreement today about when human life actually begins.  The official and public face of the medical profession insists that life begins at implantation — yet every embryology and fetology textbook in use today states that it begins at the instant of fusion between sperm…

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What is Historical Church Teaching on Contraception?

By Brian Clowes, PhD / May 3, 2018 /

“Contraception cannot be an expression of total self-giving, because in contraception, something is done to oneself to destroy the power to conceive a child.  That same selfishness that wants to prevent the child by contraception will grow until it wants to kill the child already conceived.  We must fight selfishness with a true, generous and…

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