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Can Catholics Apply the Principle of Probabilism to Abortion Decisions?

By Brian Clowes, PhD / September 7, 2018 /

…Church’s condemnation of abortion, sterilization and contraception. Therefore, the principle of probabilism does not apply in these cases. Regarding abortion, no prudent person could possibly conclude that Church law is…

The Christian Sexual Revolution

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / September 17, 2018 /

…perversion. The widespread propaganda in support of immorality – impurity, contraception, abortion, homosexuality, and divorce – signify an assault on family and life and the Christian understanding of the human…

Life and Death – A Different Worldview

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / November 12, 2018 /

…hope for and investment in the future – are a thing to be prevented through contraception, sexuality is reduced to the tawdry and transactional, suicide ever lurks on the peripheries,…

What Percentage of Abortions Are Medically Necessary?

By HLI Staff / February 15, 2024 /

…Abortions: A Synthesis of Findings from 14 Countries.” Contraception 96 (2017), pages 233 to 241. This study presented essentially the same results as a study performed by the Guttmacher Institute…

Cohabitation Before Marriage Statistics

By Susan Ciancio / July 5, 2019 /

…children naturally. “Couples who practice Natural Family Planning have a divorce rate of about 5%, markedly lower than the 50% divorce rate of couples who utilize contraception.” Why is this…

Papua New Guinea Diocese Marks World AIDS Day the Catholic Way

By Deborah M. Piroch / November 30, 2019 /

…Research and Education, Bishop Santos submitted a petition to the government, asking that contraception distribution cease, most especially the forced sterilization of the poor. Bp. Santos also spoke against the…

Trusting God through Infertility

By Susan Ciancio / December 11, 2019 /

…embodies the best principles of medicine and offers superior treatments to women and challenges mainstream medicine, which relies on contraception, in vitro fertilization, and abortion. The Institute networked a natural…

Trump’s Historic Speech at the March for Life

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / January 27, 2020 /

…they pay for health insurance that includes coverage for contraception. Though not directly related to the abortion issue, Trump also mentioned his administration’s efforts to protect faith-based adoption agencies, many…

The Ethics of Surrogacy

By Brian Clowes, PhD and Marisa Cantu / June 5, 2023 /

…to human reproduction has been grossly exploited. The rule seems to be: If it can be abused, it will be abused. We have seen this dictum played out with contraception,…

Church Teachings on Euthanasia

By Brian Clowes, PhD / June 2, 2020 /

…work for the euthanasia pushers. Predictably, just as happened with artificial contraception and abortion, heavily-publicized dissenters have “boldly and courageously” stepped forth to combat the “hierarchical church’s rigidity in matters…