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Social Problems and the Eugenics Debate: Is Eugenics Ethical?

By Brian Clowes, PhD and Marisa Cantu / January 29, 2024 /

…Margaret Sanger, founder of the American Birth Control League (later the International Planned Parenthood Federation) and Marie Carmichael Stopes, founder of the Society for Constructive Birth Control and Racial Progress,…

The Eugenic Mind of Harry Laughlin

By Susan Ciancio / June 17, 2022 /

…study of improving the genetic composition of humans through controlled reproduction of different races and classes of people.” Margaret Sanger, founder of the American Birth Control League—which later became Planned…

An Award for Population Control?

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / July 26, 2021 /

…of individuals and families and for every person’s inviolable right to life, they prefer to promote and impose by whatever means a massive programme of birth control. Even the economic…

What Are Abortifacients?

By HLI Staff / August 7, 2023 /

…“contraception” to make them more appealing to consumers. Abortifacients are different from contraceptives in that they do not prevent an egg from being fertilized. Rather, they act after fertilization to…

What You Should Know About Medical Abortion – the RU-486 Pill

By Brian Clowes, PhD and Marisa Cantu / May 2, 2023 /

…that refers to RU-486 as a type of “interceptor (luteal contraception).” If most people hear a new drug described as “birth control,” they’ll think of the Pill and IUD, not…

The Teaching of the Prophetic Encyclical Humanae Vitae (Part XII)

By Adolfo J. Castañeda / November 24, 2021 /

…The Third Prophecy Part VI: The Fourth Prophecy Part VII: Modernity’s Challenges to Humanae Vitae Part VIII: The Church’s Right to Teach on Birth Control Part IX: The Church’s Teaching…

Opening the Gates Wide to Population Control Abuse

By Brian Clowes, PhD / October 1, 2012 /

…founders had started a century before. According to the Summit’s “Summary of Commitments,” getting this many women on birth control will require an additional $4.3 billion over the next eight…

A Demographic Crisis

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / February 6, 2023 /

…awarded with a payment of one million roubles. China, meanwhile, after brutally enforcing their one-child policy for decades, is actually starting to close birth control clinics and offering longer maternity…

Is Nazi Euthanasia Resurfacing in the U.S.?

By Brian Clowes, PhD / July 24, 2020 /

…Birth Control (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall), 1971. Chasteen’s suggested law mandating sterilization and birth control is shown on the back cover of the book. It reads as follows: As…

The Teaching of the Prophetic Encyclical Humanae Vitae (Part XI)

By Adolfo J. Castañeda / October 29, 2021 /

…(which are also abortifacients), or mechanical contraceptives (such IUDs, which are also abortifacients).   Why Is Contraception “Intrinsically and Gravely Evil”? The act of contraception always violates the intrinsic goods…