Birth Control

Accidental Incest Exposes Dangers of Fertility Industry

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / April 8, 2024 /
Artificial insemination or IVF

A child is not something owed to one but is a gift. The “supreme gift of marriage” is a human person. A child may not be considered a piece of property, an idea to which an alleged “right to a child” would lead. In this area, only the child possesses genuine rights: the right “to…

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Alabama’s Court Decision Sparks Debate Over Ethics of IVF

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / February 26, 2024 /
embryologist at a liquid nitrogen bank containing sperm and egg samples

“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” — George Orwell A few days ago, the Alabama Supreme Court surprised the country by doing something that is all too rare in today’s culture, i.e. it spoke the truth. In a blockbuster 8-1 decision, the Court ruled that human embryos preserved cryogenically…

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Neo-Colonialism Crippling African, Caribbean, and Pacific States: The Samoa Agreement

By HLI Staff / December 29, 2023 /
pride flag, eu flag and union jack flag

Update 01/10/2024 As of 1/9/24, this treaty has received two-thirds majority signatures, which means that the EU has received all necessary signatures for the treaty to pass. Now, the mission of pro-lifers is to push signature Parliaments to not ratify this treaty. Only 26 of the signatures have also ratified, and the EU is calling…

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HLI’s Mission Work Helps Ugandan Girls

By Marisa Cantu / October 31, 2023 /
Father Opio, country director for HLI Uganda

HLI has helped save teenage girls in Uganda. The teenage pregnancy rate in Uganda is high. About a quarter of Ugandan girls aged 15-19 are pregnant, or are already mothers, according to a UNICEF survey. To combat this, a policy was proposed to the Ugandan government to distribute birth control to teenage girls. Yet this…

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Malawi Planned Parenthood Chased Out of School

By Marisa Cantu / October 25, 2023 /

Malawi high school students chased Malawi Planned Parenthood out of their school in September. Human Life International’s missionaries had been to the Natola high school before for chastity training and information on contraception and abortion. Since HLI’s trainings, there have been no pregnancies in the school – a fact that the Natola teacher attributes to…

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Social Impact of Over-the-Counter “Opill”

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / July 31, 2023 /
Opill: spilling bottle of pills

“Most abortions are the result of unwanted pregnancies, most unwanted pregnancies are the result of sexual relationships outside of marriage, and most sexual relationships outside of marriage are facilitated by the availability of contraception. To turn this ‘progression’ around: contraception leads to more extra-marital sexual intercourse, more extra-marital sexual intercourse leads to more unwanted pregnancies;…

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