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Jerry Novotny OMI
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October 13, 2024

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Evangelium Vitae and the culture of death today
The systematic willingness to choose and intend the death of powerless victims that constitutes the culture of death makes the pro-life question unique among the full spectrum of ethical issues.

Did Tim Walz allow abortion for any reason up to birth? Here's what the law he signed says
Since Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris picked him as her running mate, vice presidential candidate Tim Walz has faced challenges from Republicans, pro-life advocates, and the media to defend his extreme positions on abortion.

Four Women's Volleyball Teams Forfeit - Won't Play Team with a Man
Four collegiate women?s volleyball teams have chosen to forfeit their matches, rather than play a team with a man who claims he is a woman.

Fact Check: Some babies are executed after they're born.
Is it true that babies are being aborted after they're born?

Giving the Girl Child her voice to increase awareness of her needs, dignity and potential
11 October is the International Day of the Girl Child. In 2024, the theme for the celebration is 'Girls Vision for the Future.' Every child is a gift from God that deserves to be loved, appreciated and respected.

Nobel Peace Prize awarded to anti-nuclear group Nihon Hidankyo
The Norwegian Nobel Committee in Oslo awards the 2024 Peace Prize to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese organization of atomic bomb survivors, for its activism against nuclear weapons.

'Pivotal moment' as violence against children reaches unprecedented levels worldwide
Violence against children remains a pervasive global issue, with up to a billion children vulnerable to various forms of abuse, according to United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children.

How Feminism Makes Everyone Transgender And What To Do About It
Contrary to propaganda messaging, our society is neither 'overfeminized' nor 'pro-woman.' It is deeply anti-woman.

Pro-Life Advocate Suffers Horrible Mistreatment After Biden/Harris Put Her in Prison for Protesting Abortion
Idoni and her husband, who are both heavily involved in pro-life work, have five biological children and have adopted 10 boys from Ukraine.

Data: U.S. Hospitals Transitioned Nearly 6,000 Kids From 2019-2023
'Patients are being harmed by sex transition. That cannot be disputed ... The medical profession has lost its way.'

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Editorial

I leaned down and kissed my son

Dear Friends for Life: Many individuals in today's society understand the pain felt by mothers after they have aborted their babies. But what about Post-Abortion Syndrome which affects men? As the body count of unborn babies continues to increase, research shows that more and more fathers are desperately crying out in pain as a result of these abortions. While browsing google on this topic, I ran across the following article: "My 'Friend' Assumed I'd Be Pro Abortion for Cleft Babies Like Mine & He's Dead Wrong". This, in turn, resulted in writing on abortion and unborn babies with cleft lip. "I leaned down and kissed my son." Continue reading at Fr. Jerry's Blog...

Ethical Perspectives

New! Dead to the World

Douglas McManaman
To be alive to God, one has to be dead to the world. This is a basic principle of the spiritual life. The less one is dead to the world, the less that person is alive to God.

New! An IVF Primer

R. J. Snell
These essays are not provided out of callousness or a lack of empathy, but if we are to be responsible, we must be well-informed so that we can judge and choose in keeping with the truth of things.

New! Reflections on Israel's Exceptional Fertility

Daniel Kane
The enduring source of the Children of Israel's exceptional, future-oriented natalism is their intense, equally exceptional rootedness in their shared past.

New! Desperate people in Myanmar are selling their organs

Antonio Graceffo
The economic crisis caused by Myanmar's civil war is a humanitarian catastrophe, fuelling hunger, desperation - and the sale of human organs.

New! The Reality of Partial-Birth Abortion

Shenan J. Boquet
For thousands of years, people have found ways to kill unwanted babies. From taking pills to tearing a child to pieces prior to birth to even throwing a baby off a cliff, it often seems that any method will do. Parents seek only the end result - being rid of the baby.

Canada's top family-friendly cities

Carolyn Moynihan
Here's an interesting idea: the Institute of Marriage and Family, Canada, has compiled a report on the country's top family-friendly cities, looking at factors such as population growth, lower taxes, a strong economy, education choice and charitable giving.

New Euthanasia Laws Drop Illusion of "Choice"

Shenan J. Boquet
Aging or seriously ill adults, who are no longer of any "use," can be extremely "inconvenient," in the same way an unborn baby can be inconvenient. Those who are responsible for caring for them must often make significant changes to their lives, sacrificing time and resources to comfort and care for the suffering and dying.

The wrong solution to Zika-caused microcephaly

Michael Cook
Activists are trying to spook governments into allowing abortion. Don't do it, says a woman with the condition.

New group launched in Europe to oppose euthanasia

Michael Cook
Concern about the steady expansion of the boundaries of euthanasia in Belgium is growing.

Blueprint for an NFP-Focused Parish (Part II)

Matthew Habiger
This is why every parish, or cluster of small parishes, needs a set of NFP teachers. If we are to begin to cut into the 50% divorce rate among our people, then we must address the 85% contraceptive rate, and now 40% sterilization rate, among Catholic couples of childbearing age. This will be a massive effort, and will require the cooperation of many parties. Fortunately, this is a team effort, and there are many players available.

Bloodshed ahead?

Louis T. March
A proposal in India that would penalize families with more than two children has upset a lot of people.

Who was Professor Jerome Lejeune?

Pilar Calva
In 1958, Jerome Lejeune had discovered that an extra 21st chromosome is responsible for Down syndrome, or Trisomy 21.

The youth mental health crisis: What does it all mean?

Carolyn Moynihan
New data on the mental health of American college students shows a sombre trend. Rates of depression, anxiety, low flourishing, suicidal thinking and suicidal attempts have all worsened over the years 2007 to 2018.

US bioethics group calls for cloning ban

Michael Cook
The Council, whose co-chair is Robert P. George, of Princeton University, has just published its extended moral and medical arguments against human cloning in the journal The New Atlantis. It argues that "If research cloning is not stopped now, we face the prospect of the mass farming of human embryos and fetuses, and the transformation of the noble enterprise of biomedical research into a grotesque system of exploitation and death."

Shengnu women and boyfriends for rent

Marcus Roberts
We've talked before on this blog about the fact that China has a gender imbalance problem in favour of boys. This is due to a cultural preference for boys allied to modern ultrasound technology which allows one to abort a baby of the "wrong"gender (exacerbated by the pressures of the one-child policy).