Abortion & IVF
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Shunning the Disabled
Last October, our family realized that we were not welcome in the French Republic. I had always…
Learning From Charlie Gard
While sitting on hospital medical-ethics committees, I have sometimes worried that physicians are tempted, against the wishes…
Putting Infants “Down Like Dogs”
The Charlie Gard tragedy has renewed public advocacy for legalizing infanticide. Writing in the New York Times…
Je suis Charlie, Once More
Less than one year old and stricken with a rare degenerative disease, Charlie Gard is on life…
Whose Baby Is Charlie Gard, Anyway?
“The time has come for your baby to die,” a doctor told the grieving parents of a…
What’s Love Got to Do with Transhumanism?
Nothing you can make that can’t be made. No one you can save that can’t be saved.…
Our Outdated Debates
Could the intensity of America’s abortion debate be like the last burst of light from a dying…
Three Culture of Death Tipping Points
Pope John Paul II once famously described Western society as a “culture of death.” But what does…
The Limits of Planned Parenthood’s Storytelling
Joss Whedon tells stories about heroes, whether they’re California teenagers slaying vampires, a misfit band of smugglers…
What I Saw At The Debate Between Dissent and American Affairs
Down under the Manhattan Bridge overpass, young writers and editors dressed in black crowd into the offices…
Time for a “Populist” Bioethics Commission
Donald Trump has been president for less than five months, but his plate is already full: Iran,…
Pro-Lifers: Get Out of Medicine!
Doctors in the United States cannot be forced to perform abortions or assist suicides. But that may…
Après Gorsuch le Deluge
Did you find the Gorsuch hearings in the Senate Judiciary Committee a depressing exercise in political theater?…
Pro-Life, Pro-Truth
It is an exciting time to be pro-life. The political situation, all the way up to the…
What I Saw and Heard at the March for Life
Every year it feels a bit like a carnival. It shouldn’t, when you consider what the March…
