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Maria Oswalt Editor in Chief

Aimee Murphy Managing Editor

Kristina Artuković Staff Writer

Jack Champagne Staff Writer

Judith Evans Staff Writer

Vanesa Zuleta Goldberg Staff Writer

Stephanie Hauer Staff Writer

Rana Irby Staff Writer

Katherine Noble Staff Writer

Samuel B. Parker Staff Writer

Julia Smucker Staff Writer

Sophie Trist Staff Writer

Christy Yao Pelliccioni Staff Writer

Francis Ittenbach Staff Editor

John Whitehead Staff Editor

5 hours ago
4 min

The Cost of War: Shireen Abu Akleh and the Apparent Disposability of Civilians and Journalists

by Samuel B. Parker — On May 11th, journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot and killed in the West Bank city of Jenin during a raid...

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4 days ago
3 min

Death at Your Fingertips

by Jack Champagne — Vermont has signed bill S.74, amending the law euphemistically referred to as the Patient Choice and Control at End...

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May 16
5 min

Wasted Opportunities? The New Defense Budget and Nuclear Posture Review

by John Whitehead — The Biden administration released its proposed defense budget for Fiscal Year 2023 earlier this spring. The proposal...

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May 13
3 min

Justice for the Five: The Tales of Death and Disability

by Kristina Artuković — A month ago, when the images of five late-term babies aborted in the Washington Surgi-Clinic were published,...

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May 11
3 min

Wimbledon Drops the Ball: Excluding Russians from International Athletics is Unethical Hypocrisy

by Samuel B. Parker — On April 18th, organizers of the Boston Marathon followed through on their resolution to prohibit Russian and...

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May 9
4 min

My pregnancy was terminated at 29 weeks, but I didn’t have an abortion

by Lauren Pope — My first pregnancy was terminated at 29 weeks, but I didn’t have an abortion. Because of a preterm, premature rupture...

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May 9
3 min

Mother's Day "Mud"-slinging

by Herb Geraghty — We have been outside the Supreme Court nonstop defending the rights of the unborn since the draft Dobbs decision was...

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May 3
3 min

After Roe: A World Beyond Abortion?

by Aimee Murphy — The whole world is reeling at the news of the leaked SCOTUS decision in the Dobbs v. Jackson case. Many anti-abortion...

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Apr 26
4 min

“You’re Not Alone”: The Work of Florida’s JMJ Pregnancy Center

by John Whitehead — Florida recently adopted a new law on “Reducing Fetal and Infant Mortality” that, among other measures, bans many...

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Apr 6
9 min

Lauren Handy, PAAU, and the Fetal Remains

A statement from Herb Geraghty, Executive Director of Rehumanize International — Last week, news rocked the nation about police...

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Apr 2
3 min

Mariupol, Kunduz, and the Neglected Legacy of U.S. War Crimes

by Samuel B. Parker — Earlier this month, the Russian Air Force executed an airstrike against a pediatric hospital and maternity ward in...

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Mar 24
6 min

A People in Agony: How the United States Continues to Fuel the Yemen War

by John Whitehead — A war between Yemen and the nearby states of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been going on for...

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Mar 21
3 min

Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right: Constructively Discussing Race in the Russo-Ukrainian War

by Sophie Trist — Around ten P.M. on the night of February 23, a breaking news alert on my phone told me that Russia had just launched a...

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Mar 14
3 min

Opposing War amid Repression: Anti-War Efforts in Russia

by John Whitehead — The Russian invasion of Ukraine has rightly provoked widespread condemnation. Perhaps the most important source of...

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Mar 12
4 min

No Choice in Europe Except to Be Pro-Choice?

by Kristina Artuković — The beginning of 2022 marked the start of the six-month French presidency of the Council of the European Union....

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Mar 9
6 min

The Biden Administration: A Year in Review

by Samuel B. Parker — It has been just over a year since Joe Biden took office as President of the United States, and that year has been...

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Mar 8
4 min

Twice Abandoned: The Disabled and Institutionalized in the Russo-Ukrainian War

by Kristina Artuković — During the 2014 war in Ukraine, Disability Rights International (DRI) conducted an investigation into the...

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Mar 5
4 min

U.S. Policies Continue to Harm Innocent Afghan Civilians Even After Armed Forces Withdrawal

by Samuel B. Parker — Six months ago, the U.S. military began an overdue yet chaotic process of withdrawing from Afghanistan. The United...

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Mar 3
3 min

Idaho Bill Would Hide Identities of Lethal Injection Drug Suppliers

by Judith Evans — Accountability and transparency are key elements in a fair criminal justice system, particularly for the rights of...

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Mar 1
4 min

The Russo-Ukrainian War and the Nuclear Threat: How Did We Get Here, and What Do We Do Now?

by Samuel B. Parker — On February 24th, Russian forces invaded Ukraine and initiated the first major conventional war on the European...

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Feb 22
3 min

Pitt Fetal Tissue Research: Report Leaves Unanswered Questions

by Judith Evans — The images were horrifying: human infant hairs growing out of rodents’ backs in a University of Pittsburgh laboratory....

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Feb 21
4 min

Help War’s Victims: End the Economic Punishment of Afghanistan

by John Whitehead — Having already endured decades of civil war, Afghanistan’s people now face economic collapse and abysmal poverty. The...

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Feb 18
3 min

A Defense Against Threats or a Cause of Them? The United States’ Global Military Presence

by John Whitehead — The United States’ military presence extends across the earth. U.S. military personnel are located in hundreds of...

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Feb 15
3 min

"Gattaca" Predicts the Dangers of Gene Editing

by Christy Yao Pelliccioni — Warning: Spoilers. I have long heard the 1997 film Gattaca hailed as a pro-life movie. I decided to check it...

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Feb 12
2 min

Military Escalation in Ukraine and the Need for Diplomacy

by Rana Irby — American troop numbers are building up in Eastern Europe as tensions between Russia and Ukraine intensify. Over the past...

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Feb 11
3 min

Texas Is About to Put an Innocent Mom to Death

by Sophie Trist — On April 27, the state of Texas plans to execute Melissa Elizabeth Lucio, a Mexican-American mother of twelve, for a...

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Feb 9
6 min

Another Raid, Another Murder: Amir Locke, No-knock Warrants, and Police Violence in America

by Samuel B. Parker — In the early morning hours of February 2nd, as officers for the Minneapolis Police Department were executing a...

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Feb 8
4 min

Colonialism and Pregnancy Intersect in "White Lies"

by Christy Yao Pelliccioni — Warning: Spoilers. One thing that has always fascinated me about issues relating to pregnancy is that...

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Feb 4
5 min

The Most Popular Therapy for Autism Might Also Be the Most Harmful

by Kristina Artuković — I first heard about ABA therapy two years ago in a support group for parents of children with Down syndrome. ABA...

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Jan 29
3 min

"Precious": Finding Hope Amid Tragedy

by Christy Yao Pellicioni — Warning: Spoilers. Precious was the first movie to give me nightmares in a while. It's not a particularly...

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Jan 29
5 min

COVID and Clemency

by Sean Wild — As a society, we have a responsibility to each other to help reduce the spread of COVID-19. This responsibility does not...

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Jan 26
4 min

Help for Pregnant Women

by Christy Yao Pelliccioni — I consider myself lucky to live in Maryland, and even luckier to be pregnant in this great state. Maryland...

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Jan 18
6 min

Prenatal Testing, Disabilities, and A Cause for Hope

by Christy Yao Pelliccioni — It was a hot day in July when I was finally over the worst of my “morning” (i.e., all the time) sickness,...

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Jan 18
3 min

Vulnerable Canadians Deserve Better Care, Not Death

by Katherine Noble — Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) program is one of the largest state-sanctioned euthanization programs....

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Jan 18
3 min

#MyDisabledLifeIsWorthy: Disability Rights Activists Push Back Against CDC Director’s Ableist Remark

by Sophie Trist — During a recent video interview, CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said, “The overwhelming number of deaths — over 75%...

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Jan 15
2 min

It's Time to Abolish the Death Penalty

by Judith Evans — “Let’s do it.” Those were the last words spoken by Gary Gilmore, moments before his execution by a Utah firing squad on...

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Jan 13
3 min

George Stinney Fund Will Provide Reparations for the Families of Those Wrongfully Executed in South

by Sophie Trist — On June 16, 1944, fourteen-year-old George Stinney Jr. became the youngest person to be legally executed in the United...

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Jan 11
10 min

A "New Paradigm": The Stunning History of Human Rights Violations at Guantánamo Bay

by Samuel B. Parker — On January 11th, 2002, twenty inmates arrived at the Guantánamo Bay detention camp, becoming the first individuals...

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Jan 6
3 min

January Events: Join Us to Stand for Life, Peace, and Justice

Happy New Year! As you may know, the month of January is typically one of the most active months for those of us who work to educate and...

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Jan 6
4 min

Keep Ableism Out of Your Conversations about Prenatal Testing

by Sophie Trist — The New York Times rang in the new year by releasing its findings that many popular prenatal genetic tests are...

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Jan 2
4 min

Staving Off War: The Russia, Ukraine, and NATO Stand-Off

by John Whitehead — The long-simmering conflict between Ukraine and Russia now threatens to become open war. Russian military forces...

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Dec 25, 2021
8 min

On (Ine)Quality of Life

by Kristina Artuković — People with a health condition, chronic illness or disability — even people like me, who have a child with a...

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Dec 21, 2021
4 min

Checking the Nuclear Threat: The Opportunity of the Nuclear Posture Review

by John Whitehead — The Biden administration is currently re-evaluating the United States’ nuclear strategy. This re-evaluation offers an...

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Dec 17, 2021
3 min

Assisted Suicide Capsule Receives Legal Clearance in Switzerland

by Judith Evans — Swiss advocates of assisted suicide are hailing a new invention: a 3-D printed suicide capsule known as “Sarco” — short...

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Dec 15, 2021
11 min

Vaccines and Abortion: Does ‘My Body, My Choice’ Work?

by Sarah Terzo — The argument “My body, my choice” has long been used to support abortion. More recently, it’s been us