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Failing to See
By Acyutananda Honorable Mention, Poetry, Create | Encounter 2020 Galileo’s telescope Caused him conflict with the pope, While his...
Aug 11, 20202 min read


Remembering Hiroshima: The Eerie Power of "Barefoot Gen"
by John Whitehead — Advocates for the Consistent Life Ethic would do well to mark and reflect on the 75th anniversaries of the nuclear...
Aug 6, 20204 min read


Bad Words: How Our Language Can Normalize dehumanization and License Violence
by Herb Geraghty — What exactly are bad words? The first things that probably come to your mind are a couple of four letter expletives....
Aug 5, 20208 min read


Torture and Truth: A Review of "The Report"
by Herb Geraghty — With its star studded cast that includes the talents of Adam Driver, Annette Bening, Michael C. Hall, and Jon Hamm,...
Aug 5, 20203 min read


Ethical Research Now: Demand Action Against Cruel Fetal Organ Harvesting
by Veronica Eckart — A new player in the movement for preborn rights has taken root, and we are tackling abortion from a new angle. The...
Jul 28, 20202 min read


Michael Hickson's Life Mattered
by Herb Geraghty — Earlier this month Michael Hickson, a disabled black man, was killed in a Texas hospital when his doctors decided that...
Jun 30, 20202 min read


The Perils of Cherry-Picked Statistics
There have been a lot of videos and comments on social media lately offering varying opinions on subjects like racism, police brutality...
Jun 28, 20204 min read


The Privilege of Virtue-Signalling
by Ashley Chilek — The disturbing circumstances surrounding the tragic death of George Floyd made visible to all the atrocities of police...
Jun 23, 20202 min read


Ahmaud Arbery Deserves Justice
By Maria Oswalt — On February 23, 2020, 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery was pursued by two men in a truck while he was going for a run in...
May 7, 20204 min read


Democrats, Coronavirus, and Abortion Extremism
The first duty of the state is to protect the weak, not the strong.
Apr 8, 20203 min read


Mar 23, 20202 min read


White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the United States dropping nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Mar 23, 20203 min read


Social Distancing is Pro-Life: Coping with COVID-19
By practicing social distancing, we can each help protect the lives of those around us.
Mar 18, 20204 min read


Poetry: Time
by Grace Przywara For J & T I. About a minute to sift through what termination would mean: one less child in the broken, breaking system....
Mar 18, 20201 min read


Building Networks and Bridges: the Consistent Life Network
In today’s work for peace and justice, connectivity and shared intelligence are often game-changers.
Mar 18, 20205 min read


Making War Obsolete: An Interview with John Reuwer of World Beyond War
It is hard to remember a time the United States has not been at war.
Mar 18, 20209 min read


Abortion Workers and the Right to Live Free from Violence
“They’re so pro-life, they’ll kill you for it.”
Mar 18, 20206 min read


What Personal Storytelling Leaves Out: A Suggestion on Alternate Approaches to Activism
by John Whitehead -- A common practice among activists or commentators on political controversies is to invoke personal stories. Someone...
Mar 17, 20204 min read


Suicide Prevention for All
Assisted suicide allows physicians, health care providers, and the legal system to put their own
interests before the interests of the...
Mar 17, 20205 min read


Having a Child with an Adverse Fetal Diagnosis: A Personal Testimony
by Sarah St. Onge Connors — When the editors of Life Matters Journal reached out to me and offered to let me tell my story here, I...
Mar 17, 20207 min read
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