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From Apathetic to Energetic: the Importance of Education in the Consistent Life Movement
In high school, I called myself pro-life. I had always been told abortion was wrong, and I knew instinctively that the preborn were...
Jul 11, 20174 min read


“We’re Here, We’re Queer, Life Begins @ Conception!”
It was emblazoned across my self-designed t-shirt for all to see. The back of the shirt had a rainbow fetus with “conceived this way”...
Jul 11, 20173 min read


10 Ways to Cheer Someone Up Today
Today is National Cheer Up A Lonely Person Day or as my fellow interns and I like to say “National Make A Stranger Smile Day” (because...
Jul 11, 20172 min read


The Search for Comprehensive Community
I was looking forward to going home for Spring Break. College was treating me well, but I really did miss being home. Virginia was...
Jul 11, 20174 min read


Ban the Bomb Event Breeds Discussion
This is a picture of me handing out flyers in front of the White House during Unite to Ban the Bomb. Rehumanize International organized...
Jul 10, 20173 min read


My Pro-Life Journey
When I was about eight years old, I sat in a pew at my local parish trying to keep my hyper-active mind focused on the old fellow in the...
Jul 10, 20173 min read


Walking Out of Darkness
On the night of June 17th, while many were sleeping, a group of the Rehumanize International crew volunteered at the Overnight Walk in...
Jul 10, 20172 min read


Dying With Real Dignity
Dignity is popular these days. When people champion human rights, human dignity is usually not too far behind, and with good reason: our...
Jun 20, 20173 min read


Remembering Nat Hentoff (1925-2017)
Defenders of life lost one of their most eloquent, frustrating, and idiosyncratic voices earlier this year when Nat Hentoff died on...
Jun 20, 20177 min read


Suicide: “Choose When You Want to Go”
I remember sitting in one of my classes as an undergraduate and hearing my Management of Aging Services professor tell the story of an...
Jun 20, 20173 min read


Why Focus on Abortion?
I’m not alone among pro-life advocates in that people sometimes ask me, “Why only abortion? Why do you advocate on this issue only?” When...
Apr 19, 20177 min read


The Killing Game, Part Two
Continued from part one, which can be found in Life Matters Journal Volume 5, Issue 4. A few days after her meeting with The Seven, she...
Apr 19, 20174 min read


A Coach's Perspective on Performance and Abortion
As a Collegiate Women's Soccer Coach, I enjoy recognizing principles within sport that can be applied to everyday life. I refer to these...
Apr 19, 20176 min read


Electoral Backlash
In late November 2012, the Consistent Life Network’s newsletter, Peace & Life Connections, pointed out a counter-intuitive set of facts....
Apr 19, 20174 min read


Culture of Convenience vs. Culture of Life
It’s sometimes amazing the intolerable things people are willing to tolerate for a little convenience, even when the fix is simple,...
Apr 19, 20174 min read
We Are Stardust / Stars Up Close
way out on that distant horizon, city lights curve into stars and midnight’s sky drips down into city they say you and I are made from...
Apr 19, 20171 min read
Protest
A chilly Saturday morning in Cleveland, standing outside a clinic next to my pastor saying the rosary in the bitter cold penetrating my...
Apr 19, 20171 min read


Physician-Assisted Suicide and Therapeutic Ideation
Physician-assisted suicide proponents have been calling in favors to get in the media a lot recently, using sympathetic stories of...
Jan 25, 20175 min read
Lengthening Limits to Liberty for Life: The Pursuit of Freedom of Conscience within the Military
Maria Santelli is the executive director of the Center on Conscience & War, a 76 year-old organization dedicated to extending and...
Jan 25, 20177 min read


Election: 2016: No Conscientious Objection Allowed
There has been a lot of media attention recently on conscientious objection, mostly due to HR 4828, the Conscience Protection Act of...
Jan 25, 20175 min read
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