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Take the High Road, Pro-Lifers
BY NICHOLAS NEAL Late-term abortionist Kermit Gosnell is standing trial for eight counts of murder: seven of which are first-degree...
Apr 12, 20132 min read
Canary in the Coalmine, 1.0: Las Mulas
BY ELIZABETH THOMSON As Dr. Mark Haas frequently says, women are the canary in the coalmine: the way their society treats them is the...
Apr 6, 20133 min read


The Value of Mercy: Justice and Doctor Who
The television show Doctor Who receives an extremely intense devotion from many of its fans. Whovians discuss and dissect the show with...
Apr 2, 20135 min read


No More Abortion for Preborn with Heartbeats & Genetic Abnormalities in North Dakota
The North Dakota Senate approved two pieces of legislation in March that, if signed by the governor, will protect preborn children whose...
Apr 2, 20133 min read


What Feeds Rape Culture?: A Response to Portrayals of Rape in the Media
“It’s happening in your neighborhood, happening in your town, your village, your city,” Ohio Atty. Gen. Mike DeWine said about the...
Apr 1, 20134 min read


What The Hunger Games Teaches Us About Violence
Fear, poverty, state power, violence as entertainment, moral dilemmas: these are among the chilling themes that have made The Hunger...
Apr 1, 20134 min read


Conceived in Rape: My Story
I was adopted nearly from birth. At 18, I learned that I was conceived out of a brutal rape at knife-point by a serial rapist. Like...
Apr 1, 20138 min read


An Interview with "Nips" Matheson of Bikers Against Child Abuse (BACA)
Perhaps the first thing you think of when you hear the word “bikers” is a quaint little cruiser bicycle with teal spokes, or maybe a...
Apr 1, 20134 min read


Illusion of Purity: Deconstructing the Political Spectrum
A question that consistent lifers ponder to themselves is where we fit on the political spectrum. The simple answer is that we are a form...
Apr 1, 20134 min read


Broadly Defined Lethal Powers
Two documents have been made public this year that provide more information about the Obama administration’s targeted killing policy. The...
Apr 1, 20137 min read


Anti-War Republicans
What do we mean when we say anti-war Republicans? Is the Republican party becoming more anti-war? If we look at history we will see that...
Apr 1, 20133 min read


Pro-Life Democrats
Polls show Americans as fairly evenly divided between pro-life and pro-choice positions. Until recently, there was similar diversity in...
Apr 1, 20135 min read


Rand Paul's Filibuster
Upon watching Senator Rand Paul’s March filibuster opposing the confirmation of CIA director John Brennan, the first thing that becomes...
Apr 1, 20134 min read


A Different Feminist Perspective on Gov. Cuomo’s Abortion Expansion Plan
New York State has the highest abortion rate in the county with 33% of all pregnancies ending in abortion (40% in NYC). An effort by the...
Apr 1, 20132 min read
The Many Fridays
BY ELIZABETH THOMSON This week seems to be timely for a blog on the death penalty. After all, yesterday was the celebration of one of...
Mar 30, 20132 min read


The Slave Ship
BY ELIZABETH THOMSON Before digging into women and CEL, it is worth digging into the presence of CEL activism over centuries. Slavery...
Mar 16, 20133 min read
The Perks of Being a Wallflower Series, 3.0: Abortion & Candace
BY ELIZABETH THOMSON "We accept the love we think we deserve." Abortion is one of the biggest consistent ethic of life topics, and is...
Mar 9, 20133 min read
The Perks of Being a Wallflower Series, 2.2: "We Accept the Love We Think We Deserve" &
BY ELIZABETH THOMSON "We accept the love we think we deserve." The first two posts about domestic abuse focused on Candace and Sam, two...
Mar 2, 20136 min read


How I Came to Support the Consistent Life Ethic
BY STU METZLER My name is Stu Metzler and I've been doing some PR for Life Matters Journal. This weekend, I was inspired to share my...
Feb 27, 20133 min read
Human Rights: What Are They, and How Do We Know Them When We See Them?
BY ELIZABETH THOMSON An important thing worth remembering is that protecting life is not solely a religious or political issue -- it is a...
Feb 23, 20135 min read
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