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The Perks of Being a Wallflower Series, 2.1: "We Accept the Love We Think We Deserve" &
BY ELIZABETH THOMSON "We accept the love we think we deserve." The last post featured domestic abuse and the effects it had on Charlie’s...
Feb 23, 20133 min read


Life Matters Journal by the numbers
So we took a cue from our friends at Secular Pro-Life and thought we'd share a little bit about our relationship with YOU! We recently...
Feb 20, 20131 min read
The Perks of Being a Wallflower Series, 2.0: "We Accept the Love We Think We Deserve" &
BY ELIZABETH THOMSON "We accept the love we think we deserve." Why do people stay in abusive relationships? From the outside, it seems...
Feb 17, 20137 min read
The Perks of Being a Wallflower Series, 1.0: Michael's Suicide & the Worth of One
BY ELIZABETH THOMSON Stephen Chbosky's The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a 1990s coming-of-age novel that covers every aspect of human...
Feb 9, 20134 min read


Make it History: The Resilient Soldiers for Life at University at Buffalo
BY CHRISTIAN ANDZEL Photo provided by Christian Andzel. Groundbreaking. If there was one other word besides "resilient" that describes...
Jan 3, 20133 min read


Ancient Christianity and the Consistent Life Ethic
BY ROB ARNER When measured against the standard of the ancient Christian church, contemporary American Christianity is in a moral mess. ...
Jan 3, 201319 min read


California's Prop 34: The Choice of Money vs. Morals
BY ANTHONY BEDOY It seems a bit off to consider where the United States stands in comparison to most other countries in civil and human...
Jan 3, 20133 min read
Forgotten Third
BY CAROLINE PILGRIM A eulogy upon hearing of a friend-of-a-friend's choice to abort I never met you, unformed face, Never met the three...
Jan 3, 20131 min read


Three Questions on U.S. Targeted Killings
BY JOHN WHITEHEAD Photo by Debra Sweet; some rights reserved. The US government policy of killing suspected terrorists, whether by means...
Jan 3, 20137 min read


Tragedies and Talking Points
BY NATE WILL SHEETS Immediately following the tragic shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, my Facebook was filled with friends and various...
Jan 3, 20132 min read


In Memoriam: Mary Krane Derr
The pro-life movement has been affected by tragic loss. Lifelong pro-life activist Mary Krane Derr passed away suddenly on November 30,...
Jan 3, 20132 min read
My Little One
BY MARY E. SASSO You captured my heart from the moment I knew My face always glowing, suspicions they grew Your beautiful body bonded to...
Jan 3, 20132 min read
You Breathe
BY CAMILLE AUBREY MICA I am Lost. Taken. Bound. Broken. Sold. Day after day, Until I am dead. Touched, but so alone. Screaming with no...
Jan 3, 20131 min read


Narrow Victory over Physician-Assisted Suicide Measure in Massachusetts
BY MARY STROKA Apart from debates about the presidential election, several individual states' voters faced other controversies on ballots....
Jan 3, 20133 min read


Lincoln, the Personalist President: A Movie Review
BY JOSEPH ANTONIELLO There is so little to say about the recent Lincoln film that has not already been said. One could go on and on...
Jan 3, 20133 min read


End the Stigma: Mental Health & Suicide Prevention
BY ANONYMOUS In the United States, one in four adults will suffer from a mental health disorder in any given year. [1] With suicide as...
Jan 3, 20134 min read


An Interview with Michael Brooke of Longboarding for Peace
BY AIMEE MURPHY Photo provided by Michael Brooke. Michael Brooke is a wavemaker. His dream is peace and his heart is in the work; he...
Jan 3, 20135 min read


Dual Human Dignity: How Republicans Can Better Articulate the Pro-Life Message
BY NICHOLAS NEAL After the Obama victory in the 2012 election, commentators and political strategists have been discussing what, if any,...
Jan 3, 20134 min read
The Consistent Ethic of Life: Breaking Down Barriers (Speech)
The following is the text of a presentation given by Aimee Murphy, our Executive Director and Editor, at the Students for Life of America...
Oct 21, 20127 min read


The Cost of Autonomy
BY JULIA SMUCKER A few days after the July 20 mass shooting at an Aurora, Colorado movie theater, I heard a hauntingly perceptive comment...
Oct 12, 20124 min read
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