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Jul 8, 20214 min read
Babies and Dreams: Addressing Structural Inequality While Defending the Preborn
by Katherine Noble — Pro-choice organizations, people, and rhetoric often frame abortion as an easy solution to a complicated problem....
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Jun 29, 20213 min read
The Care for Her Act: A Step Toward Bipartisan, Whole-life Policy
by Sophie Trist — As advocates of the consistent life ethic, our goal goes far beyond making abortion illegal. We want to make abortion...
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Jun 18, 20212 min read
Juneteenth and Its Symbolic Significance for the Consistent Life Ethic
by Rana Irby — June 19th, or “Juneteenth,” commemorates the end of chattel slavery in the United States. For the Black American...
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May 30, 20212 min read
Death Penalty Ruled Unconstitutional in Malawi
by Rana Irby — The death penalty has now been ruled unconstitutional in the African nation of Malawi. In a monumental decision made this...
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May 29, 20214 min read
Losing Credibility in the Pro-life Movement: How Ideology Can Cloud Judgment
by Savannah Ackerman — The US House of Representatives’ Oversight and Reform Committee held a hearing on May 6, 2021, titled “Birthing...
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Mar 25, 20217 min read
On the Moral Implications of Vaccination
by Stephanie Hauer — I’m sure I don’t have to remind you of all the ways that COVID-19 has impacted us. Across the globe, around 2.68...
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Feb 18, 20213 min read
Dr. Catherine Meeks: Standing for the Inherent Dignity of All
by Rana Irby — As we in the U.S. celebrate the contributions of Black people in our country for Black History Month this February, it is...
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Dec 13, 20206 min read
RCV and Me: Applying Consistent Life Principles to Ranked Choice Voting
by Julia Smucker — When I moved to Maine three years ago, I had no idea it would become the first US state to implement Ranked Choice...
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Mar 18, 20205 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.
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Feb 8, 20202 min read
Some History of the Consistent Life Ethic
Each instance of human dignity is indispensable, and cannot be traded for profit, politics, or ideology.
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Nov 9, 20174 min read
Assisted Suicide: The Social Justice Perspective from #LPJ17
Assisted suicide has been on my mind ever since Washington DC took steps to legalize the act in 2016. The fact that it wasn’t on my radar...
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Jun 30, 20132 min read
What Is Embryonic Stem Cell Research?
BY NATALIE GRONHOLM Photo By John Alan Elson (http://www.3dham.com/microgallery/) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or...
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Apr 12, 20132 min read
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...
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Feb 27, 20133 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...
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Feb 20, 20131 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...
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Jul 16, 20124 min read
A Just Defense of Self
BY AIMEE MURPHY Photo by NMR Photography; some rights reserved. I promised this issue that I would expound a little greater upon the...
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Mar 30, 20124 min read
Pragmatism vs. Idealism
BY AIMEE BEDOY Photo by Krystal T; some rights reserved. As you may know from reading my Letter from the Editor, I attended the...
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Mar 30, 20121 min read
Both Utmost Sanctuary
BY MARY KRANE DERR for the Consistent Life 25th Anniversary Conference Never mind and never heart the prearranged war that splits and...
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Dec 20, 20111 min read
Wrappings
BY AIMEE BEDOY if you believe in the dignity of human life -- how can you sit idly by, while thousands and millions of humans die by the...
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Dec 20, 20114 min read
Towards a More Consistent Feminism: A Commentary on "Feminism is for Everybody"
BY NICHOLAS NEAL The most important point in Bell Hooks' chapters 11-15 of Feminism is for Everybody is the connection between violence...
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