By Kirk Walden Recent news events—particularly New York’s passage of a sweeping abortion law which clearly embraces infanticide—are leading many in the Christian community to wonder whether we will ever see the end of abortion. After all, if we can’t hold back...

By Dave Andrusko Lauren Hill As we often do the last post of the day I’d like to look at one item (abortion, in this case) through the lens of another (“assisted” suicide). Way back in 2014, you’ll recall Brittany Maynard became the face of “assisted suicide.” It was...

By Ed Mechmann Editor’s note. This is excerpted from the “Stepping Out of the Boat” blog Mr. Mechmann writes for the Archdiocese of New York. On Monday, the United States Senate couldn't muster enough votes to pass a bill banning infanticide. Yes, you read that...

Editor’s note. Yesterday we posted excerpts from four pro-life Republican senators who spoke Monday in support of the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act. S. 130 received 53 votes, but 60 votes were required to move the bill forward (in the jargon, “invoke...

By Wesley J. Smith It’s not that Democrats support infanticide: They just aren’t against it. What other conclusion can one reach when 44 out of 47 Senate Democrats blocked the Senate from voting on a bill requiring that any baby who survives an abortion — in other...

By Dave Andrusko We have now reached the countdown stage. There are only four more days before the Senate is scheduled to vote whether to proceed (“invoke cloture”) on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act. As we come closer to Monday, let’s ponder what a...

By Wesley J. Smith Photo by Craig via Creative Commons. Image cropped. Fr. Richard John Neuhaus wrote that bioethicists “professionally guide the unthinkable on its passage through the debatable on the way to becoming the justifiable until it is finally established as...