By Paul Stark During the 19th century, scientists and physicians came to understand that the life of a human being (an individual member of the species Homo sapiens) begins at conception. The old idea that "quickening" was relevant to the nature of unborn children had...
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December 10th is Human Rights Day
Editor’s note. The following appears on the blog of Right to Life of Michigan, NRLC’s state affiliate. The United Nations created Human Rights Day in 1950 after World War II. They wanted to prevent the killing of millions of innocent people from happening again....
Banning abortion is just science-based public policy
By Jonathon Van Maren We heard a good deal of blathering from [Canadian Premier]Justin Trudeau and his Liberals during last fall’s election campaign as well as during the many government photo ops that have followed (Trudeau averages one photo op a day) about the need...
Human beings are made to be lovably imperfect
By Anthony Ozimic Aristotle, the ancient Greek philosopher, taught many wise and noble principles that have served humanity well down the centuries. One exception, however, was his principle “let there be a law that no deformed child shall live”. Likewise, Roman law...