By Paul Stark, Communications Associate, Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life The story of Christmas is about the arrival of Jesus Christ. It’s an event that offers important insights regarding human life and dignity. Here are three. (1) Each of us was once an unborn...
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World Medical Association updates Hippocratic Oath
Is the value of human life slowly being eroded? By Michael Cook A modern successor to the Hippocratic Oath has been approved by the World Medical Association. This is the first revision in a decade and reflects changes in the climate of medical ethics. The current...
Science confirms that human life begins at fertilization
By Luke Faulkner The scientific community continues to prove that human life begins at conception (fertilization). In their latest edition of The Developing Human: Clinically Oriented Embryology, professors Keith Moore, TVN Persaud, and Mark Torchia shed significant...
Cardinal Dolan: The two essential values undergirding civilization: “the dignity of the human person, and the sacredness of human life”
By Dave Andrusko Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan is Archbishop of New York and served as President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops from 2010 to 2013. He is a thoughtful and influential pro-life champion. His column in the current edition of Catholic New...
A Schizophrenic Nation
By Carol Tobias, President, National Right to Life The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines schizophrenia as a psychotic disorder with serious specific characteristics. Its second definition is “contradictory or antagonistic qualities or attitudes.” Based on this second...
Lighting the children’s road to freedom
By Dave Andrusko In the run up to the very important November 8 elections, understandably we pay a great deal of attention to the political process. But whoever is President, pro-life Donald Trump or pro-abortion Hillary Clinton, an overarching question will remain...
Does every human life have equal and incalculable moral value simply and merely because it is human?
By Wesley J. Smith We live in an increasingly secular society. One consequence (among many) of this cultural shift has been an increasing rejection of the once uncontroversial belief that humans reside uniquely at the pinnacle of moral worth. Activist academics,...
Truth matters, in politics, culture, personal beliefs
By Sheila Liaugminas Some big questions have demonstrably true answers. But when they don’t fit powerful narratives, some powerful people are making the questions irrelevant. Or coming up with pragmatic answers, you know, whatever works at the moment to dodge...
What Christmas says about human life and dignity
By Paul Stark Christians use the Christmas holiday to remember and celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. This event (apart from everything else it entails) provides a number of insights about human life and dignity. 1. Each of us was once an unborn child. The...
Unborn Are Human Life: “So What?”
By Wesley J. Smith The pro choice side of the abortion debate have always been profoundly dishonest, claiming that the unborn are not really “human.” (Well, they’re not Martians. They’re not chopped liver.) But it was deemed a necessary lie in order to protect the...