The Perks of Being a Wallflower Series, 3.0: Abortion & Candace
BY ELIZABETH THOMSON "We accept the love we think we deserve." Abortion is one of the biggest consistent ethic of life topics, and is...
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Jan 3, 20133 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...
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Jan 3, 201319 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. ...
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Jan 3, 20131 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...
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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...
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Jan 3, 20134 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,...
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Oct 12, 20124 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...
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Oct 12, 20126 min read
Early Feminists on Abortion: A Still-Relevant Herstory
BY MARY KRANE DERR Feminists of the 1960s and 1970s were hardly the first to address abortion. Their 19th- and early 20th-century...
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Oct 12, 20122 min read
Rights to "Privacy" & "Self-Protection": Abortion & Gun Control
BY CAROL CROSSED Two of the most contentious issues this election year are gun owners' rights and abortion rights. In 2008, out of 4,600...
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Oct 12, 20125 min read
Drawing Connections: Intimate Partner Violence, Poverty, and Abortion
BY JEN ROTH The consistent life ethic is traditionally seen as a way to draw connections among issues that do not seem related at first...
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Oct 12, 20124 min read
Priority of Questions
BY NICHOLAS NEAL Photo by Paul Studios; some rights reserved. In the first issue of Life Matters Journal, we had an article arguing that...
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Oct 12, 20125 min read
Comparing Romney & Obama on Life Issues
BY BENJAMIN WIRTZ Photo by Gwydion M Williams; some rights reserved. Mitt Romney and Barack Obama may seem to be different on many...
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Oct 12, 20123 min read
True Life: A Pro-Life Teen
BY MADELINE BLOOMQUIST Photo courtesy of millicent-bystander on flickr; some rights reserved. As far back as I can remember, my parents...
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Oct 12, 20126 min read
Contraception is Not Pro-Life
BY MARC BARNES The claim that the widespread promotion of contraception is pro-life is by no means a bad one. Mary Krane Derr, in her...
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Oct 12, 20124 min read
The Oneness of Human Rights
BY CAROL CROSSED Image by Vectorpal on flickr; some rights reserved. "Seward Seminary: Rosetta, daughter of Frederick Douglass, was...
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Oct 12, 20123 min read
Make it History: Students for a Fair Society at Franciscan University of Steubenville
BY KEITH MICHAEL ESTRADA What does it mean to be "pro-life"? This is a question I asked myself when I first dived into the student...
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Jul 16, 20121 min read
Art, etc.: "It's Just a Clump of Cells"
BY JACQUELINE CARPENTIER The film was for a course that focused on exploring different methods and materials in making art. The final...
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Jul 16, 201211 min read
Demographics in the Consistent Life Movement
BY NICHOLAS NEAL Legalized homicide takes many forms in America. Two examples are abortion and the death penalty. Ironically the...
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Jul 16, 20122 min read
On the Affordable Care Act Ruling
BY MARY STROKA The United States Supreme Court ruled June 28 that the Affordable Care Act the Obama administration developed and made a...
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Jul 16, 20124 min read
Make it History: Teens for Life at Lutheran High School of St. Charles County
BY CATHERINE O'MARA Photo by Elvert Barnes; some rights reserved. A frigid rain falls over Washington, D.C. and drenches a young teenager...
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