Uruguay recently became the first country in Latin America to legalize euthanasia. Its General Assembly, the national legislature, approved legislation in October 2025 to allow euthanizing persons over 18 with a chronic, irreversible, and incurable disease that causes “unbearable suffering.” Over at... The post An Interview with Prof. Miguel Pastorino appeared first on The Human Life Review .
HUMAN EMBRYO ADOPTION, VOLUME TWO: CATHOLIC ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST Edited by Trent Horn and Kent Lasnoski (National Catholic Bioethics Center, 2025, paperback, 396 pp., $34.95) ___________________________________________________ THE ZYGOTE OF CHRIST AND THE MYSTERY OF MAN Francis Etheredge and El... The post BOOKNOTES: HUMAN EMBRYO ADOPTION, VOLUME TWO: CATHOLIC ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST / THE ZYGOTE OF CHRIST AND THE MYSTERY OF MAN appeared first on The Human Life Review .
This reflection was originally posted on October 21, 2024. ___________________________________________________ Sometimes it is difficult to know how to pray, and we are helped by the words of others. The following is a prayer for the vulnerable, particularly the unborn, taken from Psalm 35. ... The post A Prayer for the Vulnerable appeared first on The Human Life Review .
Introduction Good afternoon! I am so glad to be here with you all today. It is a special joy to be back on this campus, which was my professional home up until about a year ago, when the March for Life came calling. Thank you to my long-time friend Elizabeth Kirk and the Center for Law and th... The post Leading with Love appeared first on The Human Life Review .
I recently read news about a British woman named Wendy Duffy, who died in April at an assisted suicide clinic in Switzerland. Duffy’s son, Marcus, passed away some four years ago in a freak accident at their home. Since then, Duffy said, she has wanted to join him in death. She attempted suic... The post Will to Live, Will to Life appeared first on The Human Life Review .
Love must be learned. Which is why there is no better example of love in our world than that of mothers, who both love and learn to love by giving themselves to another—often at great cost. It is also why pro-choice culture is so deeply destructive. For a culture that is all about me is a culture th... The post The Logic of Abortion appeared first on The Human Life Review .
The pro-life concerns about in-vitro fertilization are manifold, but this might be a new one: For parents with a specific family size in mind, it could lead to successful pregnancies followed by a natural pregnancy that ends with abortion. A Democratic candidate for Congress confessed on a po... The post NEWSworthy: Democratic Candidate Uses IVF, Then Has An Abortion for the ‘Environment’ appeared first on The Human Life Review .
I have posed the question of whether AI is pro-life to multiple people, and the responses are fascinating but scattered. Some hopped onto their computer or cell phone to query AI applications directly, as if AI models can provide authentic, personal testimony. This approach is similar to a cr... The post Is AI Pro-Life? appeared first on The Human Life Review .
Teens are buying abortion drugs online without their parents’ knowledge, a new study admits. Written by pro-abortion Aid Access founder Rebecca Gomperts and two scholars, the study looks at “requests made to a high-volume online medication abortion telemedicine service.” They found that pro-l... The post Teens Are Buying Abortion Drugs Online, Underscoring Need For Restrictions appeared first on The Human Life Review .
Pro-life advocates have spent years combatting the rising surge of chemical abortion drugs, which now make up over 60% of abortions in the United States. Admirable efforts have been made to expose the dangers of the pill, as well as the consequences that mail-order abortion is enabling nation... The post State Litigation Seeks to Curb Mail-Order Abortion appeared first on The Human Life Review .
Rental Family, a Hollywood movie released in late 2025 and streaming this spring on Hulu, raises universal questions about truth, faith, love, life, death, and belonging. Despite some flaws, the pro-life, pro-family message of the film stands out. The plot of the movie, ostensibly about Japan, cen... The post The Fiction of Disposable Relationships appeared first on The Human Life Review .
A Georgia woman who was about 22 or 23 weeks pregnant ordered abortion drugs by mail, which are only authorized for use up to about 10 weeks, and after taking the drugs, her baby was delivered alive but died about an hour later due to damage from the drugs. Local law enforcement arrested the mother on murder and drug charges, but the legal landscape is complicated by Georgia laws that protect mothers from prosecution for harm to their unborn children, and the federal government has not enforced the Comstock Act, which bans mailing abortion drugs, contributing to ongoing risks from mail-order abortion pills.
In the past several weeks, researchers have published papers that claim to show dire economic consequences when states restrict abortion. Abortion supporters are hoping that pro-lifers can be swayed by focusing on economics and the financial consequences of prohibiting abortion. Pro-life stat... The post Abortion Supporters Focus On Economics, Not Morality appeared first on The Human Life Review .
For decades, the most potent image deployed in favor of legalized abortion has been the coat hanger. The message has always been blunt: If abortion is not provided by licensed physicians using sanitized instruments, women will resort to desperate and dangerous methods on their own. The image ... The post DIY Abortion Returns: From Back Alleys to Bathrooms appeared first on The Human Life Review .
The abortionist Kermit Gosnell died in Pennsylvania at age 85. Although his death occurred March 1, it was not made public until March 23. Gosnell was serving three life terms without possibility of parole for his involvement in the post-birth deaths of three babies. He was also convicted of third-d... The post Kermit Gosnell, Prolific Abortionist, Dies at 85 appeared first on The Human Life Review .
In his encyclopedic study of the abortion issue, Abortion, the Myths, the Realities, and the Arguments (1970), American philosopher Germain Grisez makes an important point that warrants further attention. He states that: “since new human individuals develop from the union of sperm and ovum, it wou... The post The Transmission of Life appeared first on The Human Life Review .
More than half of Americans support abortion in all or most cases, according to recent polling by Pew Research Center. The number has remained fairly stable throughout the years, including through the overturning of Roe v. Wade, indicating that legal shifts can’t bypass the hard work of chang... The post Majority of Americans Support Abortion, Pew Finds. Many Remain Persuadable appeared first on The Human Life Review .
Lebensborn is a German word meaning “the source of life.” Understood literally, it sounds wonderful. Given its origins in the German Third Reich, however, its meaning is somewhat more ambiguous. Like in all totalitarian systems, name and content are often very different. In the Soviet Union, ... The post The False “Source of Life”: Nazi Surrogacy and Eugenics appeared first on The Human Life Review .
Christians can support the intentional destruction of innocent preborn babies in the womb—at least that is what the Democratic Party’s U.S. Senate candidate in Texas thinks. State representative James Talarico recently defeated congresswoman Jasmine Crockett in the Texas Senate primary. Talar... The post Democratic Senate Candidate James Talarico Wants Christians To Support Abortion appeared first on The Human Life Review .
Known as a brave, engaging, envelope-pushing, all-American California girl, Lila Rose has for years attacked the belly of the abortion beast, never wavering and often emerging stronger for the next battle. Yet her very public image is only part of the story that is revealed in her deeply refl... The post On the Fifth Anniversary of Fighting for Life: The Bloom of Lila Rose appeared first on The Human Life Review .
Prolife leaders from across the country gathered this week to discuss how faithbased ministries are helping to cultivate a society that promotes human dignity and how others can advance the cause. The Leading with Love Conference at The Catholic University of America (CUA) in Washington, D.C., was s... The post Appendix D: Faith-Based Ministries Discuss how to Further Pro-Life Mission appeared first on The Human Life Review .
[John Mize is CEO of Americans United for Life. The following originally appeared August 21, 2025, at National Review Online; reprinted with permission.] In a matter of minutes, anyone can order abortion drugs online and have them shipped to states with even the most stringent prolife protect... The post Appendix C: “Choice” Cannot Coexist with Abortion Coercion appeared first on The Human Life Review .
Thanks to funding cuts, Planned Parenthood isn’t doing so well financially. Locations across the country are hoping that offering new and seemingly inoffensive procedures will help fill the gaps. Planned Parenthood of Michigan recently announced that it will be offering vasectomies to male customers... The post Struggling Financially, Planned Parenthood Now Offers Vasectomies and Botox appeared first on The Human Life Review .
[Clarke D. Forsythe is senior counsel at Americans United for Life. The following article was originally published on September 22, 2025, by National Review Online. Copyright 2025 by National Review. Reprinted by permission.] Proposals to prosecute women for abortion are a fringe notion that ... The post Appendix B: The Wrong Tool for Protecting Women from Abortion appeared first on The Human Life Review .
[This interview is reprinted, with permission, from Verily Magazine’s Creativity Issue, Fall 2024.(verilymag.com)] _____________________________________________________________________________________ These days, it’s rare for a day to go by without the topic of abortion making U.S. headlines... The post Appendix A: Healing after Abortion appeared first on The Human Life Review .
On February 6, 2026, New York governor Kathy Hochul signed her state’s Medical Aid in Dying Act into law. It was an “emotional decision,” the governor allowed. “Ultimately, though,” she concluded, “I’m proud that I gave people the choice when life gets really hard that they don’t have to prol... The post Is It Right to Die? appeared first on The Human Life Review .
“Leading with Love,” a conference on pregnancy crisis centers and concrete assistance to new mothers – especially those in crisis pregnancies – took place October 8 at The Catholic University of America, Washington. The conference was jointly sponsored by the Human Life Foundation and the Uni... The post Human Life Foundation Co-Sponsors DC Pro-Life Alternatives Conference appeared first on The Human Life Review .
It has become common in the three years since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade for prolifers to describe the Dobbs decision as a milestone in a longer journey, and in that same time frame it has become clear that we need a better roadmap. The prolife movement spent decades of work and... The post The Debate Over Whether Life Matters appeared first on The Human Life Review .
The pro-life sensibility extends beyond the manifest beauty of a baby and the awesome realities of prenatal life. It extends beyond the intricate, sometimes self-sacrificing, and perduring interconnections of mother and child. Indeed, the pro-life sensibility extends through the processes of ... The post Patience and the Art of Dying appeared first on The Human Life Review .
Catholic social teaching provides a compelling and coherent account of the dignity of the human person. More than a collection of moral teachings pertaining to political, economic, and social life, Catholic social teaching provides a robust framework by which the defense of individual human l... The post Catholic Social Teaching, Human Ecology, and the Future of the Pro-life Movement appeared first on The Human Life Review .
