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A decade ago, IVF experts spoke out against the common practice of transferring multiple embryos to the uterus, published in the New York Times. The multiple-birth method has been normalized by clinics—hoping to enhance pregnancy rates to attract patients—but experts voiced concerns about a l...
Read →Fourteen state attorneys general, led by Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway, asked the Environmental Protection Agency to study the environmental impact and potential contamination of public drinking water resulting from ever-increasing use of the abortion pills mifepristone and miso... The post Senate Democrats Attack EPA Study on Abortion Drugs in Your Drinking Water appeared first on The Human Life Review .
Read →Throw in the towel? Every year, vulnerable persons and their defenders are more effectively repressed by distorted ideologies, automated technologies, and political concessions that stifle our celebration of human dignity.
Read →The Food and Drug Administration has projected a March deadline to release its long-awaited review of the safety of the abortion pill. A court document says the FDA “plans to compare mifepristone’s safety to that of surgical abortions through 10 weeks’ gestation,” according to NBC News...
Read →Tierra Walker’s tragic death was preventable, but not because of the reason you’d think. The 37-year-old Texas resident was allegedly denied an abortion after being diagnosed with preeclampsia during a complicated pregnancy.
Read →Virginians are going to the polls to vote on an amendment to their state constitution that enshrines abortion on demand through all nine months of pregnancy in the Old Dominion. Even people who favor abortion, however, should vote “no” on Amendment 1, the “Right to Reproductive Freedom” Amend...
Read →Kentucky is suing a New York group that advertised illegal abortion drugs at the Kentucky State Fair. The state lawsuit accuses Mayday Health, which bills itself as “a reproductive health education nonprofit,” of “engaging in unfair, false, misleading, or deceptive business practices in viola...
Read →This essay was originally published on October 2, 2026 at Stepping Out of the Boat, Ed Mechmann’s Public Policy Blog. It is re-posted with permission of the author.
Read →Most pastors and priests avoid discussing abortion during worship services due to fear of upsetting women who may feel judged or rejected. Frederica Mathewes-Green argues that women who have had abortions need both repentance and forgiveness, and pastors should courageously address abortion in the sanctuary while protecting the faith community from harmful messages.
Read →Professor David Hackney, a pro-choice maternal fetal medicine specialist, acknowledged that the reversal of Roe v. Wade has not caused a net increase in maternal mortality or a significant exodus of OB-GYNs from pro-life states.
Read →A study published in JAMA Network claimed that total abortion bans were associated with a 4.3-percentage point increase in suicidal ideation among female students, but expert Michael New noted there was no statistically significant increase in actual suicide attempts among teen girls in pro-life states. The study's limitations include examining only five states for one year and not considering factors like sexual activity or age, leading New to argue that the research is not comprehensive and does not prove abortion bans cause higher suicidality among teen girls.
Read →Virginia voters will soon decide on a proposed constitutional amendment that would establish an absolute right to abortion, with language that does not restrict abortion rights to adults and could allow unaccompanied minors to obtain abortions at any time for any reason. Pro-life advocates, including Catholic Bishop Barry Knestout, are actively opposing the amendment by warning that it threatens health regulations protecting women and could lead to increased abortion extremism in the state.
Read →Father Larry Holland, a Vancouver priest recovering from a hip fracture at Vancouver General Hospital, was twice offered medical assistance in dying (MAiD) by health-care staff despite being known as a Catholic priest opposed to euthanasia. The offers occurred amid a broader context of increasing encouragement for medical professionals in Canada to initiate MAiD discussions, a practice criticized by pro-life advocates and highlighted by the Canadian Association of MAiD Assessors and Providers' guidance against assuming patients' views based on faith.
Read →[Wesley J. Smith is an author and a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute’s Center on Hu-man Exceptionalism.
Read →[Ellie Gardey Holmes is Reporter and Associate Editor at The American Spectator. The following first appeared on March 3, 2026 in The Washington Stand (www.washingtonstand. com), published by the Family Research Council, and is reprinted with permission.] Planned Parenthood abortion cl... The post APPENDIX D: Planned Parenthood’s New Strategy appeared first on The Human Life Review .
Read →[Michael J. New is an Assistant Professor of Practice at the Busch School of Business at the Catholic University of America and a Senior Associate Scholar at the Charlotte Lozier Institute. The following was posted June 24, 2026 at National Review Online (www.nation-alreview.com). Copyright 2... The post APPENDIX E: Dobbs at Four appeared first on The Human Life Review .
Read →Elizabeth, a young woman in Oklahoma in 1985, chose to have an abortion at a Planned Parenthood clinic, reflecting on the ease of access to abortion at the time and her lack of consideration for alternatives. Sheila Harper, another woman who had an abortion at 19, experienced long-term emotional trauma and later founded a ministry to help others recover from abortion, emphasizing that abortion can have deep biological and psychological effects on women.
Read →New Jersey Governor Mike Sherrill signed a bill on Aug. 20 that many fear will be used to undermine the First Amendment and prohibit Americans from praying outside abortion facilities. According to the Catholic News Agency, the bill will implement a sort of “bubble” zone around reproducti... The post With Pro-Abortion Speech Law, New Jersey’s War on Women Continues appeared first on The Human Life Review .
Read →Introduction Since the pro-life movement first undertook the effort, many decades ago now, to counter the efforts of pro-abortionists to legalize abortion, those on the pro-abortion side have used scare tactics and false accusations in their efforts to consolidate and extend their gains. Thro... The post Proposals to Prosecute Women for Abortion: Legally Flawed, Counterproductive, and Probably Unconstitutional appeared first on The Human Life Review .
Read →On the evening of May 24, 1704, a serving woman named Agnes Catherina Schickin walked through the gates of Schorndorf, a fortified town in the Duchy of Württemberg. She approached the first townsfolk she encountered and confessed that she had just murdered a seven-year-old boy in the forest. Schicki... The post Not Like Any Other Homicide: The Case Against Prosecuting Women for Abortion appeared first on The Human Life Review .
Read →To protect women and children, we have to let go of the illusion that surrogacy is anything other than a form of human trafficking. Today, women everywhere are finding it harder than in previous years to get and keep work. Since the start of the pandemic, Forbes reports, more than five millio... The post Renting Wombs, Rending Hearts: The Dark Realities of Surrogacy appeared first on The Human Life Review .
Read →Smiling proudly, the group of women surrounding Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey on Tuesday looked more like they were celebrating a birthday party than signing legislation. As Gov. Healey made her last pen stroke, the gaggle of women erupted in applause, some laughing cheerfully as if they had... The post Massachusetts Officially Enshrines Abortion Up Till Birth appeared first on The Human Life Review .
Read →Representative Andy Ogles of Tennessee has reintroduced a bill that would prevent federal courts from enforcing contract provisions that force surrogate mothers to obtain an abortion. The Preventing Forced Abortions Act of 2026 would also ensure that surrogate mothers would still receive comp... The post Bill Targets Forced Abortions Through Surrogacy Contracts appeared first on The Human Life Review .
Read →In our college biology class, one of our assignments was to follow the development of the chicken from its first day until it hatched on day 21. The chicken embryo develops from a single cell to a fully formed chick over three weeks of incubation at a temperature of approximately 99.5 F. The ... The post Choosing Choice appeared first on The Human Life Review .
Read →Pro-lifers are well aware that the defense of innocent human life is a never-ending struggle. We are grateful to God for victories over the culture of death, yet there are also many defeats along the way. The self-evident truth that it is wrong to kill unborn children, sick people and the eld... The post Seeing God’s Hand in All Things appeared first on The Human Life Review .
Read →[The following is a guest post published in Sarah Terzo’s Secular Seamless Garment, Substack, on April 8, 2026. Rachel MacNair is a director of the Institute for Integrated Social Analysis, the research arm of the Consistent Life Network. Reprinted with the author’s permission.] I had just turned 14... The post APPENDIX D: The Record on Women’s Post-Dobbs Abortion-Related Deaths appeared first on The Human Life Review .
Read →[Mary Kenny is an experienced journalist, author and broadcaster working in England and Ireland. She has written for over 30 newspapers and magazines over the course of her career, and was for many years the Human Life Review’s European editor. She was the Human Life Foundation’s Great Defender of L... The post APPENDIX B: The Abortion Papers: an archive appeared first on The Human Life Review .
Read →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 .
Read →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 .
Read →George Delgado, M.D. (Ignatius Press, 2025, soft cover, 254 pp., $18.95 and e-book, $12.32) Reviewed by John M. Grondelski, Ph.D. ____________________________________________ A growing number of abortions worldwide are pharmaceutically rather than surgically induced. Various reasons account for this... The post BOOKNOTES ABORTION PILL REVERSAL: A SECOND CHANCE AT CHOICE appeared first on The Human Life Review .
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