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The Hidden Reality of Abortion — Empowering Men
August 17, 2009
America’s long war over abortion has classically been defined as a struggle between competing rights — depicted as the right of a woman to have an abortion versus the right of an unborn child to the protection of life. This long-familiar framing of the issue suggests, at the very least, that the rights of women and their unborn children are, or at least can be, presented as an irresolvable conflict.
July 23, 2009
Nationalized Healthcare: Good Deal for Christians?
Healthcare is in the media today, and at the top of the President’s domestic policy agenda. Is it wise for the government to provide healthcare for everyone? Are there limits to what should be provided? Many in Washington would like to see public money support abortions for those who can’t afford them. Christians cannot support…
The Revenge of the ‘Prom Moms’: Our Children Have Been Listening
July 16, 2009
Sparing themselves a murder trial, Amy Grossberg and Brian Peterson pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of their newborn son. The plea agreement came as no great surprise, for few persons thought the state could win a first-degree murder conviction against them. The victim, after all, was only a newborn.
Its Already Out of the Hands of God, Charlie
July 16, 2009
“In this case, the woman won the jackpot,” said Heather Kowalski, spokesperson for the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. She was referring to Bobbi McCaughey of Carlisle, Iowa, who is currently awaiting the birth of septuplets.
Choose Life and Live
July 14, 2009
Keynote Address to the Kentucky Right to Life Rally
State Capitol Rotunda, Frankfort, Kentucky
June 11, 2009
Defining and Defending The Culture of Life
How can the pro-life camp cultivate a culture of life? Will there be a day in America when the thought of having an abortion is not even a moral option? In a time when the majority of Americans are against abortion, will the pro-life movement continue to strengthen? Listen as Dr. Robert George, professor at…
Moral Reasoning in Light of Wichita
June 8, 2009
[NOTE: This column ran in The Chicago Tribune in yesterday's edition (read it here). I wrote this editorial column in the aftermath of the murder of Dr. George Tiller. An extended note is found at the end of the column, dealing with the arguments found in the essay.]
June 5, 2009
Making the Christian Case for Life
America’s Unsettled Conscience on Abortion
May 20, 2009
Here is an amazing fact — over 35 years after the legalization of abortion this nation is still deeply divided over the issue. America has an unsettled conscience on abortion, and this most contentious of moral issues may be further from resolution than at any moment since the Roe v. Wade decision was handed down in 1973.
Talking About Talking About Abortion
May 19, 2009
