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Scroll to view all articles Crisis Pregnancy Centers, Now the Front Line in Abortion Wars, Suffer Record Attacks in 2022 By Julia Duin (Special access to the article from the Winter 2023 issue of the Human Life Review)  The photos are apocalyptic: Pictures of charred office spaces, glass scattered in great sheets on the sidewalk; jeering slogans spray-painted on the exterior walls; and windows filled with circular cracks that, spiderweb-like, stretch from one sill to another. CLICK HERE TO READ Marching in Connecticut By Brian Caulfield:  In deep blue Connecticut, where Democrats outnumber Republicans by some 20 percentage points, a sprig of hope surfaced on an early spring day as the 2nd annual state March for Life got under way at the Capitol building in Hartford. CLICK HERE TO READ Lazarus and Human Ecology By Fr. David Poecking:  Prolifers can learn from the marvelously practical language of Alcoholics Anonymous. In AA, the phrase “stinking thinking” refers to destructive habits of thought that tend to return the alcoholic to the bottle. Those of us concerned with abortion do well to be alert to how our own thinking might serve—or fail to serve—our cause. CLICK HERE TO READ Encounter: Worldview Matters Featuring Maria McFadden Maffucci In the January 19th edition of David Vaughan's radio program, Encounter: Worldview Matters, broadcast from St. Louis, Maria talks about the organization’s history and mission then talks about the changes in the pro-life movement happening due to the Dobbs decision. David had great things to say about the Human Life Review, and also some provocative questions, such as: How can Roman Catholics be Democrats, when the party platform is pro-abortion? Take a listen! CLICK HERE TO READ A Paradox of Death By Rev. Victor Lee Austin:  Death is our ancient enemy, and yet in many lives there comes a time when we should not resist death but accept it. This is a paradox, and it poses a basic question: how to accept death while continuing to affirm the sanctity of human life. CLICK HERE TO READ Taking Refuge in the Omniscient Narrator By Diane Moriarty: In literature taking a bird’s eye view refers to using the omniscient narrator, the voice in a story that is outside the story but knows everything about the characters and events. In news reporting taking a bird’s eye view means covering issues from a discreet distance. At least that’s the way it used to be, alas it’s gone the way of the dodo bird. Now the mainstream press publishes manifestos of its own making on the front page and newscasters roll their eyes on TV, all the while hiding behind the persona of the objective journalist of yore. This ersatz bird’s eye view has distorted the abortion debate from the beginning. CLICK HERE TO READ Legal Issues on Chemical Abortions By Edward Mechmann: In January 2023, the FDA announced a new policy that permits a woman to obtain abortion drugs from any local pharmacy. This has precipitated a complex and often confusing battle over the laws affecting chemical abortions. Let me see if I can make some of this reasonably clear. CLICK HERE TO READ Read or download the new issue of the Human Life Review!  CLICK HERE For a subscription to the Human Life Review, the intellectual backbone of the pro-life movement, CLICK HERE Sign up to receive the newsletter Current Issue Online! Human Life Foundation | 271 Madison Avenue, Room 1005, New York, NY 10016