Insights from the Human Life Review: Dec. 30, 2025

 

Scroll to view all articles NEWSWORTHY: Illinois and New York Advance Assisted Suicide, Claiming It Means Dignity for the Dying By Matt Lamb This means 13 U.S. states and Washington, D.C., will allow for assisted suicide beginning in 2026. ... New York Governor Kathy Hochul said she will also support assisted suicide, claiming that it is what God would want. Gwen Stefani Criticized for Promoting Christian Prayer App Because It Doesn't Promote Abortion By Jacqueline O'Hara Few things are as priceless as American celebrities remembering that Christian values actually mean something. Several celebrities learned this the hard way last week when “A Bit Fruity” podcast host Matt Bernstein mocked Catholic pop singer Gwen Stefani for promoting the Christian prayer app, Hallow, this Advent season. European Parliament Backs Abortion Travel Fund As Prelude to "Abortion Rights" By John Grondelski In a move that signals a growing effort to impose abortion access across Europe by indirect means, the European Parliament voted to endorse a proposal that would use European Union funds to underwrite abortion travel — despite the EU’s lack of authority over national abortion law. Enjoying our newsletter? Time to subscribe to the Human Life Review! CLICK HERE to choose a subscription option. WEBSITE POSTS: Film Life By Rev. Canon Victor Lee Austin Over the past few years, I have occasionally written in this space about films in which we see the persistence of pro-life concerns. These are worth noting, for the film industry, like most of our high culture, subsists within a largely progressive environment. My view is that, despite ideologies, in the long run “reality breaks through,” and if we look for it, we will find it—in films as in other places. Pope Picks Flix Mix By Brian Caulfield One of the most searched persons online this year, and apparently one of the best dressed, is not a typical celebrity and has, we recently learned, rather ordinary, even traditional, tastes in movies and fashion. Yes, I am referring to Leo XIV, the first American pope, who revealed to cultural trendsetters who came to the Vatican in November for a celebration of film his top two favorite movies ... Death's Grip on New York By Edward Mechmann The governor of New York has announced that she will sign the assisted suicide bill into law. Since our state already has unrestricted killing of people in the womb, this now completes the war on vulnerable people who are judged to be “lives not worth living”. ... This tragic decision is the culmination of over thirty years of activism by assisted suicide proponents. The Cost of Independence: A Christmas Meditation By Rev. W. Ross Blackburn Not only did Jesus pass through infancy and childhood, but in so doing, Jesus needed to be fed, changed, potty-trained, told not to touch this or that, and the like. Eventually, he needed to be taught how to learn to read, to add, to cut lumber. Even the Son of God, the Word made flesh, came into the world in need. Why? Because to be in need is to be human. Your support is greatly needed at this year-end. PLEASE SEND A DONATION (Click here) Sign up to receive the newsletter Current Issue Online!

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