June 30, 2017

Abortion

No, Pro-lifers Don’t Want To Force Women To Birth Babies by Margot Cleveland – “It’s a fallacy to claim that the pro-life community seeks to force childbirth and compel women to render themselves human sacrifices for their unborn children.”

Hey, Planned Parenthood, Learn To Make Better Handmaiden Costumes by Bre Payton – “Learn to sew.”

Planned Parenthood is trying to invade public schools. Here’s why we need to keep them out by Ryan Bomberger

Since the Terrible Planned Parenthood v. Casey Defeat 25 Years Ago the Pro-Life Movement is Winning by Michael New Ph.D.

From victory to betrayal: a dark day for Northern Ireland’s babies

Abortion supporter calls abortion “self-enhancing” by Sarah Terzo 

Karen Gaffney tells Irish politicians: “My life is worth saying yes to”

Bioethics

How artificial wombs are creating a genderless, family-free future by Andrew McCarthy

Despite Massive Hype and Billions of Dollars Embryonic Stem Cells Still Haven’t Cured a Single Patient by David Prentice, Ph.D.

End-of-Life

The Court-Ordered Killing of Charlie Gard by Ian Tuttle

Hospital agrees to delay removing infant’s life support by Kiley Crossland

Euthanasia Pioneer Having Second Thoughts by Bradley Mattes

Why It’s Incoherent To Support Euthanasia And Oppose Suicide by Zachary D. Schmoll – “Society teaches it is unacceptable for someone to choose to terminate his or her life when he or she is a teenager enduring bullying. It’s impossible to believe this and support euthanasia.”

Netherlands Considers Euthanasia For Healthy People, Doctors Say Things Are “Getting Out Of Hand” by Emma Elliott Freire – “The proposed ‘Completed Life Bill’ would allow any person over age 75 to receive euthanasia. Even if they are perfectly healthy.”

Family Living

Relationship Contracts Are Just A Cheaper Version Of Marriage Vows by Josh Wester – “Advocates of modern love sadly and even comically try to recreate what they have deliberately destroyed—but it will never work.”

How to Have Fun With Friends When You’re Broke by Emily Briggs

Worldview and Culture

A Biblical Case for Defending Religious Freedom – Paul in Acts by Eric Metaxas & Stan Guthrie – “Why should we actively and publicly defend religious freedom? We’ll look to the Apostle Paul for an answer.”

When Charity Is Labeled “Hate” – Guidestar and the Southern Poverty Law Center by John Stonestreet & Roberto Rivera – “The culture war has a new front: philanthropic giving. That is, charity. And Christians, once again, are in the crosshairs.”

Legal Radicals Don’t Want the “Separation of Church and State” by David French

How Vacation Bible School Drove Millennials Away From Church by Peter Burfeind – “As an outreach strategy, Vacation Bible School is usually a flop, but still the chorus echoes across the country: ‘At least we planted the seed.’”

Amazing! Olympian athlete competes while 5 months pregnant

Does it matter if Americans think chocolate milk comes from brown cows? by Ilya Somin – “Ignorance is part of the human condition.”

Supreme Court Sets Up Collision Course For School Choice And Sex Politics by Joy Pullman – “Despite this week’s positive religious liberty rulings, the 2015 Obergefell ruling created conflicting precedent harassing schools into controversial manifestations of unproven gender ideology.”

Hostility to Religion: The Growing Threat to Religious Liberty in the United States by Family Research Council