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By Maureen Ferguson The religious beliefs of nominees have suddenly become fair game in the judicial confirmation process. Consider the frosty line of questioning Sens. Kamala Harris and Mazie Hirono recently leveled at a federal judicial nominee. In a questionnaire for federal court nominee Brian Buescher, Ms. Harris pointed out that,…

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By Ashley McGuire Democrats just keep outdoing themselves. In the domain of anti-Catholic bigotry, that is. Until recently, it was hard to believe that they could be any more anti-Catholic then they were after the Amy Coney Barrett kerfuffle, in which Senators Feinstein (D-CA) and…

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By Grazie Pozo Christie Proponents of assisted suicide have been so successful in decriminalizing it that, today, one in five Americans lives in a jurisdiction that allows the practice. Proponents want doctors’ and nurses’ professional associations to reject the Hippocratic oath’s command to “do no…

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By Grazie Pozo Christie Virginia, Rhode Island and Massachusetts legislators are all rushing to follow New York’s passage of the Reproductive Health Act by proposing similar bills — ones that would legalize abortion right up to birth. Virginia Governor Ralph Northam (D) expressed his support of the…

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By Ashley McGuire The Washington Post, April 30, 2019, Pg. A20, Letters to the Editor The April 24 editorial on abortion legislation offered only one statistic to claim that polling is trending pro-choice and overlooked many other data points that suggest the opposite. In particular,…

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By Maureen Ferguson Now that Democrats have taken control of the House of Representatives and ushered Nancy Pelosi in as speaker, they would be wise to listen to the voice of another (once) powerful Democratic woman, former Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo. Fresh off her election…

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By Andrea Picciotti-Bayer A group of New York State lawmakers want to make prostitution legal in the Empire State.  Not to be out done by her “progressive” sisters and brothers, California U.S. Senator Kamala Harris has made prostitution decriminalization a platform plank in her campaign for the Democratic…

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By Grazie Christie After having made the trip from Miami to attend, it made me sad that this year’s March for Life in Washington, D.C. should be reduced to one troubling encounter and its ugly online aftermath. What a great shame. I’ve attended the March…

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Policy Advisor Dr. Grazie Christie and Legal Advisor Andrea Picciotti-Bayer appeared on EWTN En Espanol to talk about the 2019 March for Life and the role that science is playing in boosting the cause of the pro-life movement. Catch them at the 30-minute mark.

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By Grazie Christie I had an eye-opening conversation recently with an acquaintance of mine, a professor of environmental science. I had expressed my opinion that late-term abortion is a barbaric procedure and asked what she thought. “I’m sorry,” she said with discomfort, “I can’t agree…

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