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Will for Life – Double Down / Tony Masalonis
Life-Affirming Doctors / Anonymous & Richard Stith
Tips on Dialogue / Rachel MacNair
Activists, Beware: Burnout is a Very Real Danger / Rachel MacNair
Perspectives on the Consistent Life Ethic
Spice Things Up with the Consistent Life Ethic / Carol Crossed
People Are So Much More Than Their Circumstances / Lisa Stiller
Pondering Justice / Carol Crossed
Seeking Peaceful Coexistence: The Varied Ways of Supporting a Consistent Life Ethic / John Whitehead
More than Double the Trouble: Another Way of Connecting [intersectionality] / Rachel MacNair
Different Ways of Looking at Issues / Sarah Terzo
What Does it Mean to be Inconsistent? / Julia Smucker
Answering Criticisms of the Consistent Life Ethic
Does the Consistent Life Ethic Water Down Life Issues? / Bill Samuel
Equal Concern for Each Human Being, Not for Each Human Issue / Richard Stith
Is Abortion Different from Other Violence? / Julia Smucker
Dynamics of Nonviolence
Open Letter to Fellow Human Rights Activists / Richard Stith
The Creativity of the Fore-closed Option / Rachel MacNair
The Parable of the Bridge / Carol Crossed
The Good Grandma / Bill Samuel
A New Pro-life Movement / Shane Claiborne
The Vital Need for Diversity / Sarah Terzo
No Resort to Violence / Jim Kelly
Dynamics of Violence
Abortion and Violence Against Pregnant Women / Martha Shuping, M.D.
The Myth of Sexual Autonomy / Julianne Wiley
Where Violence Begins / Rachel MacNair
When “Choice” Itself Hurts the Quality of Life / Richard Stith
Abortion Doctor Says: We are the Executioners / Sarah Terzo
How Abortion is Useful for Rape Culture / Rachel MacNair
What’s Cruel for the Incarcerated is Cruel for the Terminally Ill / Jacqueline H. Abernathy
Misogyny vs. Patriarchy / Rachel MacNair
Oppressors of Women Scapegoat Fetuses to Preserve Patriarchy / Richard Stith
“Why Haven’t We Ended Abortion? / Rachel MacNair
Climate Change and the Consistent Life Ethic: An Opportunity to Connect Issues / John Whitehead
Will I be Treated the Same Way Now? / Anonymous
Abortion and War: Breaking through the Euphemism Barrier / Sarah Field
Dynamics of Social Movements
Converts or Heretics? / Rachel MacNair
Tribalism: A Major Obstacle for Building Bridges / Rachel MacNair
Thoughts on Issues
Figuring out Euthanasia: What Does it Really Mean? / Rachel MacNair
Gendercide: Millions of “Missing” (Dead) Women
If Men Could Get Pregnant / Rachel MacNair
What Do Men Have to Say on Abortion? / Rachel MacNair
Reflections on the Charlie Gard Case / John Whitehead
Suffering and Injustice Concern Us All [connection to compassion for animals] / Vasu Murti
Guns and Abortion: Extremists Resemble Each Other / Carol Crossed
Amnesty International’s Blind Spot / Julia Smucker
How Euthanasia and Poverty Threaten the Disabled / Sarah Terzo
Parallels of Veganism and Prolife-ism / Kristin Monahan
Personal
Actions and Adventures in Large Groups
Violence Bolstered by Professional Contradictions (in the American Psychological Association) / Rachel MacNair
Mourning After & Hoping for the Future, We Call for a Consistent Life Texas! / Thad Crouch
My Day at the Democratic National Convention / Rob Arner
Adventures as a Delegate to the Democratic Party Convention / Lisa Stiller
A Tale of Two Cruises / Rachel MacNair
Progressive Prolifers at the Progressive Magazine 100th Anniversary Celebration / Mary Krane Derr
Unconnecting a Dot? (Campaign Nonviolence) / Rachel MacNair
Roe Anniversary Protests, 2019
An Example of Why the Peace Movement is in Deep Trouble / Rachel MacNair
When Women Lead: The Pro-life Women’s Conference / C.J. Williams
Rehumanize International – 6th Annual Conference
Purple Sash Revolution / C.J. Williams
Fifty Years of Protesting for Peace / Lisa Stiller
Individual Encounters
The Adventures of Organizing as a Consistent Lifer / Lisa Stiller
The Frustrations of Being a Consistent Life Activist / Lisa Stiller
Intolerance Knows No Partisan Boundaries / Lisa Stiller
My Trip to Pakistan / Rachel MacNair
Defining Reproductive Justice: An Encounter / Julia Smucker
A Friendly Approach / Richard Stith
Personal Journeys (in alphabetical order)
On Being a Consistent Chimera / Rob Arner
Why Conservatives Should Oppose the Death Penalty / Destiny Herndon-de la Rosa
Coming to Peace and Living a Consistent Life After Military Service / Eve Dawn Kuha
My Personal Journey on Veganism, War, and Abortion / Frank Lane
Off the Fence and Taking My Stand on Abortion / Mary Liepold
Sharon Long: My Personal Pro-life Journey / Sharon Long
Reconstruction of a Nation: Resilience in the Face of Terror / Aneeza Pervez of Pakistan
Nukes and the Pro-Life Christian: A Conservative Takes a Second Look at the Morality of Nuclear Weapons / Karen Swallow Prior
The Reynolds Family, the Nuclear Age and a Brave Wooden Boat / Jessica Renshaw
Supporting the Dignity of Every Life / Bill Samuel
Brown v. Board of Education and Me / Bill Samuel
Will I be Treated the Same Way Now? / Anonymous
In Their Own Voices (sets of quotations)
Historical Black Voices: Racism Kills
““An Inferno That Even the Mind of Dante Could Not Envision”: Martin Luther King on Nuclear Weapons
History
History of the Consistent Life Ethic
First Stirrings in Connecting the Life Issues / Carol Crossed
The Consistent Life Consensus in Ancient Christianity / Rob Arner
Ancient Roots of the Consistent Life Ethic: Greece / Mary Krane Derr
The Adventures of Prolifers for Survival: Scorned by Mobilization for Survival / Carol Crossed
Reminiscing on the Founding Meeting of the Consistent Life Network / Carol Crossed
Activists Reminisce: An Oral History of Prolifers for Survival
The History of Framing the Arguments / Jim Kelly
Common Ground / Jim Kelly
Violence
Rejecting Mass Murder: Looking Back on Hiroshima and Nagasaki / John Whitehead
Finding Common Ground on and Learning from World War II / John Whitehead
How Ableism Led (and Leads) to Abortion / Sarah Terzo
The Wages of War, Part 1: How Abortion Came to Japan / John Whitehead
Wages of War, Part 2: How Forced Sterilization Came to Japan / John Whitehead
Nuclear Disarmament as a Social Justice Issue / John Whitehead
“Remember Pearl Harbor—Keep ‘Em Dying”: War and Racism in the Pacific / John Whitehead
Five excerpts from the book Racism and Abortion by John Cavanaugh-O’Keefe:
1. Plato’s Words about Eugenics
2. The Jukes and Kallikaks “Studies”
Nonviolence Advocacy (outside the consistent life ethic)
The Reynolds Family, the Nuclear Age and a Brave Wooden Boat / Jessica Renshaw
The Real Meaning of Mother’s Day / Rob Arner
Violence Overcome
A Historical Success Story: Duels / Rachel MacNair
Our Experience with Overturning Terrible Court Decisions / Rachel MacNair
Would Nonviolence Work on the Nazis? / Rachel MacNair
East Germany’s Peaceful Revolution: Remembering the Berlin Wall’s Fall / John Whitehead
Notable Individuals (in alphabetical order)
Women’s History Month: Jane Addams / Mary Krane Derr & others
Courageous Woman: Elizabeth Anscombe (1919-2001) / Julianne Wiley
Valentine Friends: Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass / Carol Crossed
Celebrating the Life of Daniel Berrigan
Abby Johnson Remembers Dan Berrigan
Dorothy Day and the Consistent Life Ethic: Rejecting Conventional Political Paradigms / Rob Arner
Remembering Gandhi at 150: The Power of Nonviolence and Respect for Life
Is it Too Late? 1971 Speech of Fannie Lou Hamer
Remembering Rep. Walter B. Jones, Jr. / Patrick O’Neill
Where Does Martin Luther King Jr. Fit Into the Consistent Life Ethic? / Rob Arner
Dr. Charlotte Denman Lozier (1844-1870): Restellism Exposed
How to Value People Like Mister Rogers / Andrew Hocking
The Redemptive Personalism of Saint Oscar Romero / Julia Smucker
Elizabeth Cady Stanton / Mary Krane Derr & Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Difference this Time: Prolife Heroism(Garrett Swasey, the pro-life police officer killed in shootings at the Colorado Planned Parenthood] / Rachel MacNair
Documents
Is it Too Late? 1971 Speech of Fannie Lou Hamer
The Poor Cry Out for Justice, and We Respond with Legalized Abortion / Graciela Olivarez
Graciela Olivarez
Fannie Lou Hamer
Government Policy
Laws
Should Abortions be Illegal? / Bill Samuel
Who the Law Targets / Rachel MacNair
Why the Hyde Amendment Helps Low-Income Women / Rachel MacNair
Removing Health Care Access is an Act of Violence / Lisa Stiller
A Pro-Life Feminist Critique of the “Rape and Incest Exception” / Rachel MacNair
Sinn Féin and the New Legacy of Violence / Maria Horan
The Referendum on Abortion in Ireland: The Violation of Rights / Maria Horan
Northern Ireland’s New Colonialism / Maria Horan
Ireland’s Votes for Violence: Sinn Féin and Abortion / Maria Horan
Human Rights & the Right to Life: Reconsidering Conventional Human Rights Activism / John Whitehead
A War on the People: A Review of One Child Nation / John Whitehead
Climate Change and the Consistent Life Ethic: An Opportunity to Connect Issues / John Whitehead
Planned Parenthood Funding
See campaign website: Finding Alternatives to Planned Parenthood
Defunding Planned Parenthood? / Rachel MacNair
Noncooperation with Planned Parenthood / Rachel MacNair
Finding Alternatives to Planned Parenthood / Rachel MacNair
Does Planned Parenthood Reduce Abortions by Preventing Pregnancies? / Rachel MacNair
Administrative Policy
Children in Cages (compilation of statements on separation of US immigrant parents and children)
Courts
Our Experience with Overturning Terrible Court Decisions / Rachel MacNair
Eugenics in Roe v. Wade / John Cavanaugh-O’Keefe
Brown v. Board of Education and Me / Bill Samuel
Election Politics
Peace and Life Referendums (2020) / Rachel MacNair
A President for Life and Peace? / Mary Meehan
Varieties of Hawk: Clinton v. Trump on Foreign Policy / John Whitehead
My Day at the Democratic National Convention / Rob Arner
Inconsistency Sabotages the Peace Movement / Rachel MacNair
Adventures as a Delegate to the Democratic Party Convention / Lisa Stiller
My Difficulty in Voting: Identifying the Problem (about the American Solidarity Party) / Monica Sohler
The Future of Fake Conservatism / Jim Kelly
Pro-life Voting Strategy: A Problem without an Answer / John Whitehead
How Consistent-life Advocacy Would Benefit from Ranked-Choice Voting / Rachel MacNair
War Policy
Rejecting Mass Murder: Looking Back on Hiroshima and Nagasaki / John Whitehead
Three Reasons for Opposing the US Bombing of Syria / John Whitehead
The Reynolds Family, the Nuclear Age and a Brave Wooden Boat / Jessica Renshaw
Wars Cause Abortion / Rachel MacNair
Making the Case for Peace to Conservatives / John Whitehead
Using Empathy during a New Cold War / John Whitehead
Would Nonviolence Work on the Nazis? / Rachel MacNair
The Darkest Hour: “Glorifying” War? / Rachel MacNair
Finding Common Ground on and Learning from World War II / Rachel MacNair
Would My Grandparents Have Died in the Pogroms? / Lisa Stiller
To Save Humanity: What I Learned at the “Two Minutes to Midnight” Conference / John Whitehead
Nuclear Disarmament as a Social Justice Issue / John Whitehead
“Everybody Else in the World Was Dead”: Hiroshima’s Legacy/ John Whitehead
Psychology & Sociology
Violence Bolstered by Professional Contradictions / Rachel MacNair
The Creativity of the Fore-closed Option / Rachel MacNair
Where Violence Begins / Rachel MacNair
Excerpt – Peace Psychology Perspectives on Abortion
Excerpt – Peace Psychology Perspectives on Abortion: Wars Cause Abortion
Excerpt – Peace Psychology Perspectives on Abortion: Child Abuse
Common Ground / Jim Kelly
Almost No One? How Survey Polls Work / Rachel MacNair
The Mind’s Drive for Consistency/ Rachel MacNair
Healing for the Perpetrators: The Psychological Damage from Different Types of Killing / Sarah Terzo
Does Socially-Approved Killing Increase Criminal Homicide? / Rachel MacNair
Explaining Belligerency / Rachel MacNair
Literature
Commentaries on Literature
It’s a Wonderful Movement / Rachel MacNair
Right-to-Life Issues in Contemporary Gay and Lesbian Literature / Jeff Koloze
Dickens (Christmas literature)
Recognizing Humanity: Orwell and the Consistent Life Ethic / John Whitehead
“Somewhere Else When the Trigger is Pulled”: Orwell and War / John Whitehead
Book Reviews
A Way Beyond the Abortion Wars? / Bill Samuel (book by Charles C. Camosy)
Defenders of the Unborn: The Pro-life Movement Before Roe v. Wade / Carol Crossed (book by Daniel K. Williams)
The Tragedy of Carrie Buck: A Review of Imbeciles / Mary Lou Bennett (book by Adam Cohen)
How to Move from Theory to Practice: Reading “A Consistent Life” / John Whitehead (book by Mary Grace Coltharp & Aimee Murphy)
Resisting Throwaway Culture / Mary Lou Bennett
Movie and Television Reviews
Hollywood Movie Insights (The Giver, The Whistleblower, and The Ides of March) / Rachel MacNair
Mothers and Daughters / Mary Bennett
Three Nonviolent Lessons from Dr. Who / Andrew 
Hocking
The Darkest Hour: “Glorifying” War? / Rachel MacNair
Movies with Racism Themes: “Gosnell” and “The Hate U Give” / Rachel MacNair
How Black Panther Promotes a Consistent Life Ethic / Andrew Hocking
Jasmine, Aladdin, and the Power of Nonviolence / Rachel MacNair
A War on the People: A Review of One Child Nation / John Whitehead
A Consistent Day in the Neighborhood / Andrew Hocking
Poems
“Seamless Garment” – Poem by Daniel Berrigan
What Do Men Have to Say on Abortion? (has three limericks) / Rachel MacNair
Art Exhibits
Gendercide: Millions of “Missing” (Dead) Women
Media
Media Stories on Abortion Access / Julia Smucker and Rachel MacNair
Religion
Atheism
The Vital Need for Diversity / Sarah Terzo
Christianity
The Consistent Life Consensus in Ancient Christianity / Rob Arner
On Praying for the Military / Julia Smucker
The Early Christian Tradition / Rob Arner
Hinduism
Abortion and War are the Karma for Killing Animals / Vasu Murti
Interfaith
Why the Interfaith Approach is Important / Rachel MacNair
Islam
Breaking Stereotypes in Fearful Times / John Whitehead
Paganism
Ancient Roots of the Consistent Life Ethic: Greece / Mary Krane Derr