Exposing Injustice Through Graphic Images
by Jim Hewes Making the Abstract Concrete We can talk until we are blue in the face, but violence is simply an abstract concept for so many people (in the case of abortion – healthcare, reproductive rights, choice, etc.) Nicholai Berdyaev stated at the beginning of the 20th century: “The greatest sin of this age…
“Choice”: The Word’s Meanings and (Mis)uses
by Ms. Boomer-ang Society has developed the habit of calling people who support abortion “pro-choice” and people who oppose abortion “anti-choice.” But “pro-choice” is too narrow a term for abortion supporters, and “anti-choice” is too broad a term for me. ”Anti-choice” means a woman has no choice on whether to carry a pregnancy to…
Grievances against Planned Parenthood: Extensive Documentation
by Rachel MacNair Years ago, I kept tripping across documents on pro-life sites that indicated a lot of failed health inspections and malpractice suits at Planned Parenthood (PP). We collected a lot of those documents, including ones on women’s deaths, to use on a site called Problems at Planned Parenthood, sponsored by the Problems at…
How Abortion Doesn’t Address Women’s Real Problems
by Jim Hewes Many abortionists (Dr. Malcom Potts, Dr. Frasier Fellows, Dr. Willie Parker, etc.) claim that the reason for doing abortions is to help women. For example, Dr. Kathi Aultman stated: “performing an abortion, I was doing something for the wellbeing of women.” (Written Testimony of Kathi A. Aultman, M.D. FACOG, November 1, 2017…
Mourning the Dead and Protecting the Living: Remarks from the August 9th Peace Vigil
Our quarterly peace vigil against nuclear weapons fell on August 9th, the 80th anniversary of the US bombing of Nagasaki. The vigil was an occasion both to mourn all those killed by the nuclear weapons used on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and to call for action against the threat posed by nuclear weapons today. Below is…
Reasons to Fear, Reasons to Hope: The Nuclear Threat after 80 Years
by John Whitehead The nuclear threat is now 80 years old. Nuclear weapons became a reality with the first successful test of a nuclear weapon, the Trinity test, in New Mexico on July 16, 1945. These weapons’ ability to destroy human lives and societies was demonstrated with horrific clarity a few weeks later when two…
Raising Lifelong Defenders of Dignity: Teaching the Next Generation the Consistent Life Ethic
by Nathanial John Editor’s note: Nathaniel is a Christian writer and so writes from that perspective, but many of the comments will also apply to people from other traditions. You can learn a lot about a society by listening to what it protects. We live in a world that shouts loudly about rights—but…
Turning Problems into Potential: Positive Social Movement Dynamics
by Rachel M. MacNair There are several features of social movements commonly seen as problems. Yet when underlying psychological dynamics are understood, they can be explained and accommodated. At times, they can even be converted to positive developments. So Many Problems We Have One such feature is a perception that one’s own movement has a…
Does J.D. Vance’s appeal to an ordo amoris (a ranking of love) make any sense?
In January 2025, U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance cited the Catholic concept of “ordo amoris” in the context of the debate over immigration. He said that “there’s this old-school [concept]—and I think it’s a very Christian concept, by the way—that you love your family, and then you love your neighbor, and then you love your…
Misleading and Distracting Language on Abortion
by Ms. Boomer-ang In many points relating to abortion, the most commonly-heard voices distract our attention from what we really need to know and keep us focused on minor or misleading parts of the story. Following are examples: 1. Media reporting on parents trying (unsuccessfully or successfully) to prevent their daughters from having abortions…