The Strategic Value of the Consistent Life Ethic
Some thoughts from members of the Consistent Life Network Board of Directors Helping the Pro-Life Movement Richard Stith: There are many anti-abortion groups out there that break political stereotypes. I’m thinking of Secular Pro-Life, Feminists for Life, Democrats for Life, the Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising, the Rainbow Pro-Life Alliance, and more. They are all doing great…
Oscar-Nominated Short Documentaries 2026: War and Abortion
by Rachel MacNair Four of the short documentaries nominated for Oscars this year are quite worthwhile for consistent life education. (The fifth is a sweet artistic film about donkeys hanging around an observatory.) I saw them as a set in an arts theater before the ceremony. Children No More: Were and Are Gone This covers…
Abortion and Dependency
by Jim Hewes Imagine a toddler at a pool. Three lifeguards are present and on duty. There’s another person present at the pool who has been a lifeguard in the past but isn’t currently on duty. The toddler suddenly runs into the pool in the deep end and is at risk of drowning. The lifeguards…
Death-Hastening for Psychological Reasons: Dangers and Distractions
by Ms. Boomer-ang Author’s Note–This essay uses the term MAID, because it currently seems to be the most common. But it includes death-hastening done not only by medical people but also by the other professionals who might also be deputized to execute it. With the concept of staying alive until one’s body dies naturally under…
A Tragedy for the World: The End of the New START Treaty and What Comes Next
A Tragedy for the World: The End of the New START Treaty and What Comes Next by John Whitehead The New START Treaty, an important nuclear arms control agreement between the United States and Russia, expired on February 5th, 2026. Although the Russian government offered to maintain the treaty’s limits on nuclear weapons for at…
Problems with the Demand-Side Pro-Life Arguments for Making Abortion Unwanted but Not Illegal
by Jacqueline Abernathy, Ph.D. MSSW Supply Produces Demand As the United States approaches the 2026 election, pro-life (particularly anti-abortion) voters are faced with the same false dichotomy: vote Republican in order not to exacerbate the unjust social and economic conditions that drive abortion demand, or vote Democrat to reduce demand while safeguarding the supply of…
Baby Hitler
by Rachel MacNair There’s a “thought experiment” prevalent enough to have its own Wikipedia entry: if you had a time machine and could go back in time and kill Adolf Hitler as a baby, on the idea that millions of killings would thus be prevented, would you do it? In 2015, The New York…
Exploring Moral Courage and the Responsibility to Protect Life in Fiction and Beyond
by Nathanial John When Courage Is Not Loud We are often conditioned to think of courage as something explosive—battles won, villains defeated, lives saved in the final moments. Yet, some of the bravest decisions in human history are quiet. They happen in isolation, in secrecy, and often without applause. Moral courage is not the kind…
Lots of Activities Around March for Life 2026
Lauren Handy Day of Horror and Hope: Unity Brunch at the Capitol “we are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.” –Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. This quote resonated deeply within me as I looked out across the room. After 8 months of coalition-building, the Day of Horror…
Mother in a Condition and Baby Inside
by Ms. Boomer-ang When a pregnant woman has or develops certain medical conditions or suffers certain injuries, conventional attitudes too often dictate either she or the baby must die. Actually, treatments that spare the life of both the mother and the child exist, and these approaches should be pursued more frequently. In addition, when treatment…