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The Pro-Life Movement in a Liberal State Like California

D.J. Jenkins

In the aftermath of the historic decision of the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade on June 24, there is a scenario I can’t get out of my head. I imagine what it would be like to be a Christian living in the deep South in 1840 who was committed to seeing slavery ...

A Legislatively Pro-Life State in a Post-Roe Country

David E. Prince

It rarely happens to me, but I could not speak. I just sat in a kind of stunned silence when I heard the news. Then, I felt like crying, which is also rare for me. My tears, however, were tears of joy. It should not be this way, but I was surprised that God had ...

Roe is Finally Gone. What Must We Do Now?

Richard Land

I will always remember exactly where I was when the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization was officially announced, overturning the Supreme Court’s infamous 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. Dobbs upheld a Mississippi law which severely limited abortion after 15 weeks gestation. Now individual state legislatures would be enabled to ...

Working Toward the End of Abortion

Bart Barber

For 42 years, the Southern Baptist Convention has maintained a consistent position on the question of abortion: Human life begins at conception. From that moment, every human being is made in the image of God, and the life of every human being is sacred. From the earliest moments of human existence, God has clearly and ...

Christians and the Contraception Culture

C. Ben Mitchell

Progressives and proponents of Roe v. Wade have done a lot of handwringing and social media-posting in the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. Citizens of a democracy like ours will understand that these court decisions have both a legal and an educational role. Roe and Doe ...

The Pro-Life Movement in a Liberal State Like California

D.J. Jenkins

In the aftermath of the historic decision of the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade on June 24, there is a scenario I can’t get out of my head. I imagine what it would be like to be a Christian living in the deep South in 1840 who was committed to seeing slavery ...

A Legislatively Pro-Life State in a Post-Roe Country

David E. Prince

It rarely happens to me, but I could not speak. I just sat in a kind of stunned silence when I heard the news. Then, I felt like crying, which is also rare for me. My tears, however, were tears of joy. It should not be this way, but I was surprised that God had ...

Roe is Finally Gone. What Must We Do Now?

Richard Land

I will always remember exactly where I was when the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization was officially announced, overturning the Supreme Court’s infamous 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. Dobbs upheld a Mississippi law which severely limited abortion after 15 weeks gestation. Now individual state legislatures would be enabled to ...

Working Toward the End of Abortion

Bart Barber

For 42 years, the Southern Baptist Convention has maintained a consistent position on the question of abortion: Human life begins at conception. From that moment, every human being is made in the image of God, and the life of every human being is sacred. From the earliest moments of human existence, God has clearly and ...

Christians and the Contraception Culture

C. Ben Mitchell

Progressives and proponents of Roe v. Wade have done a lot of handwringing and social media-posting in the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. Citizens of a democracy like ours will understand that these court decisions have both a legal and an educational role. Roe and Doe ...

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Volume 8, Issue 2

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Spotlight

Abortion is Not Healthcare

Katelyn Walls Shelton

My OBGYN, Dr. John Bruchalski, used to be an abortionist. When he was conducting his residency in Virginia, an attempted late-term abortion he was performing turned into an unexpected delivery. Under Virginia law, he was required to send that living, breathing baby, even at just 1 pound, 1 ounce, to the neonatology unit for care. ...

Against Criminally Charging Women Who Seek Abortions

Dana Hall McCain

The Twin Frontiers of Abortion in a Post-Dobbs World

Chelsey Youman

Saving the Life of the Mother

Jackson McNeece

Let the Little Children Come to Me

Chelsea Sobolik

What Can We Learn from the Pre-Roe Pro-Lifers?

Daniel K. Williams

‘We Better Step Up’

Meredith Flynn

Roe in a Global Context

Calum Miller

Creative Pro-Life Care

Elizabeth Bristow

A Vision for a Pro-Family World

Hannah Daniel

Helping Those Who Are Hurting

Jill Waggoner

The Vital Role of Pregnancy Resource Centers

Catherine Glenn Foster

Fatherhood & Responsibility

Josh Wester

Abortion is Not Healthcare

Katelyn Walls Shelton

Against Criminally Charging Women Who Seek Abortions

Dana Hall McCain

The Twin Frontiers of Abortion in a Post-Dobbs World

Chelsey Youman

Saving the Life of the Mother

Jackson McNeece

Let the Little Children Come to Me

Chelsea Sobolik

What Can We Learn from the Pre-Roe Pro-Lifers?

Daniel K. Williams

‘We Better Step Up’

Meredith Flynn

Roe in a Global Context

Calum Miller

Creative Pro-Life Care

Elizabeth Bristow

A Vision for a Pro-Family World

Hannah Daniel

Helping Those Who Are Hurting

Jill Waggoner

The Vital Role of Pregnancy Resource Centers

Catherine Glenn Foster

Fatherhood & Responsibility

Josh Wester

Book Reviews

Just the Tip of the Iceberg

Jordan Wootten

In recent years, no other issue has been more heavily scrutinized, more thoroughly debated, or more embroiled in controversy than abortion and its legality. The abortion discussion in the United States reached a fever pitch this summer when, nearly 50 years after its passage, Roe v. Wade (along with Planned Parenthood v. Casey) was overturned ...

In recent years, no other issue has been more heavily scrutinized, more thoroughly debated, or more embroiled in controversy than abortion and its legality. The abortion discussion in the United States reached a fever pitch this summer when, nearly 50 years after its passage, Roe v. Wade (along with Planned Parenthood v. Casey) was overturned ...

After Acts

Kadin Christian

I Will Die in a Foreign Land

Palmer Williams

The Ethics of Abortion

Jason Thacker

After Acts

Kadin Christian

I Will Die in a Foreign Land

Palmer Williams

The Ethics of Abortion

Jason Thacker

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