Mary Zwicker: Abortion pill – a chemical abortion -- usage has skyrocketed in recent years, transforming the once peaceful homes of countless women into bloody abortuaries, and transforming countless mothers into agents of death as they take on the role of abortionist. While many women choose chemical abortions because they believe that it will be safer, more private, and an overall easier [...]
The abortion pill became available in Canada in January 2017, and since then, chemical abortions have grown in usage, representing a higher percentage of abortions committed. In the United States, the steady increase in abortion pill prescriptions jumped markedly after the recent overturning of Roe v. Wade by the U.S. Supreme Court. According to the Guttmacher Institute— the research arm of Planned [...]
Mary Zwicker: As the world increasingly shifts towards online services, with more and more people working from home than ever before, this same phenomenon can be seen in the abortion industry. Today, fewer women are choosing to have surgical abortions, and instead rely increasingly on online platforms to access abortion pills for chemical abortions that can be mailed to them for use [...]
Strange New World: How Thinkers and Activists Redefined Identity and Sparked the Sexual Revolution Carl R. Trueman (Crossway, $24, 204 pages): In The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self (reviewed in these pages in July 2021), Carl R. Trueman, a professor of Biblical and religious studies at Grove City College, examined the philosophical roots of our decadent culture. In Strange New [...]
Angelica Vecchiato Review Fierce Mercy by Abby Johnson (Baker Books, $16.99, 240 pages): The work at an abortion facility is emotionally draining. Tasks, even the most minute ones — walking women from their cars, scheduling the fatal procedure, or witnessing first-hand the carnage after the abortion — tack on, even subconsciously, significant spiritual and emotional tolls for those carrying them out. Shocked [...]
Oswald Clark: More than 100 pro-life organizations, pregnancy centers, and churches have been victims of arson and vandalism since the leak of a draft of the Supreme Court abortion decision Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health in May and Fox News reports that neither the Federal Bureau of Investigation nor local police departments have made any arrests in connection to the pro-abortion violence. [...]
All One in Christ: A Catholic Critique of Racism and Critical Race Theory Edward Feser (Ignatius Press, $18 163 pages) Pasadena City College philosophy professor: Edward Feser has offered a brief but timely critique of Critical Race Theory that has taken hold of academia and is at the heart of the woke worldview. Feser, taking his title from Paul’s letter to the [...]
Paul Tuns: Kelly Block’s C-230, the Protection of Freedom of Conscience Act, had first reading on February 4 and was debated on March 28, but with scheduled breaks including the summer hiatus, it has not yet come up for final vote in the House of Commons. If passed, C-230 would prohibit the firing or refusal to hire medical professionals if the sole [...]
Progressive Conservatism: How Republicans Will Become America’s Natural Governing Party F.H. Buckley (Encounter Books, $41, 254 pages): Progressive Conservative has negative connotations for Canadian social conservatives, but do not be turned off the title of F.H. Buckley’s latest book, Progressive Conservatism. In it, he argues against the elite capture of both the Democrats (woke activists) and Republicans (libertarians) that ignore working class [...]
Oswald Clark: On Sept. 9, Planned Parenthood Federation of America released its annual report for 2021 revealing they committed a record-number of abortions for the organization, with 383,460 abortions carried out. The report shows that as Planned Parenthood commits more abortions -- it carried out 8.5 per cent more abortions in 2021 than 2020, or 28,589 more babies killed -- it is [...]