Andrea Mrozek

“For the smallest and most vulnerable people in our midst, a culture that despises dependence will endanger their lives,” writes Leah Libresco Sargeant in her forthcoming book, The Dignity of Dependence: A Feminist Manifesto.

Today’s culture leans heavily in the direction of coaxing all women toward waged work whether or not they need to for financial reasons. Put simply, we are not marrying less and having vanishingly few children because motherhood is over-valued. Some family benefits such as generous maternity leave exist in no small part to ensure mothers of young children return to waged work.

What do marriage and motherhood have to do with women’s happiness? A recent panel held by sociologist Brad Wilcox at the University of Virginia shed light on this question.

For several years, we have lived with the reality of pro-choice Catholics holding the highest levels of power. It’s something that causes many pro-lifers to see red.

The second Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) conference happened in London, UK, February 17–19. It’s best known for having Jordan Peterson at the helm. This year roughly 4000 conservatives from countries across the globe gathered in the docklands of East London.

There are no ordinary people, and there are no ordinary marriages.

Volumes have been written on the consequences associated with unconstrained sexual freedom. Few would contest a breakdown of the relationship between the sexes. Apps intended to facilitate dating do anything but.

Two recent ads are receiving accolades for their pro-family messaging. The first is a near mini-movie for Volvo, promoting the car’s safety features in protecting a mother with a child in utero. The second commercial for Apple airpods flashes back in time to show us how a new baby became the teenager her father is now watching unwrap the gift of a new guitar.

Pro-life people are used to euphemisms in the abortion debate. The term “pro-life” itself is often denigrated because some believe pro-lifers are only concerned about life in the womb, and not the fullness of life afterwards. In reality, “pro-life” is about as clear as any term used to discuss abortion. It’s those on the other side who mostly prefer to speak in euphemism and/or double speak.

Infants born alive after abortion has come up recently. But why discuss this most electric of third rail issues? Babies born alive after an abortion in the second trimester is “common.”