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View allWhy the Arguments about “Bodily Autonomy” and “Forced Birth” Fail to Justify Abortion
Ryan T. Anderson

Examining the bodily autonomy argument for abortion highlights a crucial pro-life point: abortion is wrong not only because strangers shouldn’t kill each other but also and especially because parents have special obligations to their children, and it isn’t governmental overreach to require parents to fulfill those obligations.
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Public Discourse / June 23, 2022
Making Abortion Illegal and Unthinkable
Ryan T. Anderson

It will require much more than the courts.
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National Review / June 23, 2022
Could This Be an Antebellum Age?
Lance Morrow

Political manners seem to be growing subservient to the threat of violence. It feels like the 1850s.
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Wall Street Journal / June 23, 2022
Biden Issues Executive Order Promoting “LGBTQI+” Policies
Rachel N. Morrison

President Joe Biden issued yet another executive order promoting his administration’s “LGBTQI+” policies.
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The Federalist / June 23, 2022
Schools’ New Misgendering Rules Will Create Compliant, Fearful Children Perfect For Totalitarianism
Noelle Mering

Anything short of total allegiance to LGBTQ+ dogmas has long been considered hateful regardless of whether one’s position is animated by malice or not.
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The Federalist / June 23, 2022
Tom Hanks Gets Empathy Wrong
Carl R. Trueman

Yet in declaring that it is inappropriate for a straight actor to play a gay man on screen, Hanks negates the importance of the shared humanity that makes him empathetic in the first place.
First Things / June 23, 2022
EPPC Files Brief in Suit Challenging HHS Transgender Mandate
Rachel N. Morrison

EPPC has filed a friend-of-court brief in support of a lawsuit challenging a mandate by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services requiring healthcare providers under the guise of nondiscrimination to perform and provide insurance coverage for “gender-transition procedures.”
PDF / June 22, 2022
Scholar Appearances
View allVIDEO: Ryan T. Anderson with Dr. Kevin Roberts on Building a Culture of Life
The Kevin Roberts Show / June 22, 2022