pregnancy

My sweet son is here today because of the pro-life protections in my state, made possible by the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision. In April of 2023, I learned I was unexpectedly pregnant. It was a shock because I…

The justice who was nominated to the Supreme Court based on her race and sex refused for the second time in her short high court career to acknowledge women. The stiff to the females she claims to represent came in her concurring opinion in…

Every state with pro-life laws has passed additional legislation to support pregnant women, postpartum mothers, and babies since the Supreme Court ruled in 2022, with Dobbs v. Jackson, that there is no constitutional right to abortion. A…

In vitro fertilization (IVF) does not treat infertility. The procedure has been in the news a lot lately. Democrats are trying to turn IVF into a campaign issue, which has Republicans panicking (as usual). Meanwhile, Southern Baptists have…

It’s terribly sad that Mother’s Day has become an occasion for touting abortion as the best gift mothers can receive. Murdering one’s baby is the polar opposite of motherhood, and the idea that abortion and Mother’s Day go hand in hand is…

Florida has passed a restrictive law that bans abortions after six weeks from a woman’s last menstrual period, before most women know they are pregnant. The Onion breaks down the numbers behind the state’s war on reproductive…

Rebel Wilson built her career as an icon for so-called “body positivity” and then wanted to have a baby. Obesity causes higher risks for pregnancies. In fact, pregnant women who are obese face a 131 percent increase in pulmonary embolisms,…

Many years ago, a friend visiting an Eastern European country diligently wrote several postcards, stamped them, and then dropped them in what he thought was a mailbox. It turned out to be a very elegant trash can. Of course, his postcards…

Nine months ago, nearly everything in my life was as good as could be. I was a newly married to my favorite person on the planet. Finances were in order. I lived in proximity to family and had a robust church community and loving friend…

When we think of fertility treatments, society has accepted in vitro fertilization (IVF) as a necessary option as a means of “compassion” for those who can’t conceive. But what if we were all wrong? What if the IVF industry is actually the…