The University of California is beginning a study into public demand for “missed-period pills.” The pills are just misoprostol—half of the typical chemical abortion regimen—and what they are designed to do is procure a chemical abortion without the woman needing to know whether or not she’s pregnant. In other words, … Read More
Pro-Choice Rhetoric as Power Play
The Texas heartbeat law, about which I previously wrote, is polarizing—go figure. That’s neither surprising nor particularly interesting in and of itself. What is, to me, much more interesting is the type of rhetoric which has proliferated in response to the existence of an enforced abortion ban in one of … Read More
The Texas Heartbeat Law: An Overview
On September 1, a new heartbeat law (SR 8) went into effect in Texas. If you’ve read our information on heartbeat bills before, you may have assumed that Texas passed a similar law and it was immediately enjoined like all the others. No, the Texas law went into effect. Right … Read More
Review: After Virtue
This book review of After Virtue by Alasdair MacIntyre is part of our series of reviews of books touching on the abortion debate. For more information about this series, read our introductory article, “Why Is ERI Doing Book Reviews?” Estimated reading time: 9 minutes Andrew KaakeAndrew Kaake (pronounced like “cake”) is … Read More
Comment Sections: Becoming What You Hate
Photo credit: Suzanne Hamilton – flickr.com Estimated reading time: 10 minutes One deeply unfortunate requirement for publishing useful online content is staying informed of current events. I generally despise the modern news media—not even primarily for its ideological slant, but because the constant churn of the “news cycle” and the need … Read More
On Being Wrong
Estimated reading time: 6 minutes I don’t like to be wrong. I suppose no one likes to be wrong, but I have a particular revulsion to it. (I’m sure there’s some deep-seated reason for that which my wife, the mental health counselor, could explain, but that’s beyond the scope of this … Read More
Abolitionists Are Going to Get People Killed, and the SBC Just Helped Them
By Steenaire, Flickr Estimated reading time: 24 minutes It would be an understatement to call this year’s Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) meeting turbulent. It was marked by the departure of a key leader, moral failures of many leaders who remained, a contentious presidential election, another leader threatening to leave if he … Read More
The Supreme Court Will Hear Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Yesterday, the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization by granting a writ of certiorari. When the Court hears oral arguments in October, they will be answering this question: are all pre-viability abortion bans unconstitutional? The Mississippi law at … Read More
Review: “Prenatal Support Laws Across the United States”
Estimated reading time: 6 minutes This book review of Prenatal Child Support Across the United States, 2nd Edition by Daniel Gump is part of our series of reviews of books touching on the abortion debate. For more information about this series, read our introductory article, “Why Is ERI Doing Book … Read More
Why Is ERI Doing Book Reviews?
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes As part of our mission to equip pro-life people, we’ve decided to start doing book reviews. This is something we’ve been thinking about behind the scenes for a little bit, but we’ve come to a point now where we’re reading and rereading several pro-life books, so … Read More