Charles A. "Chuck" Donovan is president of the Charlotte Lozier Institute, the research and education arm of the Susan B. Anthony List.
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A few decades back, a Wall Street Journal editor named James Taranto posited what he called “the Roe Effect.” The idea was spawned by data… Read More
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The verdict is beginning to settle in on the new Ronald Reagan biopic, and, like RR himself, the jury is split. For the pundits and… Read More
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Media outlets on the Left constantly berate pro-lifers and accuse them of forgetting about children after they’re born. They push false narratives that the pro-life… Read More
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Imagine being a powerful U.S. senator and dedicating yourself to harassing community-based organizations that provide free material, medical, counseling, and other support to pregnant women in need. Imagine making this… Read More
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“It’s … hard to take seriously Republicans’ passionate pleas for this body to defend the existence of an unborn fetus when they seem to care so little… Read More
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In 1983, the last effort by pro-life forces to pass federal legislation providing full protection for the unborn failed on the floor of the U.S…. Read More
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The word “socialism” terrifies some of today’s Democrats, even as leading figures in the party embrace the term. Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger of Richmond, Virginia,… Read More
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How low can a nation sink? The history of the past century offers any number of examples. Radical governments of the right and left have… Read More
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Another open season has come and gone in which eligible Americans could choose from a narrow array of federally subsidized health care plans under the… Read More
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Olympus has spoken. Michael Gerson, a Washington Post columnist and former speechwriter for the George W. Bush administration, has proclaimed that President Donald Trump blinded… Read More
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The Planned Parenthood Federation of America is a very curious health care provider. Begun long ago as a birth control organization when contraceptives were contraband,… Read More
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The cruelty of the movement to promote abortion on demand has been on full display the past two weeks. In three notable instances, advocates for… Read More
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The radical pro-abortion lobby and its allies in the media are out to vilify and destroy Scott Lloyd. The New York Times calls him an “anti-abortion crusader.” A Washington Post columnist calls him… Read More
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This week, the CBS News program “On Assignment” included a long feature on what it described as the near eradication of Down syndrome in Iceland…. Read More
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Earlier this week, The New York Times ran a piece responding to Congress’ current plan to reallocate Planned Parenthood funding. The piece is little more… Read More
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The National Institutes of Health has announced its support for expanded research into the development of chimeras, experimental genetic combinations of human beings and animals… Read More
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Want to know a good way to get yourself expelled from your life’s work and jailed in Cuba? Be pro-life. Dr. Oscar Elías Biscet, who… Read More
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Did you hear about the new bill that California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed into law? Under penalty of whopping fines, the new law orders… Read More
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This week, the House of Representatives will clear a bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and send it to President Barack Obama’s desk…. Read More
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Abortion rates continue to drop nearly everywhere in the United States—and by impressive amounts. The Associated Press reported last week on a new survey of state health… Read More
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Over the most recent decade for which data are available (2001–2011), the overall U.S. abortion rate, calculated as the annual number of abortions per 1,000… Read More
The Supreme Court decision yesterday on the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare, or ACA) offered only one hope of answering social issue concerns about the sweeping… Read More
Efforts to repel the Obama Administration’s attack on liberty of conscience suffered a setback today on the floor of the U.S. Senate, but in the… Read More
A too-clever-by-half marketing team at Kraft Foods has come up with what they think is a hot seller: a contest offering a cash prize to… Read More
As both sides of the debate remember all too well, the final passage of Obamacare last year hinged on a many-layered debate on abortion funding… Read More
The Institute of Medicine (IOM), the health policy arm of the National Academy of Sciences, has issued its long-awaited report making recommendations to the U.S…. Read More
The full Senate Judiciary Committee met today to consider a proposal to repeal the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). DOMA was passed by both… Read More
Illinois’s and New York’s recent recognition of same-sex couples has raised religious liberty concerns for Catholic and other agencies providing adoption and foster care services…. Read More
Evolution and inevitability are words much in the news lately regarding same-sex marriage. The victory for marriage redefinition advocates in New York has sparked a… Read More
The New York legislature’s vote last Friday night to redefine the family and recognize homosexual marriage will have a number of impacts within and well… Read More
