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    Pro-Life after Roe

    What does it mean to be consistently pro-life – both in places where abortion remains legal, and in places where it does not? As we enter a season of heightened acrimony, here are some articles from Plough to aid in deeper reflection about how to build a creative and generous culture of life.

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    Against Pro-Life Triumphalism

    Jane Clark Scharl

    We pro-lifers can celebrate a legal victory, but then we need to get back to the hard work of supporting mothers and children.

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    After Roe v. Wade and Dobbs v. Jackson

    Erika Bachiochi

    As we navigate a world where abortion is again illegal in many places, we should heed the wisdom of early women’s rights activists.

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    In the Shoes of the Woman Considering Abortion

    Kirsten Sanders

    Faced with a choice between two unknown futures, it can be hard to let go of one’s dreams.

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    The Risk of Gentleness

    Gracy Olmstead

    I was shocked to find I was pregnant during a pandemic. Then I learned how subversive hospitality can be.

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    The Hidden War

    Johann Christoph Arnold

    The spirit of our age is opposed not only to the childlike spirit but even to children themselves.

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    The Gospel of Life

    John Paul II

    Seventy years ago, on November 1, 1946, the man who would later become Pope John Paul II was ordained a priest. This reading from his 1995...

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    In the Image of God

    Johann Christoph Arnold

    In the story of creation we read that God created humankind – both male and female – in his own image.

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    Every Child Is a Thought of God

    Eberhard Arnold

    We love little children because Jesus loved them. Arnold writes about the responsibility of parents, church, and educators regarding the education of...

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    A World Where Abortion Is Unthinkable

    Shelley Douglass

    Shelley Douglass, the mother of four, shares the response of female prison inmates to a presentation on abortion.

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    Womb to Tomb

    Ronald J. Sider

    Christians must live out our belief that Christ is Lord, and think and pray for wisdom to act politically in ways that best reflect this. But how...

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    Building the Jesus Movement

    Shane Claiborne

    In this interview, Plough asks Shane Claiborne what he’s learned about communal living, how marriage has changed him, why millennials are...

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    Pursuing Happiness

    Erna Albertz

    How my sister with Down syndrome can help Richard Dawkins boost the sum of human joy, and what a stint volunteering at a German maternity hospital...

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    The Teacher Who Never Spoke

    Maureen Swinger

    A formidable young man stayed with our family on a summer break from the Ivy League. He had never, to anyone’s knowledge, lost an argument. Until he...

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    Heaven in Hell’s Kitchen

    Eirlys Hine

    In addition to the traditional monastic vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, the Sisters of Life take a fourth vow promising to protect and...

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    photos of Yusang and Seoyul in a small photo album Article

    The Baby We Kept

    Heonju Lee

    Our son Yusang has Down syndrome. He saved another child’s life.

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    You Carried Me: A Daughter’s Memoir

    Melissa Ohden

    What happens when an abortion survivor finds and forgives her birth mother, who never knew her daughter was alive? ...

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    Perfectly Human: Nine Months with Cerian

    Sarah C. Williams

    She knew they would only have a few fleeting months together, but in that time Sarah’s unborn daughter would transform her understanding of beauty...

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