By Jonathon Van Maren Of all the advocates for the “No” side of Ireland’s abortion referendum, John McGuirk has consistently been among the most eloquent. At press conferences, in media interviews, and on TV panels he beautifully defended the pre-born child and laid out the heartless ugliness that abortion culture brings to every nation that…
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By Jonathon Van Maren May 28, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – As I predicted in my eulogy for pro-life Ireland on Saturday, the autopsies—both mournful and gleeful—are spilling onto the pages of newspapers across the West. But one staggering fact is being consistently ignored: Every single political party in the Republic of Ireland campaigned for abortion on demand. Right across…
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By Jonathon Van Maren May 24, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – It is important, in the cut and thrust of the culture wars, to occasionally remind ourselves of the victories that we do accomplish, especially considering that those victories are in defiance of social trends and illustrate the importance of pushing back, getting engaged, and brawling for every inch…
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By Jonathon Van Maren The Republic of Ireland has fallen. A coalition of the powerful–Irish politicians who ran on pro-life platforms a few short years ago before abruptly betraying their supporters, the international abortion industry, the media, much of academia, a gaggle of celebrities, and the European elites–have finally prevailed in their relentless efforts to…
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By Jonathon Van Maren From across Ireland, men and women have been sacrificing their time, energy, and resources to fight the abortion industry and save the 8th Amendment to the Irish Constitution. For weeks, the Vote No Road Show drove from town to town and city to city, passing out tens of thousands of leaflets, swaying…
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By Jonathon Van Maren May 22, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – The entire Western world seems to be watching the battle over abortion in Ireland, with the elites desperately hoping for (and pushing for) the repeal of Ireland’s 8th Amendment. On the ground, pro-lifers are working furiously to reach every voter they can prior to the vote on…
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By Jonathon Van Maren May 21, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – Last week at the Santa Fe High School outside Houston, Texas, a teenager in a trench coat opened fire with a shotgun and revolver, killing at least ten people. After the mass killing of high school students in Florida in February, this is another ugly reminder…
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By Jonathon Van Maren With suicide activists pushing hard around the world for the right to doctor-assisted self-extinction on demand, assisted suicide and euthanasia have been nearly omnipresent in the news lately. The Finnish Parliament just voted 128-60 to reject euthanasia entirely, and instead approved a committee that would study legislation to improve palliative care.…
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By Jonathon Van Maren After a long week of hard campaigning, we headed to Belfast for the weekend for church. Northern Ireland—as we crossed the nearly indiscernible border, the sign that was supposed to announce the entrance into a different country had been vandalized to read “One Ireland” instead—is as beautiful as the Republic, with…
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By Jonathon Van Maren May 18, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) — As Ireland’s pro-life movement works frenetically to get their supporters out to the polls on May 25 for the referendum on the Eighth Amendment, the Save the 8th Campaign and dozens of pro-life organizations are putting boots on the ground all day, every day. Many have quit their…
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