By Jonathon Van Maren Over the past few weeks, liberal news outlets like the New York Times have salivated at the idea that Columbia’s Constitutional Court might legalize abortion, making it one of the first Latin American countries to do so. Instead, the Court ruled yesterday against legalizing abortions in the first 16 weeks of…
By Jonathon Van Maren Abortion activists such as Joyce Arthur of the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada like to pretend that they are advocates for “freedom of choice.” They spend much of their time attempting to perpetrate the farcical idea that they are champions of liberty, while smearing those who believe human beings have human…
By Jonathon Van Maren Note: I wrote this profile for LifeCanada’s magazine, and it appeared in their last issue. Devorah Gilman first heard about abortion when she was three or four years old. “I thought it sounded like something the ancient Romans did and dismissed it as a horrible thing that probably didn’t happen much…
By Jonathon Van Maren As a pro-life activist working in North America, I’ve been long fascinated by the work done to fight abortion in other countries—especially places that are radically different than the West. Recently, I did an interview with Richard Sempala on his pro-life work in Uganda, and I’ve taken another look at pro-life…
By Jonathon Van Maren The National Post is reporting a significant victory for pro-lifers in Tennessee: In a victory for opponents of abortion, the U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal in a case that has made it easier to restrict abortion in Tennessee. Abortion-rights supporters had hoped to overturn a 2014 change…
The following is a review of my latest book, published this month in the New Oxford Review. It is written by Dr. Anne Gardiner and republished here with permission. Anyone who is interested in a copy of Seeing is Believing can find a copy here. Seeing is Believing: Why Our Culture Must Face the Victims…
By Jonathon Van Maren The pushback against legalized abortion in South America continues, this time in Chile. On Saturday, September 8, thousands of Chilean pro-lifers rallied outside the National Palace, sporting and waving the blue that has become a symbol of the pro-life movement across the continent. In July of 2017, the Senate of Chile…
By Jonathon Van Maren August 23, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – As pro-life activists successfully expose the public to the truth about what abortion really does to the bodies of pre-born babies developing in the womb, abortion activists often push back by making an easily disprovable claim that still manages to gain a lot of traction: That abortion victim…
Dr. Monica Miller, author of Abandoned and founder of Citizens for a Pro-Life Society, joined Jonathon Van Maren to discuss her latest effort, the Red Rose Rescues–and what it was like to spend time in jail.
Abortion activists like to claim that they are the victims of harassment–but for pro-life activists who regularly hit the streets, a different story is readily apparent. The truth is that the violence of abortion culture is pervasive, and that those who support abortion are frequently willing to resort to physical violence and verbal harassment when…