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The Most Endangered Species in England

By Kurt Kondrich
According to sources in Great Britain, the Turtle Dove has seen a [more than] 90 percent decrease in numbers since 1970, and this legendary creature seen as the symbol of true love and featured in one of our best-known Christmas carols is declining so rapidly that it may be gone from Britain by the next decade.

The Case for a Prenatal Endangered Species Act

By Kurt Kondrich
The Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973 expressed concern that many of our nation’s native plants and animals were in danger of becoming extinct and, under the ESA, species may be listed as either endangered or threatened.

Suffer the Little Children

By John Stonestreet
Imagine you and your spouse find out you’re expecting. Having experienced this moment a few times, I know there’s nothing quite like it.

A Glimpse of Eden

By Kurt Kondrich
Genesis 3:22-23 [says]: “And the Lord God said, ‘The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil.

The Future Is Now

By John Stonestreet
In the 1997 film Gattaca, Vincent, the narrator and protagonist, tells the audience that he will “never understand what possessed [his] mother to put her faith in God’s hands, rather than her local geneticist.”

The Down Syndrome Community’s Abortion Rift

By Matthew Hennessey
It all comes down to abortion. That’s what my late father-in-law always said. No philosophical disagreement, no policy debate, no theological quibble rivals our fundamental and unbridgeable divide on the question of abortion.

The Silent Repeat of Eugenic History

By Kurt Kondrich
[Recently] I read a very disturbing article titled “New Prenatal Test Is Bringing Eugenics Back to Germany,” and I could not help but think of the famous quote from American philosopher George Santayana: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.