Every child, no matter how young and how small and no matter where he is located, is an individual human being with a life and rights of his own.

Fifteen years before abortion was legal in America, around 85 percent of illegal abortions were done by “reputable physicians in good standing in their local medical associations.”*

Question from a reader: My wife and I do not feel called to have children. I’m 42, and she’s 40. We both have fulfilling career ministries and I’m wondering about getting a vasectomy.

What is relevant is that the pill produces an overall thinning effect that decidualizes the endometrium to the extent that normative values are not present in most or all of the lining.

The pharmacological data demonstrates what would be considered near-perfect usage of the Pill. The data also indicates that there is on average a 1-3% “failure” rate when a clinical pregnancy occurs—even with near-perfect timing.

If you are laboring under guilt for what you didn’t even know—that the birth control pill can sometimes cause abortions—then ask yourself, “have I confessed to God my ignorance and sin, if that’s what it was?”

I contacted my pastor about using a bulletin insert regarding Sanctity of Human Life Sunday. He responded by saying “the Lord has called us to keep things simple, and focus on the Bible.” How would you respond to this?

First, most women who have championed abortion have little or no knowledge of its eugenic purpose. It was originally championed by Margaret Sanger and others (including Hitler) through “birth control” means.

have severe bipolar disorder and am unable to go off my medication if I become pregnant. How do medications for this disorder affect pregnancy, or should I even consider having children? The situation you describe is obviously anguishing for you.  I can well imagine that the advice doctors may have given you was based on their concern that any medicine you take for your bipolar disorder would cause birth defects or irreparable harm to a pregnancy.