Jonathon Van Maren

1 week ago | lifesitenews.com | Jonathon Van Maren

(LifeSiteNews) — In September of 2018, abortion activists in Guatemala were pushing for looser abortion laws. Abortion is illegal in Guatemala except where necessary to save the mother’s life, making the small Central American country a primary target for both foreign and domestic abortion activists.

1 week ago | lifesitenews.com | Jonathon Van Maren

(LifeSiteNews) — If you visit a hospital or clinic in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, you will be greeted by an anti-abortion sign bearing messages such as: “You have the right to give your baby up for adoption anonymously…Give life a chance!”“Abortion can lead to consequences such as infertility, psychological problems, infections and even death.” And:“Did you know that the unborn child is discarded as hospital waste?”The last message is particularly powerful: Short, evocative, and worst of all, true.

1 week ago | lifesitenews.com | Jonathon Van Maren

(LifeSiteNews) — The decriminalization of abortion up until birth in the United Kingdom passed this week by a margin of 379 in favor to 137 opposed after a debate of only 46 minutes and just a handful of speeches. Labour MPs cheered when the vote passed. “For years, I’ve heard British people say, with a tinge of pride, ‘Well here we don’t have culture wars over abortion, unlike in the United States,’” Harvard professor Adrian Vermeule wrote. “Maybe you should have had them.” Vermeule is right.

1 week ago | lifesitenews.com | Jonathon Van Maren

(LifeSiteNews) — Since the fall of Roe v. Wade, the battle lines in the abortion wars have dramatically changed. The American map has been redrawn; in some states, abortion is restricted; in others, it is legal until birth. Abortion activists refer to those states where children in the womb receive some legal protection as “abortion deserts,” and the new key battle no longer centers around clinics, but abortion pills sent by mail.

1 week ago | lifesitenews.com | Jonathon Van Maren

(LifeSiteNews) — One day, sooner than we think, we will have to choose: societies that permit and even pay for abortion, or societies that prize and incentivize children. In the long run, we cannot have both. We cannot have a future and kill our children. We are still in the “denial” stage of this civilizational crisis.