Both pro-life and pro-choice people all support saving the life of a woman who has an ectopic pregnancy. I wrote about my own experience losing my child, Camillian, in an ectopic pregnancy for the New York Times. My goal was to explain not just what a pro-life perspective permits but what it makes possible to… Read More
Tag: abortion
A Better Way to Debate Abortion
Shortly after the draft Dobbs decision leaked, I wrote a piece for America, reflecting on the time I invited friends to come to my house and have a better fight about abortion. In 2016, I opened my doors for what I expected would be the worst event I would ever host. In the wake of… Read More
There’s No Neutral Answer to When Life Begins
For my first piece in Deseret News, I'm analyzing a line of argument in Dobbs, claiming that that the question of when life begins is beyond what government can answer. But this question isn't uniquely the domain of religion—everyone needs to be able to furnish and defend an answer. Where a loose consensus prevails, it… Read More
Why Pro-Life Catholics Should Get Vaccinated
In The New York Times, I made the case for pro-life Catholics to get covid vaccines, despite their dependence on cell lines derived from aborted children. Even people who are comfortable with the vaccines need to grapple with the question of how we make amends for our material cooperation with evil. I’ve gotten both my… Read More