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Two Pro-Life Goals for 2026

Patrick T. Brown

The second Trump administration has been marked by wins on what we might dub “cultural” conservatism—ending DEI in the federal government, cracking down on immigration, protecting women’s sports, rolling...

Planned Parenthood Defunded—For Now

Patrick T. Brown

In the three years that followed Dobbs, the pro-life movement may have sometimes felt like it was absorbing one body blow after another. The “One Big Beautiful Bill”—despite the...

The Child Tax Credit Should Promote Work and Marriage

Patrick T. Brown

Year-end flurries of legislative activity are a congressional tradition, and this year is seeing a supercharged version. With the clock ticking on Democratic control of Congress, many are encouraging...

Segregated Sunday Mornings

Patrick T. Brown

This past spring, the renowned sociologist Robert Putnam made waves with a claim that American churches had dedicated “all their resources”to fighting about abortion, gay marriage, and other matters of...