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** WHAT THE MEDIA WON’T TELL US
ABOUT ABORTION
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By EPPC Visiting Fellow Alexandra DeSanctis
National Review Online
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No matter how safe or clean a clinic might seem, every abortion ends with an empty womb and the death of an unborn child.
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(See also Miss DeSanctis’s piece ([link removed]) on how Xavier Becerra, if confirmed as HHS Secretary, "will gleefully heed Biden’s advice and wipe from the books not only the pro-life Title X policy but every policy on the books that encouraged moderation on the part of the federal bureaucracy.”)
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** PRESIDENT BIDEN’S MEXICO CITY POLICY REPEAL CONTRADICTS HIS OWN RECENT STATEMENTS
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By EPPC Cardinal Francis George Fellow Mary FioRito
The National Catholic Register

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As a direct result of President Biden’s decision, massive amounts of federal funding once again will flow indiscriminately to foreign-aid groups such as Planned Parenthood International and similar organizations whose chief aim is to profit from an increased number of abortions around the globe, including in countries that reject abortion in law. Read More ([link removed])
(See also Ms. FioRito’s remembrance of pioneering pro-life activist Joseph Scheidler ([link removed]) .)

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** THE CHALLENGE OF EUCHARISTIC COHERENCE
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By EPPC Distinguished Senior Fellow George Weigel
Syndicated Column

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Incoherent Catholics receiving holy communion make for a Eucharistically incoherent and thus evangelically diminished Church. Read More ([link removed])

(See also Mr. Weigel’s piece ([link removed]) on why “the claim that President Biden...will revive the dying progressive Catholic project seems ill-founded,” as well as his column ([link removed]) hailing Archbishop José Gomez’s Inauguration Day statement as a “pastor’s invitation to President Biden to...open his soul to the fullness of Catholic truth.”)

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** PRO-LIFE CAMPAIGN TO CURB DOWN-SYNDROME ABORTIONS GAINS STEAM
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By EPPC Visiting Fellow Alexandra DeSanctis
National Review Online

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At the state and federal levels, proposals banning abortion on the basis of a prenatal Down-syndrome diagnosis are making progress. Read More ([link removed])

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Yesterday, EPPC Fellow Erika Bachiochi took part in a conversation cosponsored by EPPC’s Catholic Women’s Forum, the Institute for Human Ecology at the National Review Institute. View video of the event above.


** ROGER SEVERINO, TRANSFORMATIONAL FORMER DIRECTOR OF HHS OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS, JOINS EPPC AS SENIOR FELLOW ([link removed])
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EPPC has announced the appointment of Roger Severino as a Senior Fellow focused on health care policy, the administrative state, religious liberty, and civil rights. Mr. Severino will direct EPPC’s new “HHS Accountability Project ([link removed]) ,” which will monitor the Biden administration for actions that threaten quality healthcare and civil rights for all Americans, from conception to natural death. Mr. Severino will also work on a book exploring lessons learned from his groundbreaking work in the federal government on how conservatives can harness the power of the administrative state for conservative ends long sought by the American people.

Mr. Severino joins EPPC after nearly four years as Director of the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which followed previous positions at The Heritage Foundation, the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, and the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. Click here to read more of this announcement ([link removed]) , including quotes from EPPC President Ryan T. Anderson and Mr. Severino.

In addition to his joining EPPC, Mr. Severino has filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration to prevent his unlawful removal from the Administrative Conference of the United States. Click here for details on this story ([link removed]) , and click here ([link removed]) (31:35 mark) to watch his appearance on “Fox News @ Night” with Shannon Bream.

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** RELIGIOUS LIBERTY ISN’T ENOUGH
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By EPPC President Ryan T. Anderson
The Wall Street Journal

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President Biden’s pledge to heal and unify seems to mean giving the far left everything it demands in the culture wars. Conservatives therefore must resist. Yet in doing so we must avoid the trap of framing every debate as if it were about religious liberty. Read More ([link removed])

(Read our news release ([link removed]) about Ryan T. Anderson’s appointment as EPPC’s new president.)


** EPPC IS HIRING! ([link removed])
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EPPC is hiring a front-office manager to serve as administrative support for scholars and senior administrative staff, and to provide logistical support for events. This is an entry-level position. To read the job description, or to apply, click here. ([link removed])
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** WHAT CATHOLICS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT BIDEN’S EXECUTIVE ORDER ON GENDER IDENTITY
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By EPPC Kate O’Beirne Fellow Mary Rice Hasson
Our Sunday Visitor

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The disparate reactions to President Biden’s executive order on gender identity represent more than America’s polarized politics; they hint at deeper conflicts over the nature of the human person and the common good. Read More ([link removed])

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** “ACTION CIVICS” REPLACES CITIZENSHIP WITH PARTISANSHIP
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By EPPC Senior Fellow Stanley Kurtz
The American Mind

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State lawmakers must protect education from activism. Read More ([link removed])

(See also Mr. Kurtz’s piece ([link removed]) detailing how “the ultra-woke Illinois teaching standards, and the bogus Illinois ‘civics’ law they build upon, are case studies in the hijacking of representative government by leftist bureaucrats and foundations,” as well as his response ([link removed]) to one of the leading proponents of these measures. Mr. Kurtz’s work is also highlighted in a new column ([link removed]) by George Will.)

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** SOME THOUGHTS ON WORDS AND THEIR MEANINGS
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By EPPC Senior Fellow Francis X. Maier
The Catholic Thing

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When we really believe what we claim to believe, we conform our hearts, our minds, our choices, and our actions – both in private and in public – to the convictions we claim to hold. Otherwise, we’re liars. Read More ([link removed])

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** WHY IT WILL BE SO HARD TO ROLL BACK TRUMP’S TRADE AGENDA
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By EPPC Senior Fellow Henry Olsen
The Washington Post

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Global trade is not the sexiest of issues. It is, however, one of the most important, both in regard to U.S. foreign relations and America’s domestic cohesion. Read More ([link removed])


** “A NEW CHAPTER FOR THE ETHICS AND PUBLIC POLICY CENTER” ([link removed])
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A new feature story by RealClear spotlights the arrival of Ryan T. Anderson as EPPC’s new president, as well as the ongoing work of EPPC’s scholars to defend America’s founding ideals in critical areas of public policy. Click here to read the piece ([link removed]) .
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** THE MORAL INVERSION OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
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By EPPC Senior Fellow Peter Wehner
The Atlantic

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Republicans are at risk of being devoured by the forces they placed in control. Read More ([link removed])

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** THE HOLY SEE AND THUG REGIMES
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By EPPC Distinguished Senior Fellow George Weigel
Syndicated Column

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The list of grave issues that must be addressed during a future papal interregnum, and by the cardinal-electors in a conclave, continues to grow. Read More ([link removed])

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** NOW IS THE TIME FOR DEMOCRATS TO STAND UP TO TEACHERS UNIONS
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By EPPC Senior Fellow Henry Olsen
The Washington Post

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The Chicago Teachers Union’s refusal to go back to the classroom is more than a possibly illegal strike. It is another example of unions failing to put the interest of students first. Read More ([link removed])

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