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Born-Alive Act Redux!

Hadley Arkes

Thursday, January 19, 2023

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Mirable Dictu: The Born-Alive Infants Protection Act is back again, and it was among the very first things enacted by the new House with the Republicans back in control. It is not going to be enacted in this Congress. But it will have put a mark on the political terrain, and it has brought forth, in the House of Representatives, a group of pro-life politicians who somehow manage to do better than the legal professionals [1] who have been presuming over the years to tutor them.

Brad Miner is the Senior Editor of The Catholic Thing and a Senior Fellow of the Faith & Reason Institute. He is a former Literary Editor of National Review. His most recent book, Sons of St. Patrick, written with George J. Marlin, is now on sale. His The Compleat Gentleman is now available in a third, revised edition from Regnery Gateway and is also available in an Audible audio edition (read by Bob Souer). Mr. Miner has served as a board member of Aid to the Church In Need USA and also on the Selective Service System draft board in Westchester County, NY.