Jeanie Hannaman

March 13, 2025

The Solution to the Global Fertility Crisis, by Richard Clements

By Richard Clements, Crisis Magazine - Much has been written about the global fertility crisis, but almost all of the solutions to this crisis that have been proposed thus far are unlikely to be effective. First, a few statistics to summarize the situation: Between 1950 and 2021, the global total fertility rate (TFR, defined as the number of children that women would bear across their lifetime if their rate of childbearing at each age matches today’s rates) fell by more than half, from 4.84 to 2.23. Replacement level is generally estimated to be a TFR of 2.1.

March 13, 2025

Colleges Dispense ‘Morning-After’ Pills in Vending Machines, by Kathy Schiffer

By Kathy Schiffer, National Catholic Register - The University of Connecticut has just installed a “Plan B” vending machine in the basement of the Student Union “in an effort to expand access to contraception.” Plan B is a recent development, a form of emergency contraception that is used within 72 hours after having unprotected sex. The University’s Student Health and Wellness Division explains Plan B contraception’s use and effectiveness on its website, claiming, in part, that Plan B is safe and effective, and that it reduces the risk of pregnancy by 89%.

March 13, 2025

7 Simple Ways to Grow Closer to Saint Joseph During the Month of March, by Caroline Perkins

By Caroline Perkins, ChurchPOP - Saint Thomas Aquinas explained: “Some saints are privileged to extend to us their patronage with particular efficacy in certain needs, but not in others; but our holy patron Saint Joseph has the power to assist us in all cases, in every necessity, in every undertaking.”... His patronage covers many needs and requests ranging from family troubles to finances.

March 13, 2025

Trump NIH Director Nominee Calls for Ethical Alternatives to Aborted Fetal Tissue Research, by Kate Quiñones

By Kate Quiñones, CNA - President Donald Trump’s nominee for director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) said in his confirmation hearing last week that he was “absolutely committed” to finding alternatives to vaccines developed using aborted fetal cell lines... When asked whether he would prohibit the use of aborted fetal tissue in NIH-funded research, Stanford University medical school professor and health economist Dr. Jay Bhattacharya said he would follow the lead of President Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on the issue. ...