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HLI Staff and Fr. Shenan J. Boquet: Ending Abortion and the Anti-Life Agenda: A Battle for Hearts and Minds – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

HLI Staff and Fr. Shenan J. Boquet: Ending Abortion and the Anti-Life Agenda: A Battle for Hearts and Minds

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By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet, Human Life International, April 13, 2026

As president of Human Life International, Fr. Boquet is a leading expert on the international pro-life and family movement, having journeyed to nearly 90 countries on pro-life missions over the last decade. Father Boquet works with pro-life and family leaders in 116 counties that partner with HLI to proclaim and advance the Gospel of Life. ….

“It is impossible to further the common good without acknowledging and defending the right to life, upon which all the other inalienable rights of individuals are founded and from which they develop. A society lacks solid foundations when, on the one hand, it asserts values such as the dignity of the person, justice and peace, but then, on the other hand, radically acts to the contrary by allowing or tolerating a variety of ways in which human life is devalued and violated, especially where it is weak or marginalized.”

― Pope St. John Paul II, Evangelium vitae, no. 101

2026 is shaping up to be an important year in the fight over the rights of the preborn in the United States. In the past week, three significant stories related to abortion have captured my attention.

The first story is encouraging: eight Planned Parenthood facilities have closed so far in 2026, continuing a four-year trend of declining abortion clinic numbers across the United States.

The second story is sobering. In several states, abortion-related ballot measures will be placed before voters in the November midterms. In these states, countless vulnerable lives hang in the balance. Pro-life activists must be deeply involved in the efforts to defend life at the ballot box in November. …

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