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Kresta in the Afternoon – February 9, 2024 – Hour 2

A journal has retracted three studies showing risks of chemical abortions. Michael New responds, and Scott Smith looks at the life of Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich.

 

Journal Retracts Three Studies Showing Health Risks of Chemical Abortions

This week, Sage publications announced that it was retracting three studies that found that chemical abortions pose health risks. The announcement of the retraction has received a lot of attention, since the studies were used by a judge in 2023 to suspend FDA approval of mifepristone. Michael New joins us with more.

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A Journal Retracts Three Studies Showing Health Risks of Chemical Abortions

Pro-Life Attorneys Block DC From Destroying Full-Term Aborted Babies

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Michael J. New is Assistant Professor of Practice at the Busch School of Business at the Catholic University of America, an Associate Scholar at the Charlotte Lozier Institute, and a Paige Comstock Cunningham Fellow at Americans United for Life.

Who was Anne Catherine Emmerich?

Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich is best known for her visions, detailed in the Dolorous Passion which would later inspire Mel Gibson’s blockbuster film. We get to know more about her life and spirituality with Scott Smith.

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Anne Catherine Emmerich’s Revelations for the Mysteries of the Rosary

Mary and Joseph’s Wedding Ring: Santo Anello and Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich’s Visions

Anne Catherine Emmerich biography 

Mystics of the Church: Anne Catherine Emmerich 

Scott’s website 

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Scott Smith is a Catholic attorney, author and theologian. He's the editor of Pray the Rosary with Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich and author with Fr Joseph Calloway of the Consecration to St Joseph for Children and Families. He hosts the Catholic Nerds podcast. Visit thescottsmithblog.com and follow him on Twitter/X @scottsmith8100
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