Choosing Human
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Abortion
Crisis Magazine: Abortion is the Real Assault on Women
Brave New Us: The Domino Effect: Roe Falls. What Else Goes?
Brave New Us: Is the Fetus a Parasite?
Brave New Us: The One Question Mission from the Abortion Debate
FemCatholic - Abortion and Maternal Health
Word on Fire - Women Deserve Better than Abortion
Artificial Wombs
Public Discourse: Artificial Wombs, Artificial Love
FemCatholic - Could Artificial Wombs End Abortion?
FemCatholic - Are Artificial Wombs the Future of Reproduction?
Bioethics
Crisis: Does Genetic Prenatal Testing Actually Put Babies at Risk?
OSV: Designer Babies and Genetic Editing: Guidelines for Catholics
Brave New Us Newsletter on Substack
Brave New Us: The Ethics of Human Composting
Grotto Network - 5 Questions to Ask Before Testing Your Ancestry DNA
Brave New Us: I Gave Birth Alone in the Pandemic
Contraception
Catholic Review: Why OTC Birth Control Pills Are Dangerous to Women and Girls
Brave New Us: When Contraception is Actually Abortion (And Why Your Doctor Doesn’t Know)
Brave New Us: Should the Church Allow Abortifacient Contraceptives for ‘Medical Reasons’?
Natural Womanhood: That Time When Hormonal Contraceptives Almost Killed Me
Culture
Crisis: RFK and the Silencing of Debate
Brave New Us: Is the Culture Toxic?
Our Sunday Visitor: Why Are So Many Celebrities Embracing Catholicism?
Our Sunday Visitor: Maintaining Joy in a Culture of Death
Crisis: Are We All Fundamentally Good?
Our Sunday Visitor: Disney Reaches New Lows
Crisis Magazine: Huxley’s Brave New World Is Here
Radiant: Finding Real Happiness in a Success-Driven Culture
Embryonic Research
Brave New Us: Researchers Create Synthetic Embryos
Our Sunday Visitor: Why Embryonic and Fetal Tissue Research is the Next Prolife Frontier
Gender
OSV: How to Help a Child Struggling with Gender Identity
Brave New Us: Why is Planned Parenthood Offering Gender Transition?
Brave New Us: The Unchangeable Reality of Biological Sex
Our Sunday Visitor: What Does the Church Teach about Gender Identity?
Health
Brave New Us: How I Healed My Hashimoto’s and Transformed My Life
Brave New Us: Is Ozempic a Miracle Drug, or Are Americans Just Fat, Lazy, and Gullible?
Brave New Us: I Thought I Was Dying—Here’s What I Learned
Catholic Mom: Do You Want to Be Healed?
Homeschooling
Today’s Catholic Homeschooling - How I Plan My Homeschool Year
Today’s Catholic Homeschooling - How to Homeschool with Littles
Today’s Catholic Homeschooling - How to Discern Homeschooling in 7 Easy Steps
Today’s Catholic Homeschooling - 6 Reasons Why We Homeschool
Catholic Mom - The BEST Homeschool Subscription Boxes
Marriage and Motherhood
Catholic Mom - Ignatian Wisdom for Moms
Catholic Mom - A Spirituality of Homemaking
Catholic Mom - The Art of Allure in Marriage
Catholic Mom - Four Ways to Sanctify Your Screen Time
Catholic Mom - Our Family Prayer Routine with Littles
Radiant - Keeping the Romance Alive Amidst the Pitter Patter of Little Feet
FemCatholic - We Need a Theology of Motherhood
FemCatholic - Dismantling the ‘Just a Mom’ Myth
The Catholic Woman - What I’ve Learned from Becoming a Stay-at-Home-Mom
Mary
Blessed Is She - The Disastrous Mysteries of the Rosary
Our Sunday Visitor - Learning to Love Mary as a Convert
Catholic Mom - Seven Ways to Pray the Family Rosary
Prayer and Discernment
Blessed Is She - Cultivating the Garden of Our Souls
Blessed Is She - A New Year’s Habit: How to Start Bible Journaling
Blessed Is She - Praying Through the Hustle and Bustle of the Holidays
Blessed Is She - Using Negative Feelings In Discernment
Radiant - How to Study the Bible the Catholic Way
Blessed Is She - How Questioning My Faith Opened the Way to Knowing Jesus
Catholic Women in Business - 5 Ways Ignatian Wisdom Can Help You Cultivate Work/Life Balance
Catholic Women in Business - Letting Go of Perfectionism by Embracing Weakness
Catholic Women in Business - 7 Virtues for the Workplace
Catholic Women in Business - 6 Hallmarks of Catholic Mentorship
LMU Magazine - “The Value of the Stick” (print interview, Summer 2010)
Los Angeles Loyolan - “Losing the Ability to Be Lost” (print)
Millennial Journal - Mercy for the Outcast: The Story God Wants Told
LMU Magazine - For and With (print, Winter 2020)
Reproductive Technologies
Public Discourse: The Egg Freezing Industry’s False Promises
Public Discourse: Elon Musk and the Reproductive Revolution
Brave New Us: Pope Francis’s Denunciation of Surrogacy Sparks Media Frenzy
Catholic Review: Postmortem Conception is No ‘Miracle’
Our Sunday Visitor: Netflix’s ‘Our Father’ Grapples with the Perils of Artificial Insemination
Our Sunday Visitor: Prohibition Isn’t Punitive: Understand the Catholic Church’s Stance on IVF
FemCatholic - Why Surrogacy Is a Social Justice Issue
Current Projects
Choosing Human Newsletter (2019-present)
Brave New Us Podcast (2020-present)
CatholicMom.com - Contributor (2019-present)
Crisis Magazine - Contributor (2022-present)
Our Sunday Visitor - Contributor (2021-present)
Public Discourse - Guest Contributor (2023-present)
Past Projects
Paul Ramsey Fellow, Center for Bioethics and Culture (2023-2025)
Blessed Is She - Guest Blog Contributor (2019-2025)
Grow Where You’re Planted YouTube Channel (2023-2025)
Christus Ministries - Lenten/Advent Reflection Contributor (2016-2025)
FemCatholic - Contributor (2019-2020)
Mama Prays Podcast (2020-2025)
Radiant Magazine (2024)
Spirituality of the Ordinary - Creator and Editor