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How Effective Are Condoms Against Pregnancy?

By HLI Staff / July 1, 2022 /
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The use of condoms is considered normal, almost compulsory, for many people engaging in sex today, whether married or unmarried. Of course, pro-lifers and Catholics oppose this unnatural device on the moral level. It not only disrupts the mechanism of transmitting human life in the most direct way possible; it also encourages promiscuity with false promises of…

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Male and Female Sterilization

By HLI Staff / April 22, 2022 /

“Blessed are the wombs that never bore.”   The End of Generation Sterilization is, in one sense, the epitome of anti-life activities, the crowning legacy of people like Margaret Sanger, Marie Stopes, and other eugenicists. This is because it fully achieves the end that those activists hoped for: removal of the generative capacities of human…

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Georgina’s Marriage Rescued from Contraception

By HLI Staff / April 19, 2022 /

Now this Tanzanian family is healthy, happy, and open to life. Ladislaus and Georgina were so happy in their first few years of marriage. But after they had their second child, everything changed. A population control clinic in Tanzania told them two children was plenty. They said they would be richer and healthier with a…

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Nurse Trained by HLI Rwanda Reversed Natalie’s Abortion Just in Time

By HLI Staff / April 12, 2022 /

When Natalie was tricked into taking an abortion pill, our pro-life education program saved the day. Natalie looked her dean in the eye and told him the truth: She’d been missing classes because of morning sickness. She and her boyfriend, another student, were expecting a child. In Rwanda, an out-of-wedlock pregnancy is a disgrace. Natalie…

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Watch a Video about Pro-life Work in Miami

By HLI Staff / April 5, 2022 /
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Our missionary Adriana shares stories about her experiences counseling moms to choose life. Nine years ago, Adriana of HLI Miami got a call she never expected. “Can you help me get an abortion?” Adriana almost dropped the phone. She never thought she’d get that question working at a pro-life center! She did some quick thinking…

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Clinic Worker Quits Pushing Contraception Thanks to Pro-Life Talk in Zimbabwe

By HLI Staff / March 8, 2022 /
Viola holding her new baby

After her pro-life conversion, Viola went to work at a prenatal center and welcomed another child into her family. Before our donors changed her life, Viola was an unwitting agent of the culture of death. She was Catholic, but didn’t know contraception was wrong. She handed out condoms and injected women with Depo-Provera as part…

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Baby Attila is Alive Today Thanks to our Donors’ Support for HLI Hungary

By HLI Staff / March 1, 2022 /

When a pro-life judge took a brave risk to stop an abortion, we stepped up to help save the child. The story was all over the news in Hungary. According to the media, a local judge was forcing Judith to have a child against her will. HLI missionary Dr. Imre saw her on TV. She…

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HLI Bioethics Library Gave Fr. Joby a Magnet to Win Souls for Christ

By HLI Staff / February 8, 2022 /
Fr. Joby studying in the HLI Bioethics Library

Church teaching on life and family is a powerful evangelization tool when our donors train priests to use it. When Fr. Joby came to study in Rome, he brought a big goal: build a pro-life culture by growing the Church in India. Christians are a minority in India. To make disciples of this nation, priests…

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University Student Turned Pro-Life Thanks to Training Our Donors Gave Local Seminarians

By HLI Staff / February 1, 2022 /
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Joy’s 180 ° conversion at the Nigeria March for Life made her a pro-life witness to her peers. When Joy stepped out of her dorm in the morning, she was a pro-abortion progressive. When she came back that afternoon, she was a passionate pro-lifer committed to living chastely. What happened in the middle was the…

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A Christmas Message from HLI President Fr. Shenan J. Boquet

By HLI Staff / December 24, 2021 /

Dear Friends, A very merry Christmas to you and your family! Thank you for all you’ve done to prepare the world for the coming of Christ. This year, you’ve helped so many families welcome a child, just as Mary and Joseph welcomed Jesus. What an incredible birthday gift for our Savior! I’m praying for you…

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