THE HUMAN LIFE REVIEW THE HUMAN LIFE REVIEW FALL 2020 VOLUME XLVI, N VOLUME XLVI, 2020 FALL THE HUMAN LIFE REVIEW VOLUME XLVI No. 4 ◆ FALL 2020 ◆ FEATURED IN THIS ISSUE◆ William Murchison on THE NOT-SO-NOTORIOUS R.B.G. I have observed that in contemporary society young people expect to Lyle R. Strathman on schedule each child. Children are admitted only when certain gains A CASE FOR THE REVOCATION OF ROE V. WADE have been made, and goals have been reached. The couple has a long period of living together: working, traveling, going out to dinner. Victor Lee Austin writes And then there is a wedding. Along with focus on work, there are ON TWINNING lattes and robust, healthy dogs. It is only after some deliberation that Diane Moriarty on a child arrives. When the child does come, he or she has the benefit ARTIFICIAL WOMBS AND THE AWKWARD MOMENT OF TRUTH of car seats and sunscreen, of bike helmets and reading intervention and allergy testing, but maybe not of siblings. William Doino Jr. on FINDING DOROTHY DAY (PART II) Cecile Thompson, “A Single Woman, Her Brother, and Large Families” Peter Pavia on MY PILGRIM’S PROGRESS Edward Short on RECYCLING MARXISM FOR THE CONTINUING ASSAULT ON FAMILY ◆ ALSO IN THIS ISSUE◆ Film/Booknotes: Jason Morgan reviews How to Grow a Human: Adventures in How We Are Made and Who We Are by Philip Ball Wesley J. Smith reviews The Coming Good Society: Why New Realities Demand New Rights by William F. Schulz and Sushma Raman Destiny Herndon-De La Rosa reviews the filmUnpregnant From the HLR Website: Ellen Wilson Fielding • Mary Kay Barket • Tara Jernigan • Cecile Thompson o . 4 Appendices: Gerald E. Murray • Rita L. Marker THE HUMAN LIFE FOUNDATION, INC. ◆ NEW YORK, NEW YORK $10.00 PER COPY SUBSCRIPTIONS AND BOUND VOLUMES ABOUT THIS ISSUE . SUBSCRIPTIONS: THE HUMAN LIFE REVIEW ACCEPTS . 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Is there anyone alive not anxious to say goodbye and good riddance to 2020? And yet, sweethearts got married, babies arrived, families found that quarantine caused deeper connections. As we complete 46 years of publishing, we wish all our readers renewed trust and hope for better days ahead. MARIA MCFADDEN MAFFUCCI EDITOR IN CHIEF THE HUMAN LIFE REVIEW the HUMAN LIFE REVIEW Fall 2020 Vol. XLVI, No. 4 Editor in Chief Introduction . 2 Maria McFadden Maffucci Anne Conlon Editor Anne Conlon The Not-So-Notorious R.B.G. Senior Editors William Murchison . 5 Ellen Wilson Fielding A Case for the Revocation of Roe v. Wade William Murchison Lyle R. Strathman . 10 Mary Meehan Managing Editor On Twinning Christina Angelopoulos Victor Lee Austin . 15 Contributors Artificial Wombs and the Awkward James Hitchcock Moment of Truth Mary Kenny Rita L. Marker Diane Moriarty . 25 William McGurn Finding Dorothy Day (Part II) George McKenna William Doino Jr. 33 David Quinn Wesley J. Smith My Pilgrim’s Progress Business Manager Peter Pavia . 43 Rose Flynn DeMaio Recycling Marxism for the Continuing Production Assistant Assault on the Family Ida Paz Edward Short . 53 Founding Editors J.P. McFadden Film/Booknotes . 65 Faith Abbott McFadden Jason Morgan Wesley J. Smith Destiny Herndon-De La Rosa Published by The Human Life Foundation, Inc. Editorial Office, 271 Madison Av- From the HLR Website . 82 enue, Room 1005, New York, N.Y. 10016. Phone: (212) 685-5210. The editors will Ellen Wilson Fielding consider all manuscripts submitted, but as- sume no responsibility for unsolicited ma- Mary Kay Barket terial. Editorial and subscription inquiries, Tara Jernigan and requests for reprint permission should be sent directly to our editorial office. Sub- Cecile Thompson scription price: $40 per year; Canada and other foreign countries: $60 (U.S. curren- Appendices . 93 cy). ISSN 0097-9783. Gerald E. Murray ©2020 by The Human Life Foundation, Rita L.