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Eastman vs. Sumner for Alaska House: Here’s where they stand

AbortionAugust 6, 2020

In the race for the Alaska House seat in District 10 (Wasilla), the Alaska Watchman is not making any endorsements. In order to give voters a better idea of how the candidates differ, we sent questions to both incumbent Rep. David Eastman and his Republican

Alaska AG joins brief asking U.S. Supreme Court to uphold 15-week abortion ban

AbortionAugust 4, 2020

Alaska Attorney General Kevin Clarkson joined 17 other attorneys general from across the country in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold Mississippi’s ban on so-called non-emergency abortions done after 15 weeks. Mississippi’s law prohibits abortions

Murkowski won’t confirm 2020 Trump nominees for Supreme Court

AbortionAugust 3, 2020

Sen. Lisa Murkowski said she would not vote to confirm a Supreme Court nominee by President Trump in the final months before the national election. Murkowski told The Hill that voting for a Trump nominee would create a “double standard” given that

Prayer demonstrations to occur outside Alaska abortion mills

AbortionAugust 3, 2020

A group of Catholics will gather at the Soldotna Planned Parenthood abortion clinic later today to pray for righteous government, law and order and pro-life protections for the unborn. Organized by members of the national organization, American Society for

The bizarre inconsistency of our Catholic bishops

AbortionJuly 25, 2020

In these days of Alphabet Madness (COVID, LGBTQ, BLM, CHAZ), many Catholic bishops of the Western world fall lockstep into bizarre inconsistencies. Despite their oft-displayed role as shepherds with their mitre-and-crook and ceremonial affairs, many often

Pro-life Alaskans invited to run in ‘Virtual 5K for Life’

AbortionJuly 22, 2020

The event may be virtual, but the running is for real. FYNDout Free Pregnancy Center, a pro-life outreach in Fairbanks, is holding a virtual run for life on Aug. 22 to help raise funds for its pro-life outreach. The pregnancy center has operated in Fairbanks

Rep. Gary Knopp defends his pro-abortion stance in radio interview

AbortionJuly 17, 2020

Rep. Gary Knopp, R-Kenai/Soldotna is weathering a tough primary campaign to retain his seat in the Alaska State House. His conservative credentials are suspect after breaking with fellow Republicans to create a bi-partisan majority coalition in Juneau which

Alaska Planned Parenthood brags on gender hormone and abortion services in 2019

AbortionJuly 13, 2020

The Planned Parenthood chapter that oversees four abortion clinics in Alaska is celebrating its perceived successes over the past year. This includes the death of thousands of unborn babies through abortion and the delivery of powerful hormones to make people

Supreme Court ruling is déjà vu all over again for pro-lifers

AbortionJune 29, 2020

The 5-4 Supreme Court June v. Russo decision to strike down a Louisiana law mandating basic medical safeguards in the event of abortion complications was utterly predictable. This column could have been written months ago when Alabama, Louisiana, Ohio and a

‘Can we ever pull the weed of racism out?

CultureJune 10, 2020

Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin’s murder of George Floyd has caused us once again as a culture, a country and as a community to reel back and contemplate how this kind of evil can still be in our midst. For a police officer with 17 complaints

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