Category: Life Issues & Bioethics

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Weekly Wits: 5/17/13

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At The Heart of The Matter
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At The Heart of The Matter

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Hope springs eternal, and sometimes our hope is rewarded. In the case of the murder trial of the abortionist Kermit Gosnell, the hope was not only that he be tried and convicted for his heinous crimes, but that the national media would rise above its prejudices and actually report on his murder trial. As to […]

Making Matters Worse
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Making Matters Worse

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“Is Traditional Marriage Toast?” That question recently caught my attention as the heading of an article in the neo-conservative Weekly Standard. The answer was either “very possibly” (a subhead attached to the piece) or “probably not” (an objective reading would suggest that). Take your pick. Be not afraid. Marriage and family life won’t vanish, given […]

The Pope, a Cardinal, and Courageous Deeds
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The Pope, a Cardinal, and Courageous Deeds

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The past few days have revealed an emerging trend which should be heartening to faithful Catholics who have for so long yearned for good news. In Boston, a scandal erupted when Boston College extended an invitation to the pro-abortion prime minister of Ireland, Enda Kenny. Students for Life launched the “Not at BC” campaign, stating, […]

 Human Embryos Created by Cloning in Oregon
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Human Embryos Created by Cloning in Oregon

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Once induced pluripotent stem cells hit the scene, human cloning slowly faded away. Why clone embryos with human eggs (exploiting women in the process) to get “patient-specific” embryonic stem cells when you can just take an adult cell and reprogram it back to an embryonic-like state? No eggs, no cloning, no creating and destroying embryos.But […]

The Incremental Approach to Taxpayor Funded Abortion for All
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The Incremental Approach to Taxpayor Funded Abortion for All

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Abortion groups are using the tragic circumstances of rape to advance their cause: unrestricted abortion for all. They rely on the reluctance of members of Congress to speak out against abortion in the case of rape. Events during the last election cycle, where candidates statements on rape were used to help defeat them, has contributed […]

Homosexuality and the Theology of the Body Part I
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Homosexuality and the Theology of the Body Part I

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Polls show that most young people today, even those who identify themselves as Christians, have no problem with “same-sex marriage.” If young people today are at all aware of what the Catholic Church teaches about marriage and human sexuality, what they think they know is often only a caricature of the truth. They see it as […]

Kermit Gosnell Convicted of First-Degree Murder
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Kermit Gosnell Convicted of First-Degree Murder

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A Philadelphia jury has found late-term abortionist Kermit Gosnell guilty of murdering three of four babies in his capital murder trial. He is also guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the 2009 abortion death of Karnamaya Mongar, a 41-year-old legal immigrant who died when his untrained staff administered an overdose of sedatives. The jury found Gosnell […]

Pope Surprises 40,000 Italian Pro-Lifers, Joins March for Life
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Pope Surprises 40,000 Italian Pro-Lifers, Joins March for Life

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Pope Francis surprised about 40,000 Italian and international participants in today’s Marcia per la Vita (March for Life) Internazionale in Rome this morning, when he left the Apostolic Palace to greet them personally from his popemobile in the street where they were lined up. Monsignore Ignacio Barreiro, the head of the Rome office of Human […]

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Motherhood Has Become a Cultural Anomaly!

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In this era of motherhood by choice, we confront an oddity that I could never have imagined would occur in my lifetime. It becomes much more evident at this special time of year when we honor our mothers and express our sincere appreciation for the sacrifices they made for us during our childhood and beyond. […]

Naming the Gosnell Babies
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Naming the Gosnell Babies

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The trial of abortionist Kermit Gosnell is about much more than the man himself. In a painful way, it brings America face to face with abortion, which, as the defense argued, is “bloody” and “real.” For those who have had abortions, it brings them again in touch with a pain that is never really far […]

Great Expectations
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Great Expectations

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The Huffington Post must have known the publication of “My Wife Is Expecting Twins and I Am Not Happy About It” would cause waves. Tsunami-level waves, where people were aghast to read paragraphs like this one: Two blessings, two bundles of joy. How could you not be happy, you ask? Of course I’m sympathetic to […]

Plan B and Your Fifteen Year Old
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Plan B and Your Fifteen Year Old

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A few days ago the FDA announced its decision to lower the age for access to over-the-counter emergency birth control from 17 to 15. It used to be that if minors needed speed-dial abortions they would have to see a doctor for a prescription. Since most minors can’t get to the doctor without a parent being […]

Desiring Human Acceptance
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Desiring Human Acceptance

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On a number of occasions I have written about the loneliness of disability. I suppose readers might be apt to think loneliness is not unique to people with severe disabilities, and they are right. Most lonely people are not disabled. You don’t even need to be alone to be lonely; a person can be lonely in a crowded […]

UN Delegates Grow Weary of Abortion Agenda
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UN Delegates Grow Weary of Abortion Agenda

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Late-night fatigue dogged UN delegates last Friday as abortion advocates had overstayed their welcome. A resolution on migration stalled all week and no one even cheered when it finally passed. Proponents of abortion and sexual rights stifled debate at this year’s Commission on Population and Development, known as CPD46. While the commission addressed something as […]

Are Gosnell's Coldblooded Acts a Logical Result?
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Are Gosnell’s Coldblooded Acts a Logical Result?

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Where did actions such as those taken by abortionist Kermit Gosnell begin? Is there a logical explanation for practices that reflect such a callous disregard for human life? According to Bishop James Conley, of the diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska, the philosophy of “choice” is the culprit. His recent column has exposed a pivotal piece of the puzzle […]

Killing Embryos for Science 'Demeans' the Humanity of Researchers
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Killing Embryos for Science ‘Demeans’ the Humanity of Researchers

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Researchers who justify the killing of human beings at the embryonic stage “demean” themselves and diminish their own humanity, an American ethicist told LifeSiteNews.com at the Vatican’s stem cell conference last month. By willingly participating in an evil, even to bring about a great good like cures for diseases, “You demean yourself, you make yourself […]

UN Leaders Lament 20-Year Failure to Advance Abortion
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UN Leaders Lament 20-Year Failure to Advance Abortion

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The self-styled “master planner” of a 1990s landmark population conference last week lamented the failure to subsequently advance reproductive rights, often a code for abortion. Tossing aside her prepared speech, former UN Population Fund chief Nafis Sadik revealed she used donations to enable activists to be on government delegations to the 1994 Cairo conference. Cairo […]

Dr. Kermit Gosnell - Philadelphia Clinic
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FOX News to Air Hour-Long Special on Gosnell’s “House of Horrors”

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The mainstream media has done an excellent job of completely ignoring the trial of Kermit Gosnell. As everyone knows by now, Gosnell was the Philadelphia abortionist famous for “snipping the spines” of newborns who happened to survive his efforts to abort them. The state health authorities ignored his clinic for 17 long years. Then one […]

Whatever the Verdict in This Case, the Fact is Gosnell Killed Babies
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Whatever the Verdict in This Case, the Fact is Gosnell Killed Babies

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Having sat in the Gosnell courtroom and followed this drama from the beginning, I am confident in saying that there is no outcome to the Gosnell case that is not sad and tragic. What is beyond dispute is that Dr. Kermit Gosnell has been deeply involved in an industry that is the most destructive and […]

Pres. Ronald Reagan
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Ronald Reagan: Same-Sex Marriage Advocate?

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Reagan was silent on same-sex marriage, as was everyone of his generation.

European Leaders Use Laws of War to Pressure US to Fund Abortions in Africa
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European Leaders Use Laws of War to Pressure US to Fund Abortions in Africa

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European leaders pressing President Obama to fund African abortions argue that a novel interpretation of laws governing war should trump US restrictions on abortion funding. To make their case, they are elevating the views of a few experts from a different body of law—human rights. The Europeans recently criticized the US restrictions “in situations of […]

'Flush it' Down the Toilet
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‘Flush it’ Down the Toilet

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The title of this article actually comes from a quote from an abortion facility employee in Bronx, New York. The live report came out thanks to the heroic efforts of the LIVE ACTION team of undercover investigators. Such reports prove again that surgical abortion is a direct act that employs the use of tools used […]

Obama’s Planned Parenthood Love Fest
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Obama’s Planned Parenthood Love Fest

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“I love you!” shouted one of the rapturous faithful at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington. “I love you back,” responded the proud recipient, President Barack Obama. The uncontrollable adulation, the outpouring of genuine love, he said, was making him blush. Obama regretted to the ladies that he had missed their “party” the night […]