Tag: "abortion"

Knights of Columbus Battle Abortion Insurance Mandate of Wash. State
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Knights of Columbus Battle Abortion Insurance Mandate of Wash. State

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  Need a little dose of humility?  Try testifying before a legislative committee in Olympia, Washington chaired by condescending Senator, Karen Keiser.  Want to be humbled?  Get reprimanded by this same pro-abortion Senator calling herself a Lutheran Christian, who co-sponsored the redefinition of marriage bill, and who has been homesteading in the legislature for 16 […]

Abortion's Hard Case Exceptions
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Abortion’s Hard Case Exceptions

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When it comes to the hot-button issue of abortion, there are some questions that make even the staunchest pro-lifer uncomfortable:  What do you say to the woman who finds herself pregnant due to rape?  What do you do with the adolescent girl who is impregnated by her father, brother, or uncle?  What if it was […]

Abortion: A Private Matter Between a Woman and Her…Vending Machine?
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Abortion: A Private Matter Between a Woman and Her…Vending Machine?

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At Shippensburg University, female students who hook-up for drunken sex on Saturday will find it easy to dispose of just-conceived babies on Monday or Tuesday. A quick trip to the vending machine is all it takes. Easy. Kind of like buying a bag of Doritos. Women who wake up in unfamiliar beds or sober up […]

Abortion: There’s an App for That
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Abortion: There’s an App for That

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I know it’s cliché, but bear with me. I have a point to make. Whole Woman’s Health that operates in Texas and Maryland is proud to announce the launch of an “app.” They officially launched a new mobile website in January so women can make appointments for abortions and learn about their services more easily. This […]

Just Imagine
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Just Imagine

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Humor me for a moment and just imagine if the following purely fictional (at least as of this writing) HHS press release was issued: Affordable Care Act Ensures Elders Receive End-of-Life Services at No Additional Cost WASHINGTON—The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today that it is adopting additional Guidelines for Elder Care […]

Seeing Pink
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Seeing Pink

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For the past several years, it is positively maddening to shop during the month of October.  I really do love the color pink—in roses especially, and we had a pink living room once, and of course both of our girls went through the pink princess stage—but seeing those pink ribbons, pink Cheerios boxes, balloons, NFL […]

The Three Deadliest Words in the World: “It’s a Girl!”
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The Three Deadliest Words in the World: “It’s a Girl!”

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It’s a Girl: The Three Deadliest Words in the World is a documentary on the 200 million missing girls in the world today. Aborted, killed after birth or abandoned because they are girls. Deeply-rooted prejudice against girls and ill-conceived government policies against human beings produced this mass slaughter. I haven’t seen the film, but it’s […]

Amelia Rivera, the Disabled and the Sanctity of Life
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Amelia Rivera, the Disabled and the Sanctity of Life

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Recently, local media covered the story of Amelia Rivera, a young girl with Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome reportedly denied a kidney transplant by a local hospital. Amelia’s syndrome results in serious developmental delays, and according to her parents, the hospital declined a transplant due to her diminished mental ability and shortened lifespan. It’s unwise to assume that […]

Komen Cuts Ties to Planned Parenthood, Embryonic Stem Cell Research
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Komen Cuts Ties to Planned Parenthood, Embryonic Stem Cell Research

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For years, several Susan G. Komen for the Cure affiliates have given Planned Parenthood over half a million dollars in grants every year. Last year that amount was roughly $680,000 and $580,000 the year before. Now, the Nation’s largest breast cancer awareness organization says it will officially end its financial support for the Nation’s largest […]

Senator Marco Rubio Introduces Bill to Overturn HHS Mandate
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Senator Marco Rubio Introduces Bill to Overturn HHS Mandate

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The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty applauds Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) for introducing a bill protecting the conscience of millions of individuals against the Obama Administration’s abortion-drug mandate. Unlike other pending bills that address conscience issues, Senator Rubio’s bill—The Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 2012—is narrowly focused and establishes a firm religious exemption in the […]

I Shouldn’t Have Waited for the Bishops
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I Shouldn’t Have Waited for the Bishops

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Are you like me? Reading the coverage of the HHS mandate for insurance to cover contraception and sterilization and wondering why the bishops are only now speaking out against it when citizens have been forced to pay taxes that fund contraception, sterilization and even abortion for a long time. “Hey, it’s about time!” Yes, this mandate […]

Corporations Must Stop Commidification of the Unborn
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Corporations Must Stop Commidification of the Unborn

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January 23 is a day that will forever live in the hearts and minds of pro-life Americans, people from all corners of the United States gather in Washington D.C. for the March for Life. Most media outlets barely reported on the annual March, but instead went on a slaughter frenzy of a little-known Republican State […]

Federal Court Upholds Texas Sonogram Law
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Federal Court Upholds Texas Sonogram Law

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On January 10, 2012, the United States 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in Texas Medical Providers Performing Abortion Services, et al. v. David Lakey, et al. vacated the preliminary injunction order of the federal district court in Austin, Texas that prohibited the enforcement of parts of the Texas Woman’s Right to Know Act (H.B. 15), […]

Shock Over Massachusetts Forced Abortion Order A Positive Sign
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Shock Over Massachusetts Forced Abortion Order A Positive Sign

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Earlier this month, a 32-year-old pregnant woman, known only as Mary Moe, narrowly avoided being subjected to a forced abortion and sterilization–at the hands of her own parents. The story has outraged thousands on either side of the political aisle. Moe, who suffers from schizophrenia and bipolar mood disorder, was being treated in a Massachusetts […]

Twin Decisions
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Twin Decisions

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I was a student at Saint Louis University School of Law when I learned of the Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v.Wade. It was in a class taught by the late Gerald T. Dunne. Dunne was a biographer of Supreme Court Justices Joseph Story and Hugo Black; he was a decorated Navy veteran of World War II (Silver […]

Reverberations of Roe v. Wade Go Far Beyond Abortion
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Reverberations of Roe v. Wade Go Far Beyond Abortion

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Thirty-nine years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, in Roe v. Wade, that the laws outlawing abortion in Texas were unconstitutional because a woman had a right to privacy, guaranteed by the Constitution.  Suddenly, the unborn had no legal protection in the United States.  But Roe v. Wade did not just deny legal protection to […]

The Clarity of Clare
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The Clarity of Clare

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Every parent should consider their child a gift and a miracle, because every human life is an unrepeatable, absolutely incredible, physical manifestation of God’s image and His love in this world. Our daughter Clare is a miracle because of that truth; but there’s something even more miraculous about her story that merits repeating. In this […]

When Life is Alienable
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When Life is Alienable

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It’s like peeling up the edge of tape. The instant a society places more value on some human lives than others, it’s only a matter of time until that edge has been picked, pried and yanked enough to leave unsuspecting people grieving and wondering what happened to their right to life, liberty and the pursuit […]

Today's Struggle for Human Rights
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Today’s Struggle for Human Rights

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In America, today commemorates the life of the great civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He was one of those moral giants God raised up to guide a nation toward a new stage in its collective moral development. Like Abraham Lincoln, William Lloyd Garrison, and others, he played a pivotal role in opening […]

Kill Them in the Cradle
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Kill Them in the Cradle

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I suffered a sneak attack last week while sitting at the head table for a dinner at Providence’s prestigious Hope Club (my husband Toshi was the evening’s speaker). Surrounded by the grandeur of the old place (still Christmas-clad) and enjoying a good meal, I was happy to be placed between a Navy fighter pilot getting […]

It's More Than Talk
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It’s More Than Talk

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It is a constant chant from those who would like the defenders of unborn life to disappear, and leave them undisturbed in their killing. “Your concern for life does not go any further than the uterus.” “All you want is to stop the abortion, and then you abandon the mother.” “You don’t care about the […]

Special Education – “Spirituality” In Our Public Schools?
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Special Education – “Spirituality” In Our Public Schools?

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I heard a fantastic homily awhile back – well, the first part of it anyway.  Father’s initial comments set me on a train of thought that I will pass along in the body of the article.  Father asked us to contemplate the incredible gifts that God has given us.  He pointed out that we humans […]

Spain’s New Government Remains Curiously Silent on Defense of Traditional Values
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Spain’s New Government Remains Curiously Silent on Defense of Traditional Values

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It was predictable that Spain’s parliamentary elections last November would end in victory for Spain’s conservative People’s Party after the abject failure of the Spanish Socialist Party in combating rising unemployment and languid economic growth during the economic crisis. Similarly, it was thought to be predictable that a conservative victory would yield major gains for […]

How You Can Help Save Lives in 2012
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How You Can Help Save Lives in 2012

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The first 40 Days for Life campaign of 2012 is set for February 22 – April 1 and if you’re interested in leading this life-saving outreach in your community, it’s time to apply! By early indications, this is going to be a very exciting 40 Days for Life. Applications have already been pouring in from […]