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February 2016

February 04, 2016

Can you be pro-life and pro-gun?

Evangelical pastor Rob Schenck criticizes his fellow conservative Christians for being knee-jerk 2nd Amendment supporters,...

February 01, 2016

How Planned Parenthood got its accusers indicted

Reuters has an eye-opening story on what we blogged about earlier, how Planned Parenthood lawyers...

January 2016

January 26, 2016

Freeing the guilty, punishing the innocent

A Texas grand jury investigating Planned Parenthood for organ trafficking exonerated that organization and instead...

January 25, 2016

From pro-abortion to pro-life

Friday was the March for Life, marking the anniversary of Roe v. Wade. To mark...

January 22, 2016

Religious hospitals may refuse to perform procedures against their beliefs

In what may be an important precedent, a California court ruled against a woman who...

January 21, 2016

Planned Parenthood strikes back

Planned Parenthood is suing the people who made those videos exposing the organization's fetal tissue...

January 19, 2016

On Planned Parenthood’s endorsement of Hillary Clinton

As you may have heard, Planned Parenthood has endorsed Hillary Clinton for president, also giving...

January 18, 2016

Hating on Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa, who devoted her life to the service of the poor and the dying, ...

January 04, 2016

The new colonialism

The left continues to condemn colonialism. Western nations taking over "third world" countries was indeed...

December 2015

December 08, 2015

Sexual ethics are part of social justice

Many people, including the Pope, are saying that the church should devote more attention to...

November 2015

November 28, 2015

Planned Parenthood shootings

A gunman attacked a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, killing three people (including a...

November 16, 2015

Supreme Court will rule on how much abortion can be regulated

The Supreme Court will take up its biggest abortion case in 25 years, promising to...

November 02, 2015

China replaces one-child policy with two-child policy

The Chinese Communist party announced that it is lifting its one-child policy, which led to...

October 2015

October 16, 2015

How they got the Planned Parenthood videos

The Washington Post has a fascinating profile of David Daleiden, who insinuated himself into abortionist...

October 02, 2015

Babies are now living before they are legally “viable”

Legally, a fetus is not considered "viable" until 24 weeks, at which time certain protections...

September 2015

September 30, 2015

Christian, Christian-influenced, and anti-Christian

Ross Douthat, a Catholic columnist for the New York Times, has written about the difference...

September 30, 2015

“Editing” embryos

Researchers are crossing the line into direct "editing" of human embryos, amounting to genetically modifying...

September 29, 2015

Exemptions on moral, as well as religious grounds

Religious organizations can get an exemption from Obamacare's birth control mandate. But opposition to contraception...

September 25, 2015

Bill to defund Planned Parenthood failed to pass

All of the Democrats plus 8 Republicans voted against a Senate bill that would defund...

September 23, 2015

Joe Biden says “Abortion Is Always Wrong”

Joe Biden, good Catholic that he is, says that life begins at conception and that...

September 21, 2015

The Carly Fiorina challenge

During the last presidential candidate debate, Carly Fiorina--who has jumped to second place in the...

September 18, 2015

Pro-life initiatives in Congress

Senate Republicans say they will put forward a bill that would ban all abortions after...

September 16, 2015

Planned Parenthood video #10

The 10th undercover video exposing Planned Parenthood's trafficking in the organs of babies they abort...

September 14, 2015

Why Germany is welcoming refugees

Many European countries are dismayed at all of the refugees pouring in from Syria and...

September 02, 2015

Pope will allow priests to forgive abortion

Pope Francis will allow priests to forgive the sin of abortion during the upcoming Holy...

September 01, 2015

The Christian vs. the collective

Anthony Sacramone has a quite brilliant post entitled “There Are Only Two Conceptions of Human...

August 2015

August 28, 2015

ACLU gets Catholic hospital to sterlize a woman

The ACLU threatened to sue a Catholic hospital for refusing to perform a sterilization procedure...

August 26, 2015

Sex selection at fertility clinics

Fertility clinics in the U.S. are offering a service beyond just helping infertile couples conceive...

August 24, 2015

Court removes injunction on Planned Parenthood videos

The court removed an injunction that it had placed on the release of more Planned...

August 21, 2015

Euthanasia keeps expanding

The Netherlands and Belgium legalized euthanasia a number of years ago. Originally, the idea was...