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September 2026

September 16, 2026

MA Enacts Law Allowing Abortion at any Stage of Pregnancy

Hilarion to his sister Alis, heartiest greetings... I beg and beseech you to take care...

July 2025

July 29, 2025

Largest Abortion Clinic in this Hemisphere Shuts Down

Prevention Park Health Center, the largest abortion facility in the Western hemisphere, is closing its...

July 02, 2025

Life Begins at Conception – But It Doesn’t End at Birth

How many people do you have to kill before you're not pro life anymore? How...

November 2022

November 14, 2022

I Knew the Election Would Be Close. Here’s How I Figured It Out.

I’ve been watching talking heads “explain” the election results for days now. I get the...

June 2022

June 24, 2022

Supremes Overturn Roe. Read the Full Decision Here.

The Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade today. I've linked to the full decision so...

April 2022

April 21, 2022

Being Pro Life Means Helping Women.

The moral underpinning of the pro life movement has nothing to do with punishing women....

March 2022

March 11, 2022

I am Pro Life.

I am pro life. I have marched and demonstrated for several things in my life,...

October 2021

October 12, 2021

Abortion Kills a Child. That’s Why I Oppose It.

I oppose abortion for one reason: Abortion kills a living child. That’s it. I don’t...

February 2021

February 12, 2021

Abortion Kills a Child. That’s Why It’s Wrong.

Every so often, I feel the need to go back to the basic tenet —...

October 2020

October 14, 2020

The Court Should Overturn Roe. We Need to Move Forward.

Senator Gary Peters did something I never indulged in during all my years in public...

September 2020

September 23, 2020

I hope Trump Nominates Amy Coney Barrett.

I hope that Trump nominates Amy Coney Barrett for the Supreme Court. Based on what...

August 2020

August 19, 2020

We Can’t Overturn Roe Unless We Face Political Reality.

The definition of insanity is to keep on doing the same thing over and over...

June 2020

June 10, 2020

5 Pro Life Votes: The Supremes can Overturn Roe Now.

I want to talk for a moment about the fight for the right to life...

May 2020

May 26, 2020

Abortion Kills a Baby. McCorvey’s Confession and User Preachers Don’t Change That.

FX is airing a documentary called AKA Roe. In this documentary, Norma McCorvey, the “Roe”...

May 25, 2020

Abortion is Wrong . Rape is Wrong for the Same Reasons.

I oppose legal abortion because abortion kills a human being. That is the only reason...

April 2020

April 21, 2020

Will the Supremes Overturn Roe?

draft. The Supreme Court has the votes to overturn Roe. There is a case before...

April 10, 2020

Jesus was not God on Good Friday. He was us. That is the Scandal of the Cross.

My colleague Mary Pezzulo routinely writes posts of galvanizing courage. She is not afraid to...

January 2020

January 28, 2020

ProLife Dems: “The Dem Platform Says We Don’t Belong”

Kristen Day holds one of the most thankless positions around. She’s the Executive Director...

January 22, 2020

This is Our House. I Won’t Be Part of Burning It Down.

I just published a post which made it clear that I am not going to...

January 22, 2020

Sorry Mr Bishop. I’m Not Going to Let You Vote Me.

There’s more to being a legislator than casting votes. Most of the things you...

January 10, 2020

Rape is the Twin Brother of Abortion. Oppose Them Both.

We should overturn Roe v Wade. Abortion, except to save the life of the mother...

October 2018

October 24, 2018

Is Your Family Physician the New Doctor Death?

Do you really want to go to a doctor who can kill you and get away with...

January 2018

January 20, 2018

President Trump’s Week Marked by Strong Pro Life Actions

President Donald Trump made pro life history this week. He gave a speech addressing the annual...

January 19, 2018

Bishop Withdraws From March for Life Over AG’s Death Penalty Support

Bishop Anthony Taylor of Little Rock Arkanas recently announced that he would not attend the...

January 26, 2017

Come On News Folk, Cover the March for Life

Every year we march. Tens of thousands of us march for life in the cold...

January 23, 2017

44th March for Life is this Friday. Be There or Be Square.

The 44th Annual March for Life will take place in Washington, DC this Friday. Kellyanne...

August 2016

August 24, 2016

They’re Opening an Abortion Clinic Next to My Parish Church

An abortion clinic is opening just a couple of blocks from my church. I wrote...

April 2016

April 29, 2016

My First Wobbly Post Cancer Post, and It’s About Little g gods.

This post for Catholic Vote was the first post I wrote after being away so...

November 2015

November 04, 2015

Misogyny 1, Girl Athletes 0. Where are the Feminists?

Where have all the feminists gone? It appears they've gone to political correctness, save for...

October 2015

October 17, 2015

The Myth of the Pregnancy Rewind

Which is worse, killing someone, or disposing of their body improperly once you’ve killed them?...