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February 2014

February 08, 2014

Abortion: Four Decades

February 07, 2014

I Am a Feminist and I Have a Wish List for Pope Francis

Kathy Schiffer, who writes at Seasons of Grace, published a post today about one feminist’s...

February 07, 2014

UN Report on Child Sex Abuse Demands the Church Change Teachings on Abortion and Homosexuality

The United Nations Committee on the Protection of the Child has issued a report on...

January 2014

January 28, 2014

They’re Going to Die Anyway

One doctor's answer to the argument that the baby is going to die anyway. This...

January 27, 2014

March for Life 2014

God love them. I'm going to save my $, so next year I can join...

January 23, 2014

Chilli Tells Her Abortion Story

Abortion deforms the powerful life-giving force that women possess. Here is Rezonda "Chilli" Thomas' description...

January 23, 2014

Brit Hume: The Moral Case for Abortion on Demand Grows Ever Weaker

"The moral case for allowing such beings to be killed grows ever weaker, and its...

January 22, 2014

I Bought the Lie: Life After Abortion

What does abortion mean to women after they’d had a few years to re-live the...

January 16, 2014

Oklahoma Fails the Test and I Am Proud Of It!

This is one test I wanted to fail. In fact, this is one test that...

December 2013

December 28, 2013

2013 Favs: God Made In My Image

I want God; not my idea of God. C.S. Lewis My god doesn't ... I...

December 10, 2013

Evangelii Gaudium Cliff Notes Part 2: The Beam in My Eye

And why worry about a speck in your friend’s eye when you have a log...

December 08, 2013

Great Pro Life Argument Based on the Core Assumption of Abortion

The core assumption of abortion is that the laws we write have the power...

December 04, 2013

Defenders Describe Attack on Argentine Cathedral as “Satanic, Part of an Anti-Christian World Revolution”

I thought when I began work on this post that I would have a lot...

December 03, 2013

ACLU Sues Bishops Over Abortion in Catholic Hospitals

I remember the days when pro abortion people were pro choice. I mean, actually pro...

November 2013

November 20, 2013

Albuquerque Voters Defeat Late-Term Abortion Ban

I wasn’t there. What that means is that I don’t know exactly what arguments,...

November 20, 2013

Supreme Court Decides Not to Rule on Texas Pro Life Law (For Now)

The United States Supreme Court has decided not to intervene in the Texas pro...

November 15, 2013

China Changes One-Child Policy. It’s Two Children Now.

It’s a step in the right direction. China has announced that it will “ease”...

November 13, 2013

Blumenthal Announces Bill to Overturn State Abortion Laws

A small group of members of the United States Congress announced plans today to...

November 04, 2013

Supremes Dump Oklahoma Court Case and I Am Bummed About It

There are times when I get up and walk off the House floor. I...

October 2013

October 31, 2013

Doc Told Bishop’s Mother to Abort Him: “This Baby Will Be a Freak”

The new bishop at the Archdiocese of St Paul and Minneapolis was marked for death...

October 29, 2013

Why Do Non-Catholics Want So Desperately for the Catholic Church to Change Its Teachings?

Why do non-Catholics want so desperately for the Catholic Church to change its teachings?...

October 27, 2013

A Mother’s Prayer

May they all have birthdays.

October 27, 2013

Amazing Things Babies Do in the Womb

Dedicated to loving parents everywhere.

October 26, 2013

Sex Selected Abortions in Britain: What Does the CPS Decision Mean?

As an American, I find British law confusing, which, I expect is equally true...

October 25, 2013

UK Legalizes Sex Selected Abortions

It began -- at least for me -- when Public Catholic reader Manny shared...

October 24, 2013

Yale University Holds First-Ever Pro-Life Conference

According to a first-person account from LifeNews.com, Yale University recently held it's first pro...

October 19, 2013

Southern Baptist Convention Files Suit Against HHS Mandate

The Southern Baptist Convention has joined dozens of other religious organizations by filing suit against...

October 17, 2013

Doctor Urged John Paul II’s Mother to Abort Him

We owe a great deal to Emilia Kaczorowska. Emilia Kaczorowska is the mother of...

October 14, 2013

Australia: Doctor Could Lose His License for Refusing to do Sex-Selected Abortion

How do you define inconsistent? Pro abortion people fought a bill we passed here in Oklahoma...

October 12, 2013

The HHS Mandate and the Government Shutdown

I met Dr Alveda King a few years ago when she spoke at our annual...