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April 2013

April 15, 2013

There is No Reason for Late-Term Abortion

There is no reason for late-term abortions. Abortion supporters are fond of saying that people...

April 15, 2013

Five Abortion Workers Quit on First “Leave the Abortion Industry Day”

No Abortion Workers = No Abortions It's a simple equation. One that Abby Johnson seeks...

April 13, 2013

Kermit Gosnell: The Monster Pro Choice Built

Pro life bloggers and tweeters have raised public awareness of the trial of Dr Kermit...

April 13, 2013

The Anchoress on Gosnell and the Media

Elizabeth Scalia aka The Anchoress has done a fantastic job writing about the media blackout on...

April 13, 2013

Megyn Kelly Panel Slams Media Blackout on Kermit Gosnell Trial

Patheos' own Mollie Hemingway participated in this Fox News discussion of the media blackout on...

April 11, 2013

Catholic Charities ‘Appalled’ by Former Board Member’s Abortion Advocacy

Ambition is pitiless. Eleanor Roosevelt Catholic Charities of Northwest Florida seems to be agog and...

April 11, 2013

UPDATE: Voice for Life Cleared for Official Recognition by Johns Hopkins University

Caroline Laguerre-Brown, Vice Provost for Institutional Equity at Johns Hopkins University, Maryland, earned her salary...

April 10, 2013

Gendercide in India

Gendercide. Sex-selected abortion. The "problem" is as old as misogyny, which is to say, it...

April 05, 2013

Planned Parenthood Jumps the Shark. Then Blames the Shark.

It's time for every brainless knee-jerk Planned Parenthood supporter to line up and recite "right...

April 04, 2013

Pope Francis: Mothers, go forth with this witness to the living Christ!

Pope Francis reached out to women in a powerful way during Holy Week. First, there...

April 03, 2013

It’s a Baby! It Always Was. But Now We Can See It.

How can anyone say that an unborn baby is not a human being? I don't...

April 02, 2013

No Abortion Workers = No Abortions

Thou shalt not kill. Exodus 20:13 April 8, 2013 is National Leave the Abortion Industry...

March 2013

March 29, 2013

Pope Will Lead Stations of the Cross for Christian Unity in the MIddle East

Pope Francis will lead the Stations of the Cross tonight in the same Coliseum where...

March 15, 2013

The Year of Two Living Popes and One Unchanging Faith

Does anybody remember that this is the Year of Faith? It's certainly been a historic...

March 13, 2013

Pope Francis I: Takes the Bus, Supports the Poor, A Stalwart Battler for Life, Traditional Marriage and Evangelization

Our new Holy Father chose to live in a simple apartment rather than the...

March 13, 2013

Pope Francis I: Powerfully Pro Life

Pundits who were pushing for a pope who would abandon 2,000 years of Catholic teaching...

March 13, 2013

Habemus Papem! Pope Francis I: Who is He?

These are gleanings from various web sites. Pope Francis I, who was Cardinal Jorge Mario...

March 05, 2013

Representative Diane Black Introduces the Health Care Conscience Protection Act

Representative Diane Black (R-TN), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) and John Fleming, MD (R-LA) announced that they...

March 05, 2013

Polls Show Americans Believe in Jesus and the God of the Bible

The more I blog, the more I realize that the reactions of unbelievers are predictable,...

March 04, 2013

Have You Shopped at Hobby Lobby This Month?

I headed to Hobby Lobby as soon as I deposited my paycheck last week. I...

February 2013

February 23, 2013

Does the Pro Abortion Media Really Care About Women’s Health?

Mollie, who blogs at Get Religion, wrote a post a couple of days ago that...

February 23, 2013

Obama Asks Court to Overturn Defense of Marriage Act

President Obama weighed in with the Supreme Court today. He filed an amicus brief asking...

February 22, 2013

Woman Sues Planned Parenthood for Forced Abortion and Medical Malpractice

Live Action and Fox News report that a Colorado woman has filed suit against Planned...

February 22, 2013

Pope Benedict’s Legacy is His Faithfulness to the Truth of Christian Teaching

The Catholic Church doesn't bend on essential matters of faith. In 2,000 years, through bad...

February 16, 2013

Why Do Photos of Aborted Babies Upset Pro Choice Advocates?

A picture is worth a thousand words. This is a photo of a baby who...

February 07, 2013

Rose Day: Pro Life Rally at the Oklahoma State Capitol

Yesterday was Rose Day at the Oklahoma State Capitol. This annual event goes back decades...

February 02, 2013

Pedophilia, Comments from the Pit, Cardinal Mahony and Following Jesus

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding....

January 2013

January 28, 2013

Don’t Take Government Money. Don’t Kiss Caesar’s Ring

"Do not take government money." I have said this to every religious ministry who has...

January 27, 2013

Walk for Life West Coast Videos

The Walk for Life West Coast was a huge success. I wish I had been...

January 27, 2013

2013 Favs: Real Men Don’t Kill Their Children

My many dealings with pro-abortion liberal males has convinced me over and again that they...