Lately, there have been a few headlines that have stunned and grieved me. It is when these things come to my attention that I must muster certain level of optimism before I can begin to write about them or comment on the effect such tragic situations have on the culture and our pro-life work.
Bishop Francis X. DiLorenzo of the Diocese of Richmond, Virginia is under fire for allegedly covering up a scandal in which Commonwealth Catholic Charities of Richmond, now under federal investigation, falsified documents and paid for a 16-year-old to have an abortion in January.
In what is fast becoming known as the “abortion capital of Europe,” Britain saw the number of abortions performed on girls under 14 rise by 21 percent and is considering legislation to increase the availability of contraceptives and sex education to solve the problem.
I found a study from the University of Michigan that detected a problem with misoprostol to be a bit curious.
Planned Parenthood’s recommendation to use the abortion-causing drug Misoprostol vaginally rather than orally has led to fatal infections according to a research study released by the University of Michigan.
The American Medical Association attacked pharmacists’ right to refuse to dispense contraceptives, including those which may cause abortion, at its June 11-14 Board of Trustees’ annual meeting.
Although each individual has a right to be respected in his own journey in search of the truth, there exists a prior moral obligation, and a grave one at that, to seek the truth and to adhere to it once it is known.
Over the last week, ever since The Chicago Tribune broke the news that the infamous pastor of St. Sabina’s in Chicago, Father Michael Pfleger, would be restored as pastor of that church, my e-mail has been flooded with messages from people who are terribly distressed.
The good news out of Australia this week is that stem cells harvested from the noses of Parkinson’s patients developed into dopamine-producing brain cells when transplanted into the brain of a lab rat.
I suppose there are many ways to interpret the remarkable story of Macie Hope McCartney. This precious baby girl is alive today because a team of fetal surgeons was able to operate on her at six months of gestation
I am sorry that our Protest the Pill Day: The Pill Kills Babies project is officially at an end. As we focused attention on the devastating Griswold v. Connecticut Supreme Court decision of June 7, 1965
Communications researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have just announced a rather interesting finding.