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September 2008

Birth Control Merchants

The news from the reproductive health front is not good these days for preborn children, but it is for those who cash in on the sexually transmitted disease, sterility and unplanned pregnancy market.

Louisiana Lawmaker Wants Forced Sterilizations

Louisiana state Rep. John LaBruzzo, R – Metairie, wants to pay poor women $1,000 if they agree to be sterilized. American Life League president Judie Brown said this eugenics plan to end poverty by stripping the poor of their basic human right to reproduce is the result of Louisiana’s cultural acceptance of abortion and sex-education.

Gloomy Gus Would Be in Tears!

The 1904 comic strip character Gloomy Gus was habitually depressed or, one could say, without hope. So too are those who dabble in the dreary business of violating our most vulnerable brothers and sisters’ rights.

Aborting Truth

A recent headline caught my attention on a number of levels because it had to do with demographics and abortion.

A Brad Pitt Moment

A few days ago, I had a very strange experience. While reading a news report about Brad Pitt’s donation of “$100,000 to fight California’s November ballot proposal that would overturn the state Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage,”

Catholic Politicking

As many of you follow my commentaries on Church law, specifically Phoenix Bishop Thomas Olmsted. I take issue with many things the Catholic bishops do, or in a few cases, fail to do.