President Barack Obama has made commitments to many groups and special interest voting groups since his election in 2008, but none as strong as his guarantees to Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
As a young boy growing up a popular phrase taught was “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me.”
It has often been said by my fellow pro-lifers that it is simply untimely to expect the general population to understand the reasons why the practice of contraception not only leads to but, in many instances, causes abortion.
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) (www.aclu.org) attorneys and Planned Parenthood abortion wonks are prone to define anything that smacks of equality for all as nothing but extremism. Take the case of the human embryonic child for instance.
Catholic scholars are up in arms about the latest interim rule issued by the Department of Health and Human Services, which is alleged to provide First Amendment protections to religious entities involved in health care, health insurance, and other programs impacted by the mandated distribution of contraception.
Contraception became a necessity in the face of the radical changes in the sexual landscape, and so it was legalized in 1965.
On August 17, 2011, more than 50 activists attended a conference for “minor-attracted adults,” i.e., pedophiles, which sought to eliminate the “stigma” attached to pedophilia and to redefine pedophilia as a normal “sexual orientation.”
During the wee small hours of Wednesday evening [8/31/11], the California state Senators, on a partisan vote, gave final approval to AB 499, the mandated Gardasil vaccination for minors.
This weekend we will take time out of our busy schedules to recognize the value of the worker, the just wage and, on a practical level, time with family and friends.
It can stalk us, bite a slice out of our lives, return again and bite again, and even as we bleed and hobble, we prefer to believe nothing has happened.
The headlines are teeming with the news that in one state after another, Planned Parenthood is falling prey to common sense.
It is always interesting to receive e-mail alerts from my friend Patrick J. Reilly, president and founder of The Cardinal Newman Society.