The Erosion of Human Rights
In an era awash with concern for civil guarantees, is it possible that science and medicine actually erode human rights? Difficult to believe, but that is exactly what is happening.
Caylee Anthony
The brutal killing of adorable Caylee Anthony and the subsequent acquittal of her mother, Casey, has evoked nearly every kind of emotion one could imagine.
Hiding Behind Hyde
Through the long struggle between the cultures of life and death, the Hyde Amendment has been propped up by both sides as the real field of battle.
How Can There Be Too Many Children?
“That is like saying there are too many flowers” (Mother Teresa). Nowadays the use of contraception is quite accepted and even encouraged and couples frequently aren’t encouraged to ever actually have children.
Ignoring Human Rights Has Become the American Way
The headline, “Outcry in America as Pregnant Women Who Lose Babies Face Murder Charges,” speaks volumes about the lengths that some will pursue to express misplaced outrage for the sole purpose of defending the reproductive rights of women.
Taking the Fight to Planned Parenthood’s Doorstep
Planned Parenthood is an organization that generates its profits by killing the innocent—people who have no voice or power to defend themselves. Enter Jim Sedlak,… Read More »Taking the Fight to Planned Parenthood’s Doorstep
Intellectually Sabotaging Human Persons
Sometimes a writer will say things that are so outlandish that even my grandmother, God rest her soul, would have been angry.
Dear Catholic Bishops: Love the Sinner, but Hate the Sin!
The recent Archdiocese of Boston scandal surrounding St. Cecilia’s parish Mass honoring LGBT pride has given Catholics at large a wonderful opportunity to sift through our moral obligations.
Tinkering with the Lives of Children
There are many Americans who define themselves as human rights advocates yet who are, at the same time, wary of those of us who take great care when defining the meaning of human personhood.
Contraception: Morally Wrong in Every Circumstance
Until just 80 years ago every major Christian religion condemned the practice of intentionally sterilizing the marital act as gravely immoral.
Selective Perspectives on Child Abuse
Mike Thomas, a Florida news commentator, has been analyzing the case of Casey Anthony—the Florida mother accused of murdering her 2-year-old daughter.
Eulogy for the Martyred Children
The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered this sermon at the funeral of the little girls who were killed on 15 September 1963 by a bomb as they attended the Sunday school of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama.