JUDIE BROWN COMMENTARY

The purpose of this blog is to ask for your help in the struggle to oppose the American Bar Association’s “pro-choice” (pro-abortion) position statement, adopted at its 1992 annual meeting in San Francisco.

A recent article in Our Sunday Visitor entitled “Can a Catholic support a pro-choice candidate?” reminded me of the sorrowful state of the Church in America today.

It is not often that I can begin a week with a celebratory blog, but that is precisely what I am about to do. It is all thanks to the recent statement issued by Colorado Right to Life.

When I was growing up, my mother’s mother, Grandma Baldi, was a remarkable woman who I loved dearly and have only fond memories of, even to this day.

It was like a breath of fresh air this morning to read a recent New York Times article regarding an effort apparently being pursued by the Bush administration, entitled “Abortion proposal sets condition on aid.”

It was heartening to read the report from the Philippines about Archbishop Jesus Armamento Dosados, who has emphatically declared that pro-abortion public figures who claim to be Catholic may not receive Christ in the sacrament of Holy Communion.

Just last evening, while on a family vacation, my husband and I saw a television special regarding the selling of little children in various provinces of China.

The recent debate in the media over whether or not Viagra has the same status for health insurance purposes as the birth control pill is an interesting one.

As a Catholic pro-life leader, I am frequently overwhelmed by the macabre nature of the news I read, especially when for one reason or another, we at American Life League become part of that news.

When abortion-rights advocates even consider the question of whether mothers who have had an abortion experience a negative after-effect, there’s bound to be a rumble or two.

You may recall the incredibly insightful encyclical issued by Pope John Paul II on March 25, 1995: Evangelium Vitae (The Gospel of Life).

Call it a hunch, but those of us at American Life League who have been studying pharmaceutical giant Merck’s marketing plan for Gardasil, commonly known on television by its “one less” mantra, have been suspicious for some time.