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When Alive Is Dead
By Judie Brown There has been an ongoing debate about when a person is really, truly dead for as long as I have been involved in defending life. This is so for a panoply of reasons, best summed up by Professor Robert Spaemann, who wrote, “Scrutinizing the existence of the symptoms of death as perceived by common sense, science no longer presupposes the ‘normal’ understanding of life and death....
Bishops, Dead Babies, and Lost Souls
By Judie Brown Bishop Joseph Strickland spoke up at the mid-year meeting of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Strickland’s remarks, as seen on video, were humble but clear. He pointed out that consistently defending life from beginning to end is the...
Gillibrand and AOC: Catholic Predators (Shrews)
By Judie Brown Hearing Senator Kirsten Gillibrand talking about abortion reminds me of the harpy character in Greek mythology. A harpy is a “foul, malign creature” also defined by Webster’s as a “predatory person” or a “shrewish woman.” Pro-death Catholics like...
Joe Biden: Satan’s Secret Weapon
By Judie Brown Several media outlets have reported that Joe Biden has flipped his position on abortion. But what does that mean, and why should Catholics care? We can say without hesitation that Biden was never pro-life by any stretch of the imagination. While at one...
Brave Catholic Bishops and the Cultural Crisis
By Judie Brown It’s the environment, stupid! At least that’s what the headlines are screaming. They argue that, if you aren’t concerned with clean air, global warming, population, and all the things that threaten being “green,” you are not a responsible citizen...
Babies and Bananas
By Judie Brown Catholic high school teacher Stephen Snyder recently wrote: “Bananas exist and do so perfectly independently of your knowledge or opinion of them. The extent to which your idea of a banana matches the reality of a banana is the extent to which you know...
Ginsburg’s Fatal Error
By Judie Brown When the Supreme Court of the United States handed down the ruling on Box v. Planned Parenthood this week, the court upheld the portion of the Indiana law that deals with the proper disposition of fetal remains. This portion of the decision “ensures all...