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Your Beating Heart
By Judie Brown When Hank Williams recorded “Your Cheatin’ Heart” in 1953, it was one of those songs that inspired you to stop and listen because his voice matched the melancholy of the lyrics. My dad loved that song, and he strummed his guitar as he sang along with Hank. Looking back, we can be certain of one thing: Williams and that cheating heart, whoever she was, were both alive. Today, those...
‘My Favorite Kind of Abortion . . .’
By Judie Brown Congressman Shri Thanedar, of the thirteenth district of Michigan, recently commented on his “favorite kind of abortion.” In an X (Twitter) post, he opined, “My favorite kind of abortion is the kind that’s safe, legal, accessible, and none of your...
Marriage in the Crosshairs
By Judie Brown German bishops seem to have a misperception about marriage. Or at least it appears that way to us. Cardinal Reinhard Marx, archbishop of Munich and Freising, “has instructed the priests and full-time pastoral staff in the archdiocese to introduce the...
The Wheel of Life
By Judie Brown Some years ago when American Life League was in its infancy, we came upon a concept devoted to explaining our work. We used the example of a wheel, describing the spokes in that wheel as the many different activities that comprised our movement. We...
Embryo Personhood
By Judie Brown The simple fact that every human being has a similar beginning as a single cell fertilized egg seems to be more than some people can comprehend. This came into stark focus when we read Professor Risa Cromer’s article entitled “Embryo...
R Is for Radiant
By Judie Brown Recently Meghan Schrader, a defender of the rights of people with disabilities, came to my attention because of a two-part article she wrote on the fallout of using the word “retarded” to define certain members of the human family. According to...
Those Who Die in Violence
By Judie Brown When I saw this recent prayer petition at a daily Mass: “For all who have died or suffered because of violence,” I couldn’t help but think of all the babies who die so violently under the legal shield of medical, clinical, and chemical...