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Dwindling Hyde
By Judie Brown This past Wednesday marked the fiftieth anniversary of the Hyde Amendment, which was written to eliminate taxpayer funding for abortion. The original language read: “None of the funds contained in this Act shall be used to perform abortions except where the life off the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term.” In 1976, the pro-life movement was convinced that...
Persons Versus Whatever!
By Judie Brown Reading this title and recalling your child’s response to a loving admonition with the word “whatever!” gives you a sense of where I am going in this commentary. On the one hand, we have the facts, or in the case of parents, the rules, and on the other...
Judging without Justice
By Judie Brown The Catechism of the Catholic Church states: Justice is the moral virtue that consists in the constant and firm will to give their due to God and neighbor. Justice toward God is called the “virtue of religion.” Justice toward men disposes one to respect...
Let Us Have Gratitude
By Judie Brown In the throes of struggling against the forces of godlessness in our daily efforts, we often forget to be grateful for blessings. It is challenging to feel compassion for women poisoning themselves by the ingestion of abortion pills when we realize that...
Falling Off the Wall
By Judie Brown In a whimsical nursery rhyme we learn that when Humpty Dumpty fell off the wall, “all the king’s horses and all the king’s men could not put Humpty together again.” One presumes that once an egg crashes to the ground, like truth, it cannot be repaired...
The Ape of God
By Judie Brown Living in a world where parents are lauded for killing their preborn son because he might have Down syndrome reminds me of the enormity of the devil’s grip on mankind. Last week, we heard the terrible story of YouTuber Jesse Ridgway and his wife who...
Just in Case
By Judie Brown Planned Parenthood never ceases to amaze, or perhaps we should say scare, us. The most recent example of its disastrous rhetoric is its use of the phrase “just in case.” “Just in case” abortion pills is a new pilot project that Planned Parenthood...