Playing Politics with Human Life

Last week, the Senate debated three important bills: Castle-DeGette, which expands federal funding for stem-cell research that kills human embryos; Santorum-Specter, which funds new research that uses the latest techniques to obtain embryonic-like stem cells without actually destroying embryos; and… Read More

Dueling Stem Cells

Governor Mario Cuomo announced last week the solution to the vexing moral questions raised by the stem cell debate about when human life begins: Convene an expert panel.
In a New York Times op-ed, Cuomo wrote: “If indeed such a… Read More

Mitt Romney: A Brave Man

It is the best I have heard from an American politician:
“Like me, the great majority of Americans wish both to preserve the traditional definition of marriage and to oppose bias and intolerance directed towards gays and lesbians,” Romney began… Read More

Adult Children Speak Out About Same-Sex Parents

They Know Better
Sound ignorant, maybe even bigoted? This week, as the Senate is expected to begin debate on a constitutional amendment to protect marriage, many voices will try to convince you that people like Cassidy are, as Cheryl Jacque,… Read More

The Failed Message of Abortion

Thirty years ago last month, the Supreme Court handed down Roe v. Wade, transforming abortion from a crime into a constitutional right. Thirty years later, it's a good time to reflect on what we were promised by abortion rights advocates… Read More

The New Generation Gap

(This article courtesy of Steven Ertelt and the Pro-Life Infonet email newsletter. For more information or to subscribe go to www.prolifeinfo.org or email infonet@prolifeinfo.org.)
Here lies bared the unexamined heart of “small-l” liberalism: the idea of Progress (with a very… Read More

Pro-Choice or Pro-Coercion?

For some abortion rights groups, this constitutes a grave crisis: “Eighty-four percent of counties in the United States do not have an abortion provider,” announces a Maryland NARAL fact sheet.
What are people who believe in abortion doing to expand… Read More

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