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A Sunny Side to the Obama Mandate?

by Dr. Paul Kengor May 25, 2012

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Here’s another superb audio commentary by Dr. Paul Kengor on the Obama mandate:
There may be a sunny side to the Obama mandate on contraception and abortion drugs. Consider:
When President Obama’s decree first came down, you probably thought to…

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The First Responder to Botched Abortions

by Thomas Aveni May 21, 2012

It has long been understood by pro-life and pro-abortion advocates that an abortion itself is devastating to everyone involved. The physical, psychological, and emotional effects of an abortion can scar the women, her family, and friends for life. But has…

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Oklahoma Court’s Real “War on Women”

by Mailee Smith May 18, 2012

[On May 14], a state trial court judge overturned an Oklahoma law intended to ensure the safe use of abortion-inducing drugs, such as RU-486.  The law, enacted in 2011 and based upon an AUL [Americans United for Life] model, simply…

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New Study Challenges the “Safe Abortion” Myth

by Carolyn Moynihan May 10, 2012

Contrary to claims, a ban on abortion is consistent with one of the world’s lowest maternal mortality rates.
One of the great scandals of today’s global village is the deaths of hundreds of thousands of mothers each year simply because…

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Overpopulation and Chen Guangcheng

by Faith Kuzma May 10, 2012

The uncertain future of human rights activist Chen Guangcheng—especially given the divided response of the Chinese government and the response of the Chinese people– suggests that America could be playing a pivotal role in that country’s progress toward democracy.  Analyst…

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How A Run Changed My (Pro)Life

by Cari Donaldson April 27, 2012

I really need to rethink my Twitter feed.
Since I’m roughly 90 years old, getting a grasp on the Twitter and figuring out what to do with it has generally proved too much for me.  Right now, my basic philosophy…

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The Disoriented Catholic Left

by George Weigel April 27, 2012

One does wonder, sometimes, just what goes on at Catholic News Service (CNS), an agency that wouldn’t exist were it not for the U.S. bishops and the bishops’ conference. This past April 16, CNS distributed a lengthy interview with Rep.…

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Lessons from a Mass Murderer

by Michael Cook April 26, 2012

News reports on the trial of Anders Behring Breivik, the Norwegian who murdered 77 people on the island of Utøya, near Oslo, last year, are being filed from a different moral universe. In The War of the Worlds, H.G. Wells…

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Killing the Genuises

by Kevin Roeten April 26, 2012

Cafeteria Catholics currently believe a myriad of items. Many believe differently from what the Catechism, the Pope, the Bible, or any known Catholic authoritative source tells them. They believe in items that are convenient to believe in and yet are…

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Are You “Personally Opposed, But…”?

by Howard Kainz April 26, 2012

Recent decades are rife with “opposed, but…” statements from Catholic politicians who maintain that they do not wish to “force” their own personal opposition to abortion on their constituencies.  Must they then stand aside, with their hands folded, while pro-abortion…

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