Today I am off to a conference on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in post-abortive women. One of the presenters will be Martha Shuping, M.D. (Psychiatry) who is a leading expert in the field and the author of The Four Steps to Healing (In both Catholic and non-denominational editions). This conference is another step in my journey [...]
Archive for March, 2010
Post-Abortive Trauma
Posted in Abortion on March 9, 2010 | 26 Comments »
Pro-Life Academy. Embryogenesis
Posted in Pro-Life Academy, tagged Embryo on March 9, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Quite a few people have asked if we could use the book EMBRYO: A Defense of Human Life, by Robert P. George and Christopher Tollefsen, for our Pro-Life Academy. Beginning March 16, (NEXT TUESDAY!!) we’ll discuss a chapter per week from this extraordinary book. Written in plain language, it gives an excellent biological description of [...]
Embryology and Truth Denial
Posted in Abortion, Development on March 8, 2010 | 5 Comments »
This blog was begun with the purpose of advancing the discussion in several areas of pro-life bioethics. It’s purpose is to educate regarding the mainstream science, explore the ethical issues attached to the science, and to integrate all within the framework of authentic Christian anthropology as witnessed by the Catholic Church. An ambitious agenda, to [...]
Lent: Hold Fast
Posted in Lent, tagged Saint Ambrose on March 6, 2010 |
From today’s Liturgy of the Hours, Office of Readings From the treatise on Flight from the World by Saint Ambrose, bishop Hold fast to God, the one true good Where a man’s heart is, there is his treasure also. God is not accustomed to refusing a good gift to those who ask for one. Since [...]
Death’s High Carnival in Washington
Posted in Abortion, Physician Assisted Suicide, tagged Abortion, Physician Assisted Suicide on March 5, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Olympia, WA (LifeNews.com) — A new report from the Washington health department reveals at least 36 people died after they killed themselves under the first year of the state’s new law legalizing assisted suicides. The law was only enacted for nine months during 2009 after voters approved it on the 2008 ballot. Read the rest [...]
Lent: Fear of the Lord
Posted in Lent, tagged Fear of the Lord on March 4, 2010 |
From today’s Liturgy of the Hours, Office of Readings From a treatise on the psalms by Saint Hilary of Poitiers The meaning of “the fear of the Lord” Blessed are those who fear the Lord, who walk in his ways. Notice that when Scripture speaks of the fear of the Lord it does not leave [...]
The Lucky 7%
Posted in Abortion, Dignity, tagged Down Syndrome on March 3, 2010 | 37 Comments »
93% of Down syndrome babies are aborted. Meet some of the lucky 7% who have blessed our lives. Click Here Many thanks to Bethany for sending this video along.
A Liberal Trips Over Black Abortion
Posted in Abortion, tagged Abortion, Amy Davidson, New Yorker, Womb Lynching on March 3, 2010 | 11 Comments »
The following story and my augmented response posted at Jill Stanek’s blog are presented here. THE “WOMB LYNCHING” ARGUMENT Posted by Amy Davidson “Frankly, I was shocked by those figures. Forty per cent of black women’s pregnancies end in abortion—can that number be right? If so, that is far too many. Perhaps it’s harsh to [...]
Pro-Life Academy. Embryogenesis
Posted in Pro-Life Academy on March 2, 2010 | 11 Comments »
Pro-Life Academy every Tuesday and Thursday. Two weeks from today we are going to turn our focus on the embryo toward the book EMBRYO: A Defense of Human Life, by Robert P. George and Christopher Tollefsen. Check it out at Amazon. Order soon! In the interim, I direct your attention to the Endowment for Human [...]
Pro-Life Academy. The Dignity of Women (II)
Posted in Pro-Life Academy, tagged John Paul II, Mulieris Dignitatem on March 2, 2010 | 7 Comments »
In the great struggle between the Culture of Death and the Culture of Life, a propaganda war against the Church and her view of women has been waged with great success in many quarters. Several lies have become the food of feminists, a grotesque bread of life for their disciples to feed upon. This is [...]
Our Sons and Daughters
Posted in Uncategorized on March 1, 2010 | 1 Comment »
My apologies for the repost. I’m working today on a large article for the inaugural issue of the new bioethics journal ProLife ProPatria. I’ll be back tomorrow. For those who are newcomers, this article is the third in a series. The other two are linked in the text. I would suggest starting with “Of Bridal [...]
