Brother Paul O’Donnell gave courageous public voice at last week’s NRL Convention to what I have heard several pro-lifers say in private. There needs to be less territoriality and greater sharing of resources within the pro-life movement. I’ll take that a step further and suggest that the pro-life movement too often is like a superior [...]
Archive for the ‘Abortion’ Category
Ending Abortion: Force Concentration as A New Strategy
Posted in Abortion, tagged Abortion, Force Concentration on July 3, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Abortion ‘Triples Breast Cancer Risk’: Fourth Study Finds Terminations Linked to Disease
Posted in Abortion, Breast Cancer, tagged Abortion/Breast Cancer, Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer, Sri Lankan Study on June 29, 2010 | 2 Comments »
If anyone is inclined to support Breast Cancer Research, may I respectfully suggest that Karen Malec’s organization can get a much greater bang for the buck by getting the word out about PREVENTION. This is the message that the media will never divulge. This newsletter and related article are a must read. Dear Friends: The [...]
Abortion and The Law: Who We Are Is Who We Were
Posted in Abortion on June 27, 2010 | 8 Comments »
In the 1997 movie Amistad about the true story of African slaves who mutinied on the slave ship carrying them to America, President John Quincy Adams delivers a stemwinder to the United Sates Supreme Court on behalf of the slaves: “James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington… John Adams. We’ve long resisted [...]
Science, Causes, Truth, or Science Causes Truth? (Part II)
Posted in Abortion, Breast Cancer on June 23, 2010 | 1 Comment »
In preparation of next week’s discussion on the abortion/breast cancer link, and other sequellae, this two-part series is reprinted. “At the heart of science lies discovery which involves a change in worldview. Discovery in science is possible only in societies which accord their citizens the freedom to pursue the truth where it may lead and [...]
Science, Causes, Truth, or Science Causes Truth? (Part I)
Posted in Abortion, Breast Cancer on June 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In preparation of next week’s discussion on the abortion/breast cancer link, this two-part series is reprinted. . . . . . . . . . . . . Discovery “At the heart of science lies discovery which involves a change in worldview. Discovery in science is possible only in societies which accord their citizens the [...]
Abortion/Breast Cancer Link Slipping Shackles
Posted in Abortion, Breast Cancer, tagged ABC Link, Abortion, Breast Cancer, Louise Brinton on June 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The slow posting here at Coming Home in recent weeks has much to do with my keeping apace with developments in the abortion/breast cancer (ABC) literature, as well as developments in adult stem cell therapies. There will be announcements made next week about ABC developments, at which time I’ll be free to post several pieces. [...]
Hurling Abortion Across the Room
Posted in Abortion, tagged Abortion, Catherine Palmer, Center for Morality in Public Life, Ethika Politika on June 21, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Catherine Palmer, a columnist with us at Ethika Politika, the blog for the Center for Morality in Public Life, has written a masterpiece. I’m happy to share it here. Hurling Abortion Across the Room by Catherine Palmer While consensus does not prove anything in its own right (how many times have our mothers told us, [...]
How We Participate in the Sins of Another – Father John Corapi
Posted in Abortion, Biomedical Ethics, tagged Abortion, Bioethics, Fr. Corapi, Karl Menninger, Sin on June 5, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Laying the foundation for an authentic Christian bioethic is what this blog is all about. It is about Coming Home; Coming Home to certain truths that have been lost over the past fifty years, as our churches (Protestant and Catholic) have veered to the edge of heresy in advancing the notion that Jesus is so [...]
Euphemisms in 4D
Posted in Abortion on June 2, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Here are a couple of videos of babies at 11 and 12 weeks of gestation, putting the lie to the euphemisms. This is the stage of development that the baby in Phoenix had achieved before Sr. McBride signed off on its death. The Phoenix baby was close to 12 weeks.
ellaOne, More lethal than Plan B, and RU 486 On the Way to US?
Posted in Abortion, Birth Control, tagged ellaOne, FDA, Ulipristal on May 31, 2010 | 3 Comments »
ellaOne (Ulipristal 30 mg) is the new and improved version of RU 486. Its mechanism of action is similar in that it blocks the hormone progesterone from its effect of maintaining the endometrial lining of the uterus. Recall that while estrogen is key to stimulating the growth and development of a new uterine lining (endometrium), [...]
Disrobing Pro-Choice Euphemisms
Posted in Abortion on May 30, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Over at the Center for Morality and Public Life, President Andrew Haines wisely brought on board a great new author, Catherine Palmer, who has just finished her second year at the College of William and Mary. Ardently pro-life, Catherine also has her own blog, Vita Pro Omni. We welcome her to the ranks of pro-life [...]
England’s Lions Devouring Their Young
Posted in Abortion, tagged Abortion, Marie Stopes, Missed Period on May 28, 2010 | 26 Comments »
After a pleasant evening with my brother Knights of Columbus, I came home to the following reply to my post below showing the Marie Stopes ad for abortion services on English T.V. They must be catching hell for this if they have people trolling the internet to do damage control. The following answer speaks for [...]
Phoenix, Tubal Pregnancy, and Double Effect
Posted in Abortion, Biomedical Ethics on May 26, 2010 | 31 Comments »
In our ongoing exploration of the Phoenix abortion and the application of double effect, commenter Marle asks a great clarifying question: Marle Dr Nadal, I understand I will never get you to agree with abortion and I’m not trying to convince you otherwise. What I don’t understand about double effect is why abortion is ok [...]
More Debate With Dr. Becker on the Phoenix Abortion
Posted in Abortion, Dignity on May 23, 2010 | 40 Comments »
This exchange is the latest with Pediatric Cardiologist, Judith Becker, M.D. whose opinion is that Sr. Margaret McBride made the right call in signing off on an abortion in a patient with Pulmonary Hypertension. Dr. Judith Becker Since I am being quoted in this string I feel I should speak for my self as I [...]
More Debate on the Phoenix Abortion
Posted in Abortion, Dignity, tagged Abortion, Margaret McBride, Phoenix, Saint Gianna Molla on May 22, 2010 | 40 Comments »
A recent graduate of my alma mater writes a few comments to tell me that she was taught in college that Catholic doctrine actually allows for abortion to save the life of the mother. Her other, more extended comment is here, along with my reply. Erin Frankly, it comes down to this: A pregnant woman [...]
