Each Tuesday, we will be cross-posting Gerard Nadal’s discussion of Embryo: A Defense of Human Life. Today is the first installment of eight. Today we begin our 8-week reading of Embryo: A Defense of Human Life by George and Tollefsen. Every Tuesday, a new chapter. Author Christopher Tollefsen will be monitoring the comments and answering […]
A candidate with the Save the Unborn party put up campaign posters featuring a 3D sonogram of an unborn child. A volunteer with the campaign recorded video of abortion advocates vandalizing and tearing down the posters. When they saw that they were being caught on film, they attacked the volunteer, who was treated in a […]
While I was on spring break, all kinds of things happened with the health care bill. Other pro-life bloggers have this covered, so I’ll just say that abortion funding is still in it and the deciding votes are still up for grabs. Let’s move on to some less publicized stories. ~Obama released the names of […]
I am home for spring break and spending time with my family. The pro-life news of the day will resume on Monday, March 15. Have a great week!
We have long known that most Americans reject federal funding of abortion. A study released by the Susan B. Anthony List today shows that this opposition is strong in the Congressional districts where it matters most. The SBA List conducted a survey in eight districts; the votes of these representatives could decide the future of […]
Remember when Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson was the holdout vote for the Senate version of the healthcare reform bill? He opposed it on the basis of its funding for abortion, but when legislators offered a deal to reduce Nebraska’s Medicaid expenses, he conveniently caved. Pro-lifers criticized him harshly, characterizing his switch as a “betrayal.” So, […]
Students for Life of America has posted video from its conference panel on pro-life diversity. Yours truly comes in at about the halfway point. The panel features representatives from Democrats for Life, I Am Whole Life, the National Black Pro-Life Union, and Consistent Life. Please comment and share! 2010 SFLA Conference: Diversifying the Pro-Life Movement […]
Abortion advocates are angry about a bill, recently passed by the Utah state senate, that imposes penalties on people who perform abortions on themselves. (The law does not include abortions performed by physicians, so this is not a challenge to Roe v. Wade.) The criticism centers on the phrase “reckless act,” which they contend includes […]
SecularProLife.org is joining Dr. Gerard Nadal’s blog, Coming Home, in a study of EMBRYO: A Defense of Human Life, by Robert P. George and Christopher Tollefsen. The book argues for unborn human rights without resorting to religious appeals. Starting March 16, Nadal will discuss one chapter each Tuesday. Each entry will be cross-posted here. This […]
As you’re probably aware, Chile just experienced a major earthquake. Fortunately, it has not caused nearly as much devestation as last month’s earthquake in Haiti. The Chilean government has not yet requested international aid. Still, we must take this seriously. 147 lives have already been lost, and if we do not act quickly to restore […]