Mark Regnerus | Nov 30 2018 One would think that ten years is not a very long time to measure change in such timeless matters as family and sexuality. But these are not ordinary times. The gap between 2008 and 2018 has been far more dynamic than most decades. As a sociologist, my specialty is behavior, …
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The birth control pill was approved for use in the United States in 1960, and then in the United Kingdom in 1961. Right away, it was controversial; the pill includes serious side effects like blood clotsand breast cancer, as well as more benign, yet still frustrating, side effects like weight gain, nausea, headaches, and bloating. However, a …
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November 27, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – Offering Mass ad orientem “enhances beauty” and “enhances reverence,” Bishop Robert Morlino, who died Saturday, told LifeSiteNews two years ago. LifeSiteNews releases footage of those comments for the first time today. In 2016, Morlino became the second U.S. bishop to officially adopt the ad orientemposture facing the altar with the people while offering Mass at his …
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REV. JAMES V. SCHALL, S.J. On September 21, the well-known German magazine, Der Spiegel, featured a long article on the whole career of Pope Francis under the title “The Greatest Crisis in the History of the Church.” The immediate issues brought up concerned the pope’s handling of abuse issues while he was still in Argentina. Most people …
Kelli | November 26, 2018 , 09:53am In a recent video linked on Facebook, Dr. William Lile, an OB/GYN in Florida, speaks about how children in the womb are distinct human beings from their mothers, and also how they should be viewed as persons because they can receive prenatal medical treatment. In the video below, Lile says that “the mom …
Doctor on prenatal surgery: If the baby is a patient, then he’s also a person Read More »
Carolyn Moynihan | Nov 16 2018 It has been a busy week or two for the powerful birth control lobby in the United States. Between the Midterm elections and Thanksgiving they have been rousing their faithful, sending messages to politicians and launching a new campaign that embraces all the gender-related issues beloved of progressives. They have …
MICAIAH BILGER NOV 19, 2018 | 8:00PM WASHINGTON, DC A California mother displayed selfless courage earlier this month as a California wildfire approached the hospital where she had just given birth. The San Francisco Chronicle profiled Rachelle Sanders and others who survived the horrible wildfire that has claimed dozens of lives and …
Dr. Patrick Marmion MD, MPH Issues in Law & Medicine, Volume 33, Number 2, 2018 A catholic hospital is decreasing the prevalence of disabilities in its Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) survivors. The hospital developed guidelines that encourage parents to allow their premature baby to die. Using extremely negative message framing, a physician guides the …
MICAIAH BILGER NOV 19, 2018 | 2:41PM WASHINGTON, DC A nationally-recognized scientist who has testified in support of unborn babies is President Donald Trump’s new choice for the National Science Board. Dr. Maureen Condic, an associate professor at the University of Utah who specializes in neurobiology, is widely known for her …
President Trump Names Pro-Life Neurobiology Professor to National Science Board Read More »
by Fr. Shenan J. Boquet “As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.” — Pope St. John Paul II One of the most remarkable things about the Gospels is also one of the least remarked upon – perhaps, in part, because this most remarkable thing is more …
MICAIAH BILGER NOV 16, 2018 | 11:13AM LONDON, ENGLAND The extent to which the medical community now pushes abortion for unborn babies with disabilities is alarming. Jordan Squires, of Middlesborough, England, told the Daily Mail that she was infuriated when doctors pressured her to abort her unborn son because he might have Down …
Doctor Told Mom to Abort Her Baby With Down Syndrome, He Was Born Healthy Read More »
COLUMBUS, Ohio, November 15, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – The Ohio House of Representatives voted Wednesday to pass legislation that would ban the vast majority of abortions upon detection of a fetal heartbeat. House Bill 258 would ban committing an abortion on any preborn baby with a detectable heartbeat, except in cases of a “substantial and irreversible” physical …
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WASHINGTON, D.C., November 14, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – Trump administration health officials are meeting with national pro-life leaders in hopes of resolving concerns over the pro-life administration’s continued funding of medical research using tissue obtained from aborted babies. In August, a notice from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) surfaceddetailing a contract to the fetal tissue …
Trump admin meets with pro-life groups to review experiments on aborted babies’ remains Read More »
By ERIC W. DOLAN November 10, 2018 Preliminary research provides evidence that the use of birth control pills is associated with an increased frequency of mind wandering in women. The study, published in the journal Psychoneuroendocrinology, could help explain why women face higher risks of depression and other mood disorders. “Oral contraceptives (OC) are the most common type …
November 5-11, marked the first ever Post-Birth Control Syndrome Awareness Week. Hosted by Dr. Jolene Brighten, the effort sought to help women “make informed decisions about birth control—whether you want to get on, get off or reverse/prevent side effects.” Dr. Brighten was on the Pill for 10 years before she realized the damage she was doing …
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by Fr. Shenan J. Boquet POSTED ON NOVEMBER 12, 2018 In a lyrical essay originally published in Crisis Magazine, Catholic philosopher and Senior Fellow of Human Life International, Donald DeMarco, Ph.D., poignantly paints the stark division between the pro-life worldview, and the worldview espoused by the Culture of Death. Invoking T.S. Eliot’s seminal poem The Waste Land, Dr. DeMarco suggests that …
By NANCY FLORY Published on November 7, Sharran Sutherland’s tenth pregnancy was going well. Early ultrasound images showed a healthy baby and placenta. At 11 weeks, Sutherland saw her baby’s heartbeat blinking on the screen. But a couple of weeks later, it was gone. Sutherland’s doctor didn’t want her to miscarry the baby at home. She could hemorrhage. …
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COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 23, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – Twin premature newborn boys died at an Ohio hospital last year while staff stood by refusing to give them medical assistance, a pro-life group is reporting, and the hospital classified the boys’ deaths as stillbirth. Both boys were born alive at 22 weeks and 5 days gestational age at …
U.S. hospital refuses to help premature twins born alive, leaves them to die Read More »
By Newsroom | November 8, 2018 , 04:00pm This Saturday, November 10, 2018, representatives from 12 pro-life organizations will present an online summit on how pro-lifers can become more effective at helping pregnant college students. The Save Lives U seminar will be held from 1-4 p.m. EST, and is completely free of charge. Those who register will also have access to free, recorded …
‘Save Lives U’ online seminar will teach you how to help pregnant college students Read More »
By Kelli | November 8, 2018 , 12:10am The Trump administration has just finalized a rule change that allows employers with “religious or moral objections” to opt out of paying for birth control for employees, including potentially abortifacient types of contraceptives. The Department of Health and Human Services noted in its press release about the conscience protections: The first of today’s …
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https://www.liveaction.org/news/ivf-mom-swap-embryo-daughter/ There is already plenty of evidence to show that in vitro fertilization, or IVF, has led to the commodification of children. An article published in the New York Post is certain to fan those flames. A mother named Lisa explained that she is looking to trade her last remaining embryo with another mother — simply because …
‘Consider a trade?’: IVF mom tries to swap embryo daughter for a boy Read More »
November 6, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – In a new video published just in time for election day, young men and women explain why they are placing pro-life considerations ahead of all others when choosing which candidates they will support. “I’m voting pro-life first because I support women and their pre-born infants,” says one young man, adding, …
‘Too many people in my generation are missing’: Youth explain why they vote pro-life Read More »
Janet Morana and Kevin Burke November 2, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – What’s your main motivation to vote? When you are choosing a party or particular candidate, what’s the most important issue on their platform? Education? The local or national economy? Health care? Support of programs for families and children? Immigration? Foreign policy? Many people would not list a …
A candidate’s position on abortion matters more than you think when you pull that lever Read More »
Posted on November 5, 2018 by Susan Brinkmann November is a month set aside to recognize the love and support of adoptive parents and families who provide thousands of children with loving homes each year and to help all Americans realize that adoption is a powerful way to show women they are not alone in an unexpected pregnancy. …
Patrick F. Fagan | Oct 31 2018 The total population of North, Central, and South America is less than a billion. Europe’s population is much less. Africa’s population is about one billion. In the last 100 years the world has eliminated one billion children through abortion. In other words, whole continents. World War II was a walk in …
Fathers, sons, and the sexual revolution we really need Read More »
By Kelli | October 31, 2018 , 12:37pm In recent days, one teacher has been in the spotlight for not only allowing a college student to bring her baby to class, but for holding the student’s baby in a carrier while teaching the class. But this teacher isn’t the only example: To be pro-life is to support and “make room” for …
‘Babies are welcome’: Watch as amazing teachers help parenting students Read More »
President Trump, in the stirring rallies he has been holding across the country to show voters the tremendous progress we have all made under Republican leadership and the dangers we face from the Democratic Party, has called this an election of common sense. And he names this as his reason for embracing the policies he has been advancing. There …
