As necessary as opposition to abortion and funding for it are, they are not sufficient pro-life goals, especially when achieving them eliminates support for other programs that support maternal health.
Pro-Life
Posted inOf Many Things, Politics & Society
How pro-choice activists (inadvertently) converted me to the pro-life cause
My conversion to the pro-life cause began, strangely enough, when I took part in a pro-choice march.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Belgian Brothers to allow euthanasia in psychiatric care centers
The Brothers of Charity Group stated that it would allow doctors to perform euthanasia in any of its 15 centers, which provide care to more than 5,000 patients a year, subject to carefully stipulated criteria.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
The Editors: Litmus tests lead to mediocre politics and voter disengagement
The exclusion of pro-life Democratic candidates feeds cynicism about our money-driven political process.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Nancy Pelosi says pro-life Americans are welcome in Democratic Party
“Most of those people—my family, extended family—are not pro-choice. You think I’m kicking them out of the Democratic Party?”
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
The last suppers of Jesus Christ and Ledell Lee
To take Holy Communion in the face of death is to say that it is fellowship, and not food, that matters most.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Nebraska highlights the Catholic Church’s struggle with the death penalty
The fight against the death penalty lays bare the strengths and weaknesses of the Catholic approach to pro-life issues.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Abortion is proving that the Democratic Party can outdo Republicans in self-destruction
The expulsion of pro-life candidates may doom the Democrats to minority status.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
My son’s gift of organ donation taught me death is not the last word.
Christopher’s death gave five people the chance to live.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Judge halts Arkansas plan to execute inmates by end of month
A federal judge halted Arkansas’ unprecedented plan to execute several inmates before the end of the month because one of its execution drugs is about to expire.