Author: Tom Faranda
-
NY Times endorses assisted suicide/euthanasia
No surprise. They backed it when "Dr." Kevorkian was doing his thing, but then kind of steered away from it after initial enthusiasm. Kevorkian was just a little too tacky for their taste. The editorial contains the usual verbal engineering we've come to expect from "progressive" policies. the editorial is 11 paragraphs long. The right-to-die…
-
Dr. John Willke
Dr. Willke died February 20th. According to his daughter, at the age of 89 he was in fairly good health and seems to have died suddenly at his home. His wife Barbara died in 2013. They are both huge figures in the pro-life movement. Here is the press release from National Right to Life Committee…
-
March for Life 2015 – a blockbuster
UPDATE: Media blackout of March for Life – From the Catholic League More people then ever (Marchers were still streaming past the Supreme Court at 4 o'clock), even less coverage then ever. NY Times had a picture relating to some Congressional measures to restrict federal funding of abortion and that was it. The Washington Post…
-
The Holy Father speaks out on euthanasia
Or the mis-appropriately named "right to die." “How great a lie,” he wrote, “lurks behind certain phrases which so insist on the importance of ‘quality of life’ that they make people think that lives affected by grave illness are not worth living.” Pope Francis invited people to see the world and those who are sick…
-
Pope Francis excommunicates a priest
For promoting women's ordination and same sex marriage. Excerpts below the link. Australian priest had continued to act publicly as a priest after having priestly facilities removed In the first such excommunication since the new pontiff took office Fr Greg Reynolds was dismissed in a letter from the Archbishop of Melbourne Denis Hart, which stated…
-
Governor Cuomo vetoes help for adoptive families
Thanks to Ed Mechmann for sending us this. An "Albany Update" press release from New Yorker's for Constitutional Freedom. Can you follow Cuomo's logic? Governor “Grinch” Steals Christmas From Foster Care Kids Albany, NY –The Adoption Tax Deduction Bill (S.3382-A – Hassell-Thompson/A.2378-B – Crespo), which would provide a personal income tax deduction for all fees…
-
Abortion rate declines to lowest since Roe v. Wade
From Lifenews.com, and other sources. Abortions at a Record Low Since Roe vs. Wade The government’s latest report confirms the good news reported by Guttmacher earlier this year. That not only the number of abortions in the U.S. have dropped to lows not seen since the earliest days of legal abortion in America, so, too,…
-
Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe – December 12th
Named Patroness ofthe Unborn by Pope John Paul II in 1999. "The voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the ground" (Gen 4:10). Here is an interesting history: Our Lady of Guadalupe “Patroness of the Unborn”
-
Priests for Life will not obey the Obamacare contraception/abortion mandate
Having just lost "… the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit, which ruled against Priests for Life's challenge to the HHS mandate in the case Priests for Life et al. vs. US Dept. of HHS et al…" They were not the only plaintifs in the case. Hit the link for the others. Here…
-
Elise Stefanik, from NY; youngest woman ever elected to Congress! & Pro-life
What about the War on Women? She's pro-life. A Republican – elected in a District held by a Democrat since 1990. Harvard graduate – here's her wiki. This 30-Year-Old Rising GOP Star Just Made History And here's a profile off Business Insider – On the trail in a sprawling district that spans from Saratoga Springs…