Author: Tom Faranda

Back in July we published excerpts and a link to this superb essay  "One women's journey from pro-choice atheist to pro-life Catholic" which was published in America magazine. The author, Jennifer Fulwiler, has a really excellent weblog and this morning posted this Conversion Diary: Abortion and Holocaust comparisons – The diary of a former atheist . Besides…

A pro-abortion agenda. Barack Obama Captures Win Over John McCain, Expected to Promote Abortions Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) — Presidential candidate Barack Obama captured a victory on Tuesday night in the presidential elections over John McCain. Under an Obama administration, pro-life advocates are concerned about the promotion of abortion. Under an Obama administration pro-life advocates expect…

From ZENIT: Says Law Will Allow Full Access to Abortion KANSAS CITY, Missouri, OCT. 28, 2008 (Zenit.org).- A U.S. bishop says people of good will should question a candidate's determination to reduce abortions when he also promises to immediately sign upon taking office the Freedom of Choice Act. Bishop Robert Finn of Kansas City-St. Joseph…

This is off the Catholic newservice ZENIT US Bishops Decry Falsifying of Church Teaching Put Voters on Guard Against Faulty Information WASHINGTON, D.C., OCT. 24, 2008 (Zenit.org).- Both opposing evil and doing good are moral requirements in the abortion issue, and the "Catholic approach" does not allow for choosing just one or the other, clarified…

More commentary and worth hitting the link for a complete read; we are excerpting several things on this issue and quotes we had not seen elsewhere. As always, imagine if this were a discussion about slavery … make the analogy Opinion: Can Catholics Back Pro-Choice Obama? | Newsweek Religion | Newsweek.com The argument, in sum: the…

The Obama campaign has gotten a lot of mileage out of former Reagan appointee and pro-lifer(?) Law Professor Douglas Kmiec's public support and campaigning for Obama. And he recently published a book, Can a Catholic Support Him? Asking the Big Question about Barack Obama. In this book, Kmiec quotes from Archbishop Chaput's book, Render Unto Caesar, written months…

A comprehensive article, based mostly on Guttmacher Institute data. From about 1981, the abortion rate has been on the decline. Study Finds Major Shift in Abortion Demographics – washingtonpost.com The analysis confirmed previous reports that the abortion rate fell to the lowest level since 1974, dropping 33 percent from a peak of 29 abortions per…

Thanks to our correspondent Antoinette for making us aware of these. Verastegui has made a video in Spanish, to warn the Hispanic community about abortion and the pro-abortion position of Barack Obama. Here are two videos. The first is an excerpted video of Verastegui's full video, with English sub-titles, and  without the pictures of aborted babies. It is…

"Politics and the Pro-lifer" was not just the distinguished guest speaker Yonkers Mayor Phil Amicone's inspirational address to the gathered crowd; it is the defining description of the life and death struggle at the heart of the relationship between the world of politics and the pro-life men and women present at this year's Westchester and Putnam Right to Life PAC fundraiser. Mayor…

Here's the website, and the ad and her appearance on Hannity and Colmes is below: