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Posted at: May 29th, 2013 - 7:18 pm - Number of Comments » 1
Well, this has been a bit of an eye-opener for me. Many of you may have heard that bishops in Germany approved use of the “Morning After pill” (MAP) to treat victims of rape. Swiss bishops recently made a similar announcement recently. Naturally, many pro-lifers and faithful Catholics — myself included — were wondering what, [...]
Posted at: March 12th, 2013 - 10:52 pm - Number of Comments » 0
One of these days I will become a more diligent blogger. In the meantime, here are a few things that I’ve been keeping open in my browsers lately that I’ve been wanting to talk about here in my own little corner of the world wide web, but have been too lazy to get around to. [...]
Posted at: February 5th, 2013 - 7:43 pm - Number of Comments » 3
Over a year ago I wrote an article about why drug addicts should not be encouraged to allow themselves to be permanently sterilized. Sharing her personal story of being pregnant while addicted to crystal meth, Calah Alexander is an example of why sterilizing drug addicts is the wrong approach: Don’t get me wrong, it wasn’t [...]
Posted at: January 30th, 2013 - 10:43 am - Number of Comments » 2
1. I’ve seen quite a few stories about birth control lately. Why not make a quick takes post out of all of them, plus a few other related items? 2. First thing’s first: For quite some time now, the link between hormonal contraceptives and an increased risk of breast cancer has been acknowledged by the [...]
Posted at: September 21st, 2012 - 3:52 pm - Number of Comments » 2
In her totally unbiased live report on the announcement of Paul Ryan as Mitt Romney’s running mate last weekend, MSNBC’s White House Spokesperson Correspondent Andrea Mitchell said: “I think you’re going to see that they (have) decided that this is a base election. This is not a pick for suburban moms. This is not a [...]
Posted at: August 14th, 2012 - 12:32 pm - Number of Comments » 0
Just when I thought the ‘Condescending Wonka’ meme had run its course, he goes and does something like this…and totally redeems himself (for the moment, anyway). :)
Posted at: June 11th, 2012 - 11:11 pm - Number of Comments » 8
This image (via CatholicSistas) goes perfectly with what I wrote for CatholicLane yesterday.
Posted at: April 5th, 2012 - 10:56 am - Number of Comments » 0
According to liberal feminists like Nancy Pelosi and Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards, opposition to the Health and Human Services mandate forcing religious employees to cover contraceptive services amounts to a misogynistic “war on women.” The media is often all too willing to repeat this opinion as being representative of the female population at large, [...]
Posted at: April 4th, 2012 - 8:32 pm - Number of Comments » 0
Here’s something guaranteed to garner some heated debate. In discussions about contraception, it often gets brought up that birth control pills are used, not just for preventing pregnancy, but for treating other, non-contraceptive medical diseases and conditions. Not only are they being used for this reason, but, we’re told that they are necessary for treating [...]
Posted at: March 21st, 2012 - 12:34 am - Number of Comments » 2