Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, who is a Democrat, was heavily pressured as the “swing vote” on S. 5 when it came to getting enough votes for a veto override. I forgot to report that he did vote against it. Good for him! It’s always nice to see pro-life Democrats who are willing to take such an unpopular stand against … Read More
Senate Passes ESC Research Funding Bill
So we knew this was coming and now it has happened. Thankfully President Bush is remaining faithful to his position against further funding for this research and vows to veto the bill again: S.5 is very similar to legislation I vetoed last year. This bill crosses a moral line that I and many others find troubling. If it advances all … Read More
Girls Rule, Boys Drool
We all know that’s true, but now we have scientific proof – when it comes to stem cells anyway. Science Daily — Female stem cells derived from muscle have a greater ability to regenerate skeletal muscle tissue than male cells, according to a study at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC. This finding could have a major impact on the … Read More
Modern Bioethic’s Identity Crisis
It’s taking me a while to get back on the blogging bandwagon after taking a few days off. Please bear with me. Last week Fr. Tad Pacholczyk wrote an article for the Evening Bulletin called Recapturing the Soul of Bioethics, here’s some of it: Modern bioethics seems to be going through a kind of identity crisis. With ethicists available for … Read More
Alleluia!
Rejoice in the Risen Christ! This is the day the Son of Man appeared to his apostles who had lost hope after his passion and death. Yes! Christ’s Resurrection from the dead brings hope to all mankind. It is too easy in the right to life area to lose all hope of ever turning things around with the ever increasing … Read More
Teen Goes to Jail for Attempted Manslaughter of Unborn Child
This always amazes me about our country. Killing unwanted unborn children is perfectly legal, but this is what happens when someone tries to kill an unborn child who is wanted: COLVILLE, Washington (AP) — An 18-year-old pleaded guilty to trying to hire a hit man to kill his ex-girlfriend’s nearly full-term fetus and was sentenced to more than six years … Read More
I Fear This Man’s Nomination
On Wednesday Rudy Giuliani told CNN that he still supports public funding of abortion because: “Ultimately, it’s a constitutional right, and therefore if it’s a constitutional right, ultimately, even if you do it on a state by state basis, you have to make sure people are protected.” So apparently he also thinks that abortion is a constitutional right, which suggests … Read More
Society’s View of Large Families
This week Our Sunday Visitor has an article about large families, something that our culture doesn’t understand. OSV editor Gerald Korson offered his opinion of society’s view of large families in a seperate column of the paper and I found it very amusing. Here is a bit of it: Here’s how society’s perception of family size appears from our side … Read More
Pro-Life T-Shirt Day is Approaching
Just a reminder that National Pro-Life T-Shirt Day is April 24. If you want to participate it would be a good idea to order the shirts soon, if you haven’t done so already. I just ordered mine tonight! The T-Shirt Day website has a lot of helpful information for anyone wishing to wear it at a public school including a … Read More
The Gators Do It Again – Oh MY!!!
Ohio State = Gator Bait! Alright, so I’ve got to take some time again to mention the Florida Gators’ National Championship win, this time in basketball for the second year in a row. A football and TWO basketball National Championships – can you say Gator domi’Nation’?? Oh, it’s great to be a Florida Gator! In case you missed this football … Read More