This didn’t get a whole lot of press, but it certainly caught my attention. While courting pro-life Christians in Florida on Sunday, Newt Gingrich said that he would ban all embryonic stem cell (ESC) research – even research on ‘left-over’ embryos from IVF labs – and take a serious look at the way fertility clinics are managed. From the Christian … Read More
Bella Santorum Has “Miraculous Turnaround”
Good news! On a tele-town hall last night from his daughter’s hospital room, Rick Santorum told Florida voters, “She’s had a miraculous turnaround. We have a long way to go, but she turned the corner and we are very, very grateful.” Bella was diagnosed with pneumonia in both lungs, a devastating illness for anyone, but especially for a small child … Read More
Prayers for Bella Santorum and Family!
Dear readers, please join me in praying for 3 year old Bella Santorum, who has Trisomy 18 and was admitted to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia this evening. Find out more about little Bella here: Previous post: Santorum: Daughter w/ Trisomy 18 “Worth Every Tear”
IVF: How Old is Too Old?
Using her partner’s sperm and a donor egg, Susan Tollefsen became Britain’s oldest first-time mother when she gave birth at the age of 57 and sparked an ethical fire-storm. Now, 61 and separated from her partner, she says there should be an age limit for IVF treatment for women in the UK. Last November she told the UK Daily Mail: … Read More
Wow! Young Woman is Adoptive Mother of 14 Ugandan Orphans!
Alright, this is a nice contrast to the freaking weird story I posted earlier about a virgin who is the father of 14 children via sperm donation. Katie Davis is the mother of 14 Ugandan orphans…and she’s only 23! After high school, Katie left home to do a year long mission trip to Uganda before college. Now she lives there … Read More
36 Year Old Virgin Has Fathered 14 Children
No, it’s not a miracle. Just the latest example of what a bass-ackwards, freaky-deaky world we live in. Trent Arsenault is currently being investigated by the FDA for running a private, one-man, unregulated sperm bank from his home. On Anderson Cooper’s syndicated television show last week, Arsenault revealed that, not only has he fathered 14 children (with four on the … Read More
Unborn Atheists: Do You Believe in Mom?
The sad reality behind this clever little illustration is that mothers of roughly 30% of the children conceived today will have them killed before they get a chance to see ‘Mom’ or experience life outside the womb…well, this life, anyway.
Happy Feast Day to My Fellow Writers, Editors and Journalists!
St. Francis de Sales, pray for us! Prayer for Writers (from from Saintly Support: A Prayer for Every Problem): May the Lord guide me and all those who write for a living. Through your prayers, St. Frances de Sales, I ask for your intercession as I attempt to bring the written word to the world. Let us pray that God … Read More
A Generation Lucky to Be Alive
My article published at CatholicLane.com: Today, hundreds of thousands of pro-life people gathered in Washington D.C. for the annual March for Life, commemorating the anniversary of Roe vs. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that struck down existing state laws protecting unborn children. For those who have been on the March or seen footage of it on EWTN (you can … Read More
Conference on Medical Advances in Prenatal Diagnoses – Tune In!
If you have some time today between now and 5:00 pm, tune in to the First Annual Conference on Medical Advances in Prenatal Diagnosis by the the Council on Poor Prenatal Diagnoses and Therapeutic Interventions. Click here for the live feed. The conference, which is the brainchild of Dr. Gerard Nadal and a collaboration between Med Students for Life, Family … Read More