abortion

January 13, 2009
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The Sanctity of Life Ethic and the Gospel of Christ

While the election of Barack Obama and the upcoming Presidential Inaugural activities currently dominate the headlines there is another event in January that must not be ignored. On January 18th churches around the nation will celebrate Sanctity of Human Life Sunday. This is the Sunday closest to January 22nd — the day in 1973 when the United States Supreme Court issued its infamous decision of Roe v. Wade that ushered in the era of abortion on demand. […]
February 17, 2009
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Obama’s Approval of Embryonic Stem Cell Research Will Further Divide the Nation

President Obama ran for president and came into office proclaiming that he was going to bring a divided nation together. He promised to govern in a nonpartisan manner and to seek counsel on the serious issues of the day from a variety of sources who have differing opinions. However, Obama has been in office only four weeks and it appears that such promises were simply empty rhetoric that sounded good on the campaign trail. Today, […]
March 24, 2009

NARAL Smear Tactics Distort the Truth About Crisis Pregnancy Centers

Note: This commentary was written in response to a negative commentary by the National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL) that was published on March 20, 2009 in the Free Lance Star, a newspaper in Fredericksburg, Virginia. The Free-Lance Star has agreed to publish this response. While it is in specific response to the allegations made by the Virginia chapter of NARAL it is appropriate for all other areas of the country since NARAL and other […]
June 3, 2009
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The Sotomayor Nomination: Rule of Law, Not Empathy, is the Standard

When running for the presidency Obama made it very clear what standards he would rely upon, as President, in making appointments to the United States Supreme Court. He made it clear that “empathy” is the character he seeks in a judicial nominee. The empathy to understand what it’s like to be poor, or African-American, or gay, or disabled, or old. And that’s the criteria by which I’m going to be selecting my judges. Obama criticized […]
June 16, 2009
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The Sotomayor Nomination and Abortion

Speculation abounds over President Obama’s appointment of judge Sonya Sotomayor to the United States Supreme Court and her position on the issue of abortion. There currently is a very sensitive balance on the Court on some high profile social issues such as abortion, and many cases on these issues are decided by a vote of 5-4. Sotomayor, as a Supreme Court justice, will undoubtedly provide the deciding vote on a variety of such issues. Judge […]
June 29, 2009
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When a Celebrity Dies the Nation Mourns, But When…

Recently the nation has seen a wave of deaths of celebrities — Ed McMann, Michael Jackson, Farah Fawcett and Billy Mays. Very few people in the general public had personal relationships with these departed public icons. Yet, the intensity level of mourning that the nation has exhibited upon the news of these deaths shows that millions of people identified with these celebrities in a very personal way. Celebrity Death of Michael Jackson The public mourning […]
May 30, 2012
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Abortion is Not Safer for Women Than Childbirth

Media outlets such as Time Magazine and Reuters have provided extensive coverage to an article recently published as “Original Research” and entitled, “The Comparative Safety of Legal Induced Abortion and Childbirth in the United States,” by Raymond and Grimes in the Feb, 2012 journal Obstetrics & Gynecology. The article concludes by stating: “Legal induced abortion is markedly safer than childbirth. The risk of death associated with childbirth is approximately 14 times higher than that with […]
January 22, 2016

43 Years Ago Today

             January 22, 2016, marks the 43rd anniversary of Roe v. Wade, a decision by the United States Supreme Court that has had tragic consequences and torn this nation apart in a manner not experienced since the days of slavery.  It is hard to realize that such a time period has passed and America still has not dealt directly with the proclamation of Roe that while unborn children may be human beings t they […]
February 19, 2016

Counselor to Sonographer.

I have been a volunteer at a pregnancy medical center since the beginning of 2014.  As a nurse practitioner I was thrilled to sit down and listen to these women in need without a clock looming over my head reminding me that there were a hundred other tasks I could be doing.  I relished being in the moment with a woman in distress.  I was able to be truly mindful of what was really happening […]