Pro-Life

October 9, 2019

Pro-Life Concern Over Artificial Embryos, by Christopher M. Reilly

By Christopher M. Reilly, Catholic Stand - Yet consider the headline from a recent article in MIT Technology Review: “Meet the ‘artificial embryos’ being called uncanny and spectacular.” The use of such grand descriptors for an extremely prideful scientific project is a clear sign that the issues surrounding these new beings are already being distorted by researchers’ reckless enthusiasm… As Christians, we need to be clear about what is really going on here, and what we should be doing about it. We need to educate our society about the implications of “creating” artificial embryos… Neither “artificial” nor “embryo” but human…

October 9, 2019

New York Post: Birth Control Might Be Making Teens Depressed, by Mary Huhn

By Mary Huhn, NY Post - The pill might be bringing the blues to teenage girls… According to a new study, 16-year-old girls taking oral contraceptives reported more crying, sleeping and eating problems than teens of the same age not using oral contraceptives… “Ours is the first study of this scale to dive deep into the more subtle mood symptoms that occur much more commonly than a depression episode but impact quality of life and are worrying to girls, women and their families,” said co-author Hadine Joffe, MD…

October 9, 2019

On the Road to the Supreme Court, by Matt Hadro

By Matt Hadro, CNA - The Supreme Court will consider an abortion case this term after it announced on Friday that it will hear a challenge to Louisiana’s abortion law… Louisiana’s Unsafe Abortion Protection Act requires abortionists to have admitting privileges at a local hospital, defined as within 30 miles of the abortion clinic; when then-Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) signed the bill into law in 2014, it was promptly challenged in court… “Abortion activists are more than willing to lower the bar on women’s health in order to expand abortion, but stricter clinic regulations are in the best interest of women,” Jeanne Mancini, president of March for Life, stated on Friday.

October 8, 2019

40 Days for Life Campaign Has Saved 93 Babies From Abortion So Far, by Shawn Carney

By Shawn Carney, LifeNews - Today, we know of 93 babies spared from abortion since September 25!.. A woman who had accompanied an abortion customer to Planned Parenthood in Wilmington, Delaware approached 40 Days for Life volunteer Elizabeth with the exciting news: “She is not going to do it. She is going to come out!”… Minutes later, the young mom exited the abortion facility, looking relieved… “You did the right thing and you will be prayed for,” Elizabeth promised while her prayer partner ran over with information on crisis pregnancy resources.