Pro-Life

January 24, 2020

Sympathy for Pro-Choicers, by John Zmirak

By John Zmirak, The Stream - Amateurs at the art of persuasion (rhetoric) sagely tell us we must understand our opponents’ arguments. This is true, but only trivially. Yes, before you play chess you must learn how the pieces move. But learning the reasons people give for what they believe doesn’t take you very far… That’s because most of the time, the beliefs come first, and the arguments later. The “logic” people offer, and the analogies they use, are typically things that they’ve clutched at, to decorate or disguise the actual reasons for their beliefs. The ornaments on a Christmas tree don’t tell you what species it is, much less where it grew and why.

January 23, 2020

Fr. Jerry Pokorsky: Abortion and Preaching to the Choir

By Fr. Jerry Pokorsky, Catholic Culture - But when God’s law is clearly violated, we expect priests to stand up in opposition to evil and, as necessary, suffer the consequences. The largest number of imprisoned priests in history—over 2,000—was in the Dachau concentration camp during World War II, because these priests had opposed the Nazis. On the other hand, we are disappointed to learn that Nazis and Communists successfully bullied many priests and bishops into silence.

January 23, 2020

BREAKING: Trump to Be First President to Attend March for Life, by Pete Baklinski

By Pete Baklinski, LifeSiteNews - For the first time in history, a U.S. president will attend in person and speak at the annual March for Life that is happening in Washington D.C. on Friday… President Trump announced today that he will be speaking at the 2020 March for Life on January 24, an annual event attended by hundreds of thousands to protest legal abortion… “We are deeply honored to welcome President Trump to the 47th annual March for Life," said Jeanne Mancini, President of March for Life… "He will be the first president in history to attend and we are so excited for him to experience in person how passionate our marchers are about life and protecting the unborn," she continued.

January 23, 2020

Trump Grants Texas Request to Defund Planned Parenthood, Fund Real Women’s Health Care Instead, by Micaiah Bilger

By Micaiah Bilger, LifeNews - The Trump administration gave another victory to mothers and babies this week when it granted a Texas waiver to defund Planned Parenthood and use tax dollars to support real women’s health care instead… On Wednesday, however, the HHS reversed an Obama-era decision and restored $350 million in federal funding to the Healthy Texas Women program, The Statesman reports. The program provides medical care for low-income women, including cancer screenings, family planning, pregnancy tests, counseling and more.