By Dave Andrusko Editor’s note. My family and I will be on our vacation through August 27. I will occasionally add new items but for the most part we will repost “the best of the best” — the stories our readers have told us they especially liked. If a picture is worth a thousand words, …
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By Dorothy Cummings McLean LONDON, August 13, 2019 ― Shelina Begum believes that doctors wish to stop the life support of her brain-injured five-year-old daughter to save “resources.” “I have received various internal information that it all boils down to resources,” she told the hosts of the Good Morning Britain talk show yesterday. “They are …
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By Dave Andrusko Traditionally each August, my family goes back home to Minnesota to visit family and friends. When we were back in 2017, we were blessed to see how completely in love with her brand new baby boy one of our nieces was. It was like old times watching her (and my sister, her …
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By Dave Andrusko On July 30, when police found a baby girl wrapped in a little white blanket, her umbilical cord still attached, on a porch in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, she was the fourth abandoned newborn in recent weeks, according to CNN. Other babies were left in Georgia and two in California, one of whom …
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By Mark Hodges Editor’s note. Mr. Hodges is a researcher for the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition. In a culture of death, British doctors destroy chance for life. Such is the case right now for Tafida Raqeeb, who is dying in a London hospital because her doctors refuse to release her to where she could be cured. …
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By Kevin McCarthy (R-Ca.), House Minority Leader At a point in our nation’s history where I fear the country is quickly losing hope in Congress’ ability to debate with civility or legislate with integrity, I thought there was at least one thing that most people agreed on: Infants with beating hearts should not be left …
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By Maria V. Gallagher, Legislative Director, Pennsylvanians Pro-Life Federation As a news consumer, I often find myself yearning to learn the names of people who perished in automobile accidents, in street violence, or as a result of deadly disease outbreaks. I use news stories as an occasion for prayer, and I want to pray for …
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By Dave Andrusko It was a miracle twice over. First, thanks to alert bystanders, a full-term baby girl was discovered alive last week in a plastic grocery bag in a wooded area roughly 40 miles northeast of Atlanta. Second, “Surprisingly, the baby was in good condition,” Forsyth County Sheriff Ron Freeman told reporters on Friday. …
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By Dave Andrusko Editor’s note. This ran several years back, but the birth of our third grandchild reminded me of what I consider a genuinely fascinating study. Those eight words were put in the form of a declarative statement, rather than a question, in a headline on Fox News. On the same topic, the Daily …
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By Susanne Maynes Taylor was pregnant at seventeen and still in high school. Her best friend told her, “You better not get an abortion!” Her boyfriend said, “If you keep it, we’re done.” Her parents threatened her, too: if she ever got pregnant, they’d kick her out and cut off her college money. So many …
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By Gayle Irwin Is there something in the water? Located along Michigan’s Lake Huron, Blue Water Pregnancy Care Center has experienced an astounding number of twin pregnancies just two months into the new year. In 2018, Jennifer MacDonald, Blue Water’s executive director, says the center saw a total of four sets of twins. By mid-February—or …
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By Maria V. Gallagher, Legislative Director, Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation It was one of those Facebook posts which breaks your heart. A young mother who had just given birth to twins found out that one of her newborn baby boys was in medical trouble. He was flown to a distant children’s hospital where he could receive …
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