By Maria V. Gallagher, Legislative Director, Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation It is with great pain that I revisit the events of 9/11/2001. I recall the shock and disbelief I felt when I flipped on a television and saw the second plane fly into New York’s Twin Towers. When another plane hit the Pentagon, I feared that …
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By Maria V. Gallagher, Legislative Director, Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation When my mother was dying of cancer and could no longer live in her rented house, I had to begin the difficult task of removing a life’s worth of possessions from a home she had lived in for nearly 30 years. I quickly determined that the …
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By Dave Andrusko Going back all the way to 1999 [!], one of the most popular stories we periodically run is what Wisconsin’s Beloit College calls its “Mindset List” for the incoming freshman class. It’s a way of tracking the “cultural touchstones” and coordinates through which 18-year-olds compile and navigate their beginner’s worldview. This year, …
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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. Once again, I saw what I’m guessing will …
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By Dave Andrusko Sometimes, well actually often, I think I see some of the most pro-life messages coming from advertisers. They have no incentive to hide that pregnant women are carrying living, breathing human beings. Take, for example, this ad for First Response Pregnancy Tests. It’s only 30 seconds long. The first two statements are …
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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. In 2019, it’s hard to believe, but pro-abortionists …
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By Sarah Terzo From an article in The Oklahoman: When Oklahoma resident Pam Brown realized she was pregnant for the second time in 18 months, she felt like an abortion was her only option. At the clinic, the doctor performed an ultrasound to gauge how far along Brown was in her pregnancy. She saw something …
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By Dave Andrusko We often ask NRL News Today readers for examples of how they broach the delicate subject of abortion. As it happens, their responses usually affirm my intuition and confirm my experiences. And that is that arguably the best way to reach the undecided is to show them the marvelous complexity of the …
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By Maria Gallagher, Legislative Director, Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation Whenever I contemplate the effect of abortion on women, I think of a friend I will refer to as “Jessica.” A boyfriend pressured Jessica into an abortion when she was a young teenager. She felt she had no say in the matter, and she believed she was …
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By Dave Andrusko In a column I re-read this morning, the Rev. Charles Chaput, the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, pondered, as he often does, the “meaning and dignity of the human person.” He began with reminiscences about a conference a friend of his had once attended whose theme was “supercomputing and the human …
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