Mom graduates with PhD one day after giving birth: ‘We can do anything’

By Bridget Sielicki One North Carolina mom is showing that women are strong and capable — and that it is possible to pursue a degree, even while pregnant. Abby Bailiff earned her doctorate from the UNC Greensboro School of Nursing on May 4, just one day after giving birth to son Bodie. She graduated with her doctorate of …

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This Mother’s Day, I salute my mother and all the women who, through their motherhood, have made the world a more compassionate place

By Maria V. Gallagher, Legislative Director, Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation I keep a photo on my desk at work—a timeless reminder of the family in which I was raised. It was taken at my Aunt Mary’s house—and it was one of the rare times my mother made it into the picture. After all, she was usually …

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Our unyielding belief that every single life matters means….

By Dave Andrusko Why I have this paragraph tucked away on my hard drive escapes me; I don’t even know who wrote it! (Senior moment anyone?) The quote is embedded in a paragraph where he or she quoted the great apologist G. K. Chesterton who wrote: “All men matter. You matter. I matter. It’s the …

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Bridges that Build a Culture of Life

By Bonnie Finnerty Some songs just resonate with us.  That was the case for my teenage self with Simon and Garfunkel’s Bridge Over Troubled Water.  Faithful friendship, self-sacrifice, a reason to hope.  The slow, low start that builds to a bright, buoyant finale, signaling the journey from dark despair to shining dreams in the distance. When …

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In the midst of a difficult situation, a life-affirming path can appear— seemingly miraculously—for a pregnant woman and her child.

By Maria V. Gallagher, Legislative Director, Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation Editor’s note. Today is President’s Day, a federal holiday. We’re running stories from the past that you’ve indicated you particularly like. We’re back on Tuesday will the latest pro-life updates. Editor’s note. This appears in the January issue of National Right to Life News. Please share …

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