Category: Life

By Dave Andrusko I should have known, but didn’t until last year, that March 2 is “Read Across America Day.” The date is no coincidence. It coincides with Dr. Seuss’s birthday. Theodor Seuss Geisel—“Dr. Seuss” —was born March 2, 1904. According to various biographies, after graduating in 1925 from Dartmouth College, Geisel sought a doctorate in …

By Maria V. Gallagher, Legislative Director, Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation Editor’s note. This appeared in the February edition of National Right to Life News. Please share with all your pro-life family and friends. Also send any comments to daveandrusko@gmail.com. Sometimes a crisp winter snowfall is a reminder of the fragility of life. During a recent snowstorm which shut down …

By Dave Andrusko Tomorrow is my oldest daughter’s birthday. Emily turns 38 years old. Thirty-eight years ago the Washington, DC metropolitan area was digging out from under the 15 to 22 inches of snow dumped on us over the previous two days. It was dubbed “Megalopolitan Blizzard.” Today it’s 32 degrees and while cloudy, it’s …

By Dave Andrusko The 55th annual Super Bowl is three days away. Over the years we’ve posted about ads that were subtly pro-life (which the bad guys complained about, of course) and/or which parodied pro-abortionists response to even the implication that giving birth is more than just exercising  “choice.” For example, there was the enormous …

By Lisa Bourne The very beauty of human life is the key to prevailing over abortion, a renowned artist says, and he’s embarked upon a project to bring that foundational beauty home to everyone he can. “Beauty will save the world,” the famous maxim from a book by Russian novelist and philosopher Fyodor Dostoevsky, is …

By Dave Andrusko Editor’s note. This latest in our series of what appeared a year ago in National Right to Life Today is representative of one of the most popular types of stories: parental courage in the face of strong physician negativity. It was September 2018 and Kertease Williams knew “something has taken over and …

By Dave Andrusko Editor’s note. This repost of a story that appeared in NRL News Today exactly one year ago is as timeless as timeless can be. As an avowed opponent of abortion and firm believer in finding win-win solutions, I nonetheless understand the shrewdness of the incessant campaign to bolster abortion by enhancing its …

By Maria V. Gallagher, Legislative Director, Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation In his new book Renewing Our Hope, popular preacher Bishop Robert Barron makes note of the “outrageous statement” made in the 1992 U.S. Supreme Court ruling Planned Parenthood v. Casey. That statement, which will live in infamy, says, “At the heart of liberty is the right to define …

157 babies were aborted with cleft lip and palate in England and Wales between 2006 and 2010. By Right to Life UK Bentley Boyers, a two-year-old who was born with a cleft lip, has adopted a puppy with the same condition. When Bentley’s father went to the Jackson County Animal Shelter in search of chickens for their …

By Texas Right to Life Editor’s note. This look back at what appeared in NRL News Today one year ago is not only beautiful but teaches us a lesson that can’t be forgotten. College professor Ramata Sissoko Cisse taught her students several lessons during a memorable three-hour lecture. Cisse, an assistant professor of anatomy and …

By Heather Weininger, Executive Director, Wisconsin Right to Life Did you know that October is “Respect Life Month”? I hope that you’ll follow along with me this month as I reflect on our Wisconsin Right to Life mission statement and the principles that we follow every day to bring respect and dignity to every person, …

By Melissa Ohden Editor’s note. This appears on Melissa’s blog. In 1977 Melissa survived a saline abortion. She has spoken all over the world, including many times at National Right to Life conventions. Have you ever read or used a quote, perceiving it to have one meaning, but over time, experienced its meaning has changed …