Some events in life buoy us. Some events in life fill us with wonder. And some events drive us to our knees and shatter us. For Dr. Anthony Levatino, that event happened on June 23, 1984. How Dr. Anthony Levatino Became an Abortionist Image courtesy of Heartbeat International [...]
Kindness. Courtesy. Justice. Respect. Love. They are words that could have been spoken by Christ. He told us that we must love God with our whole selves and love our neighbors as we love ourselves. Love is not just a feeling; it’s an action. If you love both God and [...]
“We think the reason no one acted is…because the victims were infants without identities.” ~Report of the Grand Jury on Kermit Gosnell In February 2010, state and federal authorities raided Dr. Kermit Gosnell's clinic, the Women’s Medical Society in Philadelphia. This followed a major investigation into illegal drug prescriptions. They found [...]
Gonzales vs. Carhart Upholds Congressional Ban on Partial-Birth Abortions On April 23, 2007, the Supreme Court of the United States issued an important decision in the case called Gonzales vs. Carhart, in which the Court upheld a ban of the gruesome “partial-birth abortion” procedure. The ban, approved by Congress, was [...]
As experts have known for years, unborn children begin to feel pain as early as eight weeks after fertilization, and definitely no later than 14 weeks. In fact, University of Arkansas Professor Kanwaljeet Anand, the world’s leading authority on fetal pain, says that preborn children probably feel pain much more [...]
House Resolution 36 Passes the House of Representatives Human Life International (HLI) celebrates the action taken by the House in passing H.R. 36, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, late yesterday. President of HLI, Fr. Shenan J. Boquet, commented: “HLI affirms the protection of every life from the moment of [...]
At first glance, it may seem heartless for pro-lifers to oppose abortions performed in order to preserve the physical health of women. But we know that abortion is itself deadly and harmful to women, as we have seen over and over again. We can credibly assert, based upon experience [...]
Why All the Talk about Back-Alley Abortions? Pro-abortion activists had a problem before Roe v. Wade. They could not make the abortion procedure itself palatable to the public, and statistics did not back up their various arguments for legalization. So they resorted to a variety of emotional appeals to make [...]
“We pray for an end to senseless violence and dawn of peace and reconciliation among all members of the human family." - Pope Francis: August 25, 2014 The slaughter of Christians and religious minorities in Syria and Iraq by a group known as the “Islamic State” is horrific news. Images [...]
Shortly before leaving Philadelphia in September, I made two special stops with the Black Madonna – one a very pleasant place, and the other a house of horrors. First, I visited the Holy Spirit Adoration Sisters, also more commonly known as the Pink Sisters. These sisters are devoted to perpetual [...]
