Video: Stephanie Gray on Pro-Life Apologetics
This is an old video (June 2007), but Stephanie Gray is a hero. It’s a great primer on pro-life apologetics with respect to abortion. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gUJxiQqQVc&hl=en&fs=1&]
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Family Guy episode details trickle out
This is from a few weeks back. Personally, I don’t find this interesting enough to dig much into the details, but you can read Jill Stanek’s take, and then see what Feministing said, if you want to get a sense …
Moving video testimony of family supporting anencephalic pregnancy
John Smeaton brings us a moving video testimony of a Brazilian family who refused abortion in the face of anencephaly. The Brazilian government wants Brazil’s supreme court to allow the abortion of unborn children with anencephaly – babies missing the …
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Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity
The 6th Annual Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity will take place on October 20th, 2009. From the Facebook Group: Since January 22, 1973 over 50,000,000 babies have had their voices silenced through surgical abortion in this nation alone. Over 4,000 …
Alex Schadenberg on Deep Sedation
Alex Schadenberg breaks down the problems with deep sedation, when used as a form of “slow” euthanasia: I want to make it clear that Deep Sedation itself is not a moral problem, it becomes a moral problem when it is …
Oh, did we mention life begins at conception?
I wish it didn’t need repeating (but we’ll repeat it until it doesn’t): human life begins at conception. (via Matthew Warner) More at abort73.com…
South Dakota strikes down part of abortion informed consent law, but leaves in the dead babies part
Feministing highlighted a federal court decision which struck down parts of the South Dakota abortion informed consent law: In another win for reproductive justice this week, a federal judge called a South Dakota anti-choice law – which mandates that doctors …
The importance of palliative care
An important and thoughtful article in the Catholic Register on palliative care: Michele Chaban doesn’t want the option of asking her doctor to kill her, but she thinks she’s probably going to get it. Chaban is one of Canada’s leading …
Stop the American Abortion Mandate
An important video for our friends south of the border (via Thomas Peters). [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RD7hJhwy5g&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1] Unfortunately, Canada already subscribes to the incredible inconsistency that abortion is both a woman’s choice and a medical necessity.
Once Again: Life Begins At Conception
One of the most influence pro-life essays I’ve read was in grade 12 philosophy class, an essay titled Is every human being a person? by Patrick Lee (IIRC). So, when I see Patrick Lee’s name as one of the authors …