Category: Abortion

March 12, 2010

“Nobody’s Pro-Abortion”…well except you, Mr. President

By Matt Smith, Vice President of Catholic Advocate

In Pennsylvania on March 8, 2010, President Obama ended his health care reform campaign rally with a classic political battle cry about being sent to Washington to make the tough decisions and do …

March 11, 2010

A Choice Example: In defense of killing children

A Port Charlotte, Florida deputy and a pair of bystanders are now being treated as heroes, for having stopped a woman from drowning her two children in a pond. Well, where do they get off?

February 27, 2010

Play It Again, Sam…Obama-care Still Funds Abortion

Filed under: Politics In General, Abortion - 27 Feb 2010

By Matt Smith

President Obama campaigned on working with both sides of the aisle to achieve “progress” for America. He played into Americans’ growing frustration at Washington grid-lock, making promises he has not kept. Many members of the minority party have …

February 4, 2010

BISHOPS MUST IMMEDIATELY SUSPEND ALL GRANTS FROM CATHOLIC CAMPAIGN FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

Filed under: Religion & Faith, Abortion - 04 Feb 2010

Catholic Advocate Leadership Calls for Review of Grant Award Process

February 2, 2010

The Super Bowl Kerfuffle

“If you don’t like it just turn off the TV!” goes the liberal mantra as all form of sexual perversion, obscenity and violence slinks unannounced into our living rooms. But when the message is perceived to undercut some carefully crafted …

January 28, 2010

An Evening with Justice Blackmun on the Anniversary of Roe

Filed under: Featured Conservative, Abortion - 28 Jan 2010

It was the summer of 1993 — 20 years after Roe v. Wade — and I was teaching a seminar at the Aspen Institute in Colorado with Mortimer Adler. Adler, famous for his Great Books approach to philosophy, was in …

January 15, 2010

Catholic Campaign for Human Development Still Funding Abortion Promoter

Filed under: Religion & Faith, Abortion - 15 Jan 2010

Only a few months ago, it was revealed that the Catholic Campaign for Human Development was funding organizations actively promoting abortion and same-sex marriage. As a result, several organizations were defunded, and the CCHD was declared back on track.

January 10, 2010

Catholics Lead Abortion Funding Effort in Congress

The present standoff over abortion funding in health-care reform pits two sets of Catholics against each other: The bishops, supported by pro-life leaders, zealously oppose abortion funding, while prominent Catholic members of Congress just as zealously promote it.

December 28, 2009

What if Mary and Joseph had Socialized Medicine?

The left believes that socialized, single payer, health care is not only fair. But it is also efficient, safe, and competent. This being the Christmas season I wonder what socialized medicine would have been like for the birth of Christ. …

December 26, 2009

ABORTION: We Were Young and Deceived

Filed under: Politically Incorrect Reality, Abortion - 26 Dec 2009

by Jen Shroder

My son stood larger than life, the sun dancing on his hair, his eyes sparkling as he laughed with his teammates in all the bravado only teamates can share. Grinning from ear to ear, ahead in a major …

December 18, 2009

Fake Catholic Groups Working Overtime for Healthcare Bill

Filed under: Religion & Faith, Abortion - 18 Dec 2009

It’s sad to report, but report we must: The same fake Catholic groups that helped President Barack Obama get elected have rallied to the cause of the health-care bill, abortion funding and all. As reported by LifeNews.com, Catholics United (CU) …

December 14, 2009

Marcia Hamilton, the Stupak Amendment, and Constitutional Mayhem

My interest was piqued by the title of the article, Why the Stupak Amendment to the Healthcare Reform Bill is Unconstitutional, by Marcia Hamilton. Assuming the title was surely a play on words, as the title is nonsensical in nature, …

December 8, 2009

The Bad Business of Planned Parenthood

Filed under: Abortion - 08 Dec 2009

By Mauricio Roman

Despite profits of $85 million in 2008, Planned Parenthood is facing serious financial difficulties. According to a recent Harvard Business School case study, Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) is structured as a …

November 25, 2009

Why Abortion is Not Health Care

Filed under: Abortion - 25 Nov 2009

by: Elizabeth Marion

Over the past few weeks, abortion has become the focal point of the health care debate. Pro-life congressmen are arguing that it’s wrong to use taxpayer dollars to fund something that so …

November 22, 2009

Burning Down the Straw Man

As has been the case for many years, and especially most recently, the charge is that conservatives are falsely railing against a straw man in their observations and accusations leveled against the activities of liberals, and the Obama administration. Before …

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