This is Your Wake-Up Call
by Betsy Childs HowardThis is not the first time that a needed wake-up call has been delivered by a gruesome mailing. Continue Reading »
What Francis Said—And Didn't Say—To Congress
by R. R. RenoIt was a modest speech, one generous to the American experience but lacking in the sharpness this pontiff is sometimes capable of. The repeated use of the term “dialogue” was irritating. It's a buzzword among today's technocrats. They use it as a softening word, one that signals that . . . . Continue Reading »
Fiorina Stumbles Onto the Truth the Media Ignores
by John MurdockOn her biggest stage yet, Fiorina deserves applause for forcefully raising Planned Parenthood’s treatment of the unborn and the associated political avoidance practiced by many in both parties. Nevertheless, Fiorina’s details were in fact a bit off, and her sympathizers (a group I readily put . . . . Continue Reading »
Fiorina Was Right
by Glenn T. StantonOne of the biggest moments in this second GOP debate was Carly Fiorina deftly taking control of the exchange and pointing it toward the macabre activities at Planned Parenthood—and how the top two leaders of the Democratic party are quite content to defend Planned Parenthood and let them go about . . . . Continue Reading »
Illegal, Unsafe, and All Too Common
by Fr. Dominic BouckAn old slogan has made a comeback. While speaking about the newly-released Planned Parenthood videos, a presidential candidate has walked back from a recent defense of their practices to say something you don’t hear much anymore from the pro-choice crowd: “I have said for more than 22 years that . . . . Continue Reading »
Dr. Krauthammer's Passionate Muddle
by Matthew J. FranckRecent revelations that Planned Parenthood is trafficking in human organs—obtained from unborn children killed in the organization’s abortion clinics—have prompted a righteous outrage from many commentators. Anyone with a shred of decency is appalled at the barbarity for which Planned . . . . Continue Reading »
Planned Parenthood and the Trafficking of Aborted Fetuses
by Fr. Dominic BouckWe’ve been very good at getting heart, lung, liver, because we know that, so I’m not gonna crush that part, I’m gonna basically crush below, I’m gonna crush above, and I’m gonna see if I can get it all intact.”An undercover video released this morning purports to show Dr. Deborah . . . . Continue Reading »
Millennial Idol Lena Dunham Talks Politics
by Mark BauerleinThe Planned Parenthood Action Fund has sent out an email message about the upcoming election from Lena Dunham, creator and star of Girls, author of Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She’s Learned, and representative Twenty-First-Century Young American Female. Indeed, a recent New York Timesprofile termed her book “a primer for millennial women negotiating the path to adulthood,” so we should examine her words closely when she drifts away from the youth habit of talking about her life and shifts to politics. Continue Reading »
The Difference Three Percent Makes
by Betsy Childs HowardAccording to the Planned Parenthood, just 3 percent of its services are abortion related. So why are so many clinics closing? Continue Reading »
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