Today on Register Radio, moral theologian and cultural analyst Dr. Pia de Solenni tackled Time magazine's pronouncement that the pro-life movement is winning.
De Solenni disagreed with the magazine's assertion.
“I don’t think we’re winning,” said de Solenni. “”We’re doing a lot of good work and there’s been great state legislation passed, but a pro-abortion President won re-election. Planned Parenthood received $542 million in taxpayer funding, and there were more than 1 million abortions last year.”
De Solenni went on to describe where she sees three areas of success in the pro-life movement: state legislation, pregnancy help centers, and ministry and prayer efforts, such as 40 Days for Life.
Asked about the generational divide on the issue of abortion, de Solenni described the attitude of the young as the “no big deal principle.”
“They’re trapped in a culture of relativism,” she said. “Many oppose abortion, but the same generation has no problem with same-sex ‘marriage’. Things have been relativized.”
To learn de Solenni’s solution to this problem, listen to the show.
Films of 2012
During our second half, Steven Greydanus, the Register’s film critic, who is hard at work on his Top Ten film list for 2012 gave us a sneak peak at some of his favorite films from the year.
“2011 was such a strong year, with some of the most amazing films that I’ve ever reviewed, that by comparison, 2012 wasn’t a bad year, but not as strong,” said Greydanus.
In terms of spiritually edifying films, Greydanus mentioned four – Les Miserables, for its overt use of Catholic imagery; For Greater Glory, the pro-life drama October Baby, and the independent film The Kid with a Bike, about the significance of fatherhood and fatherlessness and unexpected grace.
What’s the most fun Greydanus had at the movies during 2012? Listen to the entire show to find out.
You can listen to the entire show at 2 p.m. EASTERN Friday on any EWTN Radio affiliate or Sirius/XM Satellite Radio. The program re-airs at 7 p.m. EASTERN on Saturday and 11 a.m. EASTERN on Sunday, and is also available on the Register Radio web page, and via podcast.
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Dr.Pia de Solenni’s statement there has been “some great pro-life legislation in states” needs to exclude New York State. Gov. Cuomo, otherwise known as the Abortion Governor of the state with the highest abortion rate at 38% of pregnancies, double the nat’l avg., far in excess of No. 2 Calif. at 28% has in his 2 yrs as Gov. presided over the violent, painful killing of more than 300,000 babies or 600 for every regular work day. New York State is truly the Abortion Capital of the nation.
Gov. Cuomo in his State of the State continued to passionately urge passage of the Reproductive Health Act which declares abortion “a fundamental reproductive right”. He says passage will provide even greater access to those seeking abortion, after all “It is her body”. How wrong can he be.
Gov. Cuomo the abortion Gov. is clearly following in the extreme pro-abortion footsteps of President Obama, our Abortion President. They are truly waging a tyrannical war on the right to life of the unborn.
Thomas Jeferson says, “All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.” The people of NYS and the Nation need to speak out and act to support the unborn in their fight for life.
A woman will receive at least 25 years in prison after being convicted of videotaping two men having sex with her 14-year-old daughter, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.
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Biron claimed on her Facebook page (which has been removed) that she had worked with the Alliance Defending Freedom, which advocates for “religious liberty, the sanctity of life, and marriage and family,” in a tax fight that pitted the city of Concord, N.H., against a Pentecostal church. A blogger at Americablog also claims she was included in the group’s “Honor Corps,” which recognizes attorneys who provide 450 hours of pro bono work for the organization. The ADF said in November that Buron was not an employee.
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A book written by the president and senior director of the ADF claims that pedophilia is “intrinsically linked” to homosexuality.
I would say that we Pro-Lifer’s are gaining momentum. I agree that we are not winning. We active pro-life Catholics learn fast that we have “No Friends” in the clergy. The priests and Bishops keep a wide distance from us. Some show an aversion to Pro-Life like a demon to a crucifix. This is why we are not winning because our enemies have many friends among the Bishops and clergy.
Pro=Life Folk Song (For Register Radio and Readers)
Dear Editor
I ask your help to popularize an anti=abortion theme song , Because conventional songs rumble and reverbeate in extremely large crowds (Washington Mall). the most successful folk song/hymns have been limited to repetition of two verses (with arms overhead wavin first left and the right with the second verse)
.Example:
“We shall overcome….we shall overcome !”.........or
“All we are asking….give peace a chance”
Folk singers build on each others work… Read Guthrie , Seeger etc.
I propose as our Pro- life Folk song/hymn/theme :
“ALL WE ARE ASKING…LET THE CHILD LIVE”
This simple message cqn be followed if necessary by:
“We shall overcome..etc” but it complicates the audio.
KEEP IT SIMPLE!!!
Please convey my gift 0f song to the Washington Pro-Life organizers…
..Raymond j Rice….........516-767-2052…..rayrice@ricecisco.com
1/13/2013
I would like to point out to Ms. deSolenni that outside of her bubble, most elections are not fought solely on the matter of abortion. It could be that the average voter, while maybe being rather indifferent to the matter of abortion, did not find very attractive a candidate that rejected 47% of the US population as being, at best, despicable, or at worst, contemptible… Faced with the choice between two defective candidates, they might have tried to choose “the least of two evils”...
I guess you were just kidding in your last post.
No, I was perfectly serious. Maybe we Catholics would like reality to be different, but it remains that many people, maybe even a majority of the population, have many other concerns than abortion.
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