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The Unmaking of an Abortionist

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Posted by Tom McFeely

Monday, November 24, 2008 2:22 PM

Protest outside Planned Parenthood facility in Washington, D.C. (SIPA)

One of the abortion industry’s biggest problems is the fact that few medical students want anything to do with the life-destroying procedure.

Lesley Wojick was different, however.

The University of Maryland School of Medicine student is a member of Medical Students for Choice, and last year she organized a daylong seminar on abortion at the Johns Hopkins medical school that featured a talk by... READ MORE


 

Our Hope Wasn’t in McCain

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Posted by Tom Hoopes

Saturday, November 22, 2008 9:30 AM

“It might seem like things are bleak and getting bleaker.” So begins the first editorial in our “Hope for America” series.

“The truth is, there are several things we can do to either ensure that this is the first step of a crushing defeat on the one hand, or the beginning of a new victory on the other.” Readers of “Our President” and this week’s Letters will know where that “first step of a... READ MORE


 

Pro-Abortion Catholic Gets HHS

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Posted by Tom McFeely

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 4:30 PM

Tom Daschle (CNS/Reuters)

President-elect Barack Obama has reportedly selected former South Dakota Sen. Tom Daschle to serve as his Secretary of Health and Human Services.

The abortion lobby praised the move.

“Sen. Daschle will bring thoughtful progressive leadership to the Department of Health and Human Services,” Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, told the pro-abortion website RH Reality Check.... READ MORE


 

Communion and Voting

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Posted by Tom McFeely

Monday, November 17, 2008 4:37 PM

Father Jay Scott Newman (CNS)

Father Jay Scott Newman has generated national discussion of the issue of voting for Barack Obama and receiving Communion.

Father Newman, pastor of St. Mary’s Church in Greenville, S.C., said in his parish’s Nov. 9 bulletin that Catholics who voted for Obama, despite being aware of his pro-abortion platform, needed to repent and go to Confession before receiving Communion again.

Msgr.... READ MORE


 

Black Pro-Lifers Worry

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Posted by Tom Hoopes

Saturday, November 15, 2008 9:52 AM

Arnold Culbreath of ProtectingBlackLife.org

You may have noticed the article to the right about “Black Pro-Lifers’ Joy and Pain.”

In it, Tim Drake talked to several black pro-lifers who celebrated the historic nature of the election of Barack Obama, but were worried about how black babies would be affected.

“It’s an incredibly historic moment for our nation. There were many African-Americans who didn’t think we would see this in... READ MORE


 

U.S. Bishops: FOCA is ‘Evil’

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Posted by Tom McFeely

Wednesday, November 12, 2008 2:34 PM

Here is the statement Cardinal Francis George of Chicago has just released, on behalf of all of America’s Catholic bishops, about abortion and the election of President-elect Barack Obama:

“If the Lord does not build the house, in vain do its builders labor; if the Lord does not watch over the city, in vain does the watchman keep vigil.” (Psalm 127, vs. 1)

The Bishops of the Catholic... READ MORE


 

Inauguration Day Novena

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Posted by Tom McFeely

Tuesday, November 11, 2008 1:31 PM

(CNS)

St. Benedict’s philosophy of Ora et Labora — pray and work — has served as the foundation of Catholic religious life for nearly 1,500 years.

We’d like to suggest it also must serve as the foundation for the pro-life movement as it girds for the challenge of a pro-abortion Barack Obama presidency.

The Register’s post-election issues will feature coverage of ways that pro-lifers can... READ MORE


 

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