Abortion
I hate to be plain spoken on an issue regarding which Americans prefer obscurity, but folks, this is abortion: Eighteen and pregnant, Sycloria Williams went to an abortion clinic outside Miami and paid $1,200 for Dr. Pierre Jean-Jacque Renelique to terminate her 23-week pregnancy. Three days later, she sat in a reclining chair, medicated to…
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Rhode Island is one of seven states that would prefer that citizens with moral reservations about procreation-related procedures and drugs have fewer rights: Seven states sued the federal government Thursday over a new rule that expands protections for doctors and other health care workers who refuse to participate in abortions and other medical procedures because…
Just in case you’re pro-life and have somehow talked yourself into believing that Obama will be tolerable as president: When Barack Obama admitted to Joe the Plumber that he planned on spreading the wealth around, he didn’t mention that the tax dollars he will take from you will be used to pay for elective abortions…
Edward Cardinal Egan, Archbishop of New York.
I’m probably not alone in having allowed my mouse to hover over links to Denver Archbishop Chaput’s speech on civic participation in accord with the Roman Catholic Church. It’s worth a click and a read, though: As adults, each of us needs to form a strong Catholic conscience. Then we need to follow that conscience…
No doubt, there are some who will tear their garments (to use the old biblical phrase) at the extremity of my beliefs — if only because they lack the power, for the time being, to tear my garments — but this paragraph from Mona Charen strikes me as ceding too much rhetorical ground (emphasis added):…
In addition to the areas that Marc mentioned, members of the Projo editorial board (and some other organs of the MSM) are playing fast-and-loose also with their description of Republican Vice-Presidential nominee Sarah Palin’s position on stem cell research. Here’s the the unsigned editorial from Saturday… Governor Palin didn’t mention…that she opposes stem-cell research.…and the…
Well, it may not be at quite the level of signing one’s own death warrant as the Declaration of Independence, but the recent shenanigans of the government of Tiverton have spurred local action in the form of Tiverton Citizens for Change (TCC), a non-partisan political action committee. The town charter amendment that will appear on…
Apparently, it presents a particularly acute public safety hazard to cause discomfort among those walking by abortion clinics, per these “legislative findings” (PDF): Preservation of public safety is a fundamental obligation of state government. Pedestrians have a right to travel peacefully on Rhode Island streets and sidewalks. Clearly defined boundaries around reproductive health care facilities…
