Martyrdom for Life
Building a culture of life is not something for the weak of heart; that is well known among those of us who have labored in the pro-life vineyard for so many years.
Death and Catholic Church Teaching
Since 1968, vital organs, necessary for life, have been removed from patients for transplantation. Since then, this has been morally justified by the claim that the donor is “brain dead” or has suffered “cardiac death.”
Light and Dark: What a Difference a Few Inches Makes!
[In January] the world was shocked to hear about the “House of Horrors” discovered at a Philadelphia abortion clinic, where a former doctor [was] accused of murdering one patient and seven infants.
25 Years of Love and Life at the Pope Paul VI Institute
“Suffering is part of saying ‘yes’ to the Lord,” Sue Hilgers said. “We were ignored and ostracized by our community, other doctors and even priests. But our work has been as much of a gift to us as we have hoped it would be to others.”
Joe Scheidler: A Man for All Seasons
It has been said that men of great character are frequently unappreciated until eulogies are read at their funerals.
Planned Parenthood Funding and Catholic Bishops
A different sort of mathematical problem emerges from the title of this piece. What is the common denominator between the nationwide, unified pro-life efforts to defund Planned Parenthood and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)? The answer is that no such common denominator exists.
Abby Johnson: A Target Among Her Friends?
Recently a controversy exploded as a result of a comment that Abby Johnson made in which she alluded to the fact that certain exceptions—rape, incest and life of the mother—represented a very small percentage of overall abortions.
Building Bridges of Hope
For years, I’ve felt a call to raise awareness of the tragedy of abortion, and to offer hope to those tempted to make that deadly choice and those wounded by doing so.
Babies, Bunnies, Blenders and Government Money
Genius is a gift that can be expressed in a classroom, a corporate structure or even on YouTube! Recently we witnessed a perfect example of this in American Life League’s video, “Planned Parenthood’s Bunnies.”
New York City’s Number One Public Enemy–Preborn Children!
Expectant Mother Care (EMC) is one of the most successful crisis pregnancy organizations in the entire country. Now in its 27th year of operation, EMC has served over 100,000 clients, saved more than 32,000 preborn children and continues to grow daily.
A Person Is a Person–No Matter What the Politics Dictate
Personhood has been the cornerstone of American Life League’s mission since its founding in April of 1979. At that time we used the word “conception” to define the beginning of a human being’s life.
Pope John Paul II and Excusing Abortion
Pro-life apologists for some abortion—including exceptions for rape, incest and life of the mother—opined that the Holy Father was providing each Catholic with permission to support or advocate for compromises that could result in death