JUDIE BROWN COMMENTARY

As a Catholic pro-life leader, I am frequently overwhelmed by the macabre nature of the news I read, especially when for one reason or another, we at American Life League become part of that news.

When abortion-rights advocates even consider the question of whether mothers who have had an abortion experience a negative after-effect, there’s bound to be a rumble or two.

You may recall the incredibly insightful encyclical issued by Pope John Paul II on March 25, 1995: Evangelium Vitae (The Gospel of Life).

Call it a hunch, but those of us at American Life League who have been studying pharmaceutical giant Merck’s marketing plan for Gardasil, commonly known on television by its “one less” mantra, have been suspicious for some time.

It seems to me that I write more often these days about members of the Catholic hierarchy who are, in one way or another, presiding over the decaying structure once synonymous with the Catholic Church’s perceived power.

Late last week, a Houston, Texas teenager indicted in the death of her newborn baby was remanded to state custody until her case comes to trial. Due to the fact that she is a minor her name has been withheld, but that is not really the crux of this report.

A recent report regarding why women choose the type of abortion they will have includes some interesting facts that could help us more effectively discuss what abortion does to a child with those who think they really want an abortion.

Since my first days in the pro-life movement, more than 35 years ago, I have learned a great deal about rhetoric and how it can deceive even the most well meaning of people.

The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life has just released its new findings on Americans and their attitudes toward religion, God and doctrine.

Some of the most curious things in our topsy turvy world have to do with man’s inability to comprehend the reality of evil and how it twists everything, including the words we use in our daily speech.

Those who make their living by taking the lives of preborn babies and generally deceiving or otherwise victimizing the mothers of those babies are individuals who, at least in my opinion, already have a credibility problem.

My goodness, I said to myself, it is about time that I actually blogged about something totally and in every respect POSITIVE! I know you will agree, and so I want to introduce you to one of the most powerful pro-life apostolates in the entire world: the Sisters of Life.