JUDIE BROWN COMMENTARY

The new year barely got started when Life Site News was reminding us that the gravity of the struggle continues unabated, and without much notice from the mainstream media, we might add.

As we look forward to a new year and the challenges it presents to those of us who defend the innocent, some resolutions come to mind. I would like to share them with you

When I heard from our associate group, Pro-Life Wisconsin, that Bishop Robert Morlino of Madison had changed his position on the emergency contraception bill currently before the Wisconsin state legislature, my enthusiasm level increased about 200 percent.

We note that while all of us at American Life League took the time to celebrate the birth of Christ with our families and loved ones, others were busy promoting, affirming and otherwise advancing the culture of death.

At the risk of reading too much into polling data, I couldn’t help but notice that some recent surveys offer much to ponder when it comes to Americans’ attitudes about abortion.

The country of Croatia has witnessed something extraordinary. Between 1989 and 2005, for which the latest statistics are available, the abortion rate has declined from 51,289 to 4,563. A remarkable 90 percent drop, praise God.

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists is once again attempting to hijack medical ethics. Because of ACOG’s history of mass deception, which I will detail in the paragraphs to follow, this latest action should not have surprised me.

While many are celebrating the Congressional passage of a bill that contains the Mexico City Policy, there are those of us who are not so quick to throw a party.

Many of us are aware of the heroic position Terri Schiavo’s parents, brother and sister have taken in the wake of her tragic and untimely death.

It usually does not warm the cockles of my heart to hear that some large company is losing money… not usually. But in the case of recent news affecting Merck, the pharmaceutical giant, I am not shedding a single tear.

Pro-Life Wisconsin, one of American Life League’s premier associate groups, has made the headlines for stopping a piece of legislation that would have required all hospitals, regardless of religious affiliation, to provide the deadly morning after pill in cases of sexual assault.

Recently the Philadelphia Bulletin ran an interesting article on the upcoming elections for president. It has been, as you know, a rather surreal experience already, when one considers that among the front runners in the pack there is nary a single truly pro-life candidate.