JUDIE BROWN COMMENTARY

It was rather disturbing but not surprising to read the recent news reports about the director of the National Institutes of Health, Elias Zerhouni.

In a surprise announcement, Governor Matt Blunt announced that he was cutting off the remainder of the $27,000 provided to Planned Parenthood of Soutwest Missouri.

Colorado’s Catholic Governor Bill Ritter has reiterated his support for a proposal to provide $400,000 to Planned Parenthood and its allies. Ritter claims the $400,000 will be used to prevent unwanted pregnancies, not end them.

Here it is important to consider what the Synod Fathers described as eucharistic consistency, a quality which our lives are objectively called to embody.

It has always amazed me to watch the pandering that goes on as men and women find the power of the presidency so alluring that they can no longer resist the temptation to run.

Over the years we have often equated the act of abortion with the ultimate act of child abuse.

The recent news reports about Jennifer Raper, the 45-year-old mother of a two-year-old child who prior to her birth was targeted for death by abortion, shocked a great many people.

What does it mean to practice medicine? If someone brings a sick friend chicken soup, is that person practicing medicine?

It has been reported that the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine has dropped its opposition to physician assisted suicide.

I cannot tell you how many times people have asked me about a pro-life curriculum that could be used in way that would train teens to be the future pro-life leaders of this nation.

It was somewhat disconcerting to read the article about a police investigation involving a transplant surgeon.

In an extremely sad turn of events, it has been revealed that not one, but three women have been seriously harmed by “safe and legal” abortion.