JUDIE BROWN COMMENTARY

Julie Grimstad has begun writing bi-weekly columns for Catholic newspapers and other publications.

You may find it hard to believe that the state of Texas is now mandating the Gardasil human papilloma virus vaccine for school children; but in fact, that is precisely what has happened.

Earlier this week, I was in Concord, New Hampshire testifying in favor of Senate Bill 77 ?

The Virginia House of Delegates has been debating a bill that would define abortion as an act that kills a human being, an act that can occur from fertilization until birth.

It is certainly not uncommon to pick up a newspaper and read an article that suggests that the biological fact that a human being begins at his beginning is somehow a religious tenet instead of a basic scientific reality.

While I believe this tpe of bill ignores the fact that the child conceived in rape/incest is just as sacred as any other child, we tried our best to get the best bill passed last year…”

I have been asked so many times to estimate how many people attended the March for Life, which happened to be the most underreported event in news media history.

The Virginia House of Delegates unanimously passed a bill that punishes mothers who kill “fetuses” unless that mother gets an abortion.

For those of you who love reading about the wonders of faith, the beauty of life and the blessings of motherhood, you can find it all in the heartwarming story of Sofia Alomia

While adolescents need information on the risks of unprotected sex, they also benefit from discussions surrounding sexuality, desire, and pleasure.

An interesting contrast appeared in the press today. Melanie Scarborough discussed the miracle baby born in Lousiana after doctors rescued frozen embryos in the aftermath of Katrina.

We will march on Monday, we will pray, we will protest and we will charitably engage our opposition in discussion about the reality of what every single abortion does to the child.