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Posted in Abortion on Apr 29th, 2009
From Catholic News Service: ‘I think on the life issue [President Obama is] on the wrong side of history,’ the cardinal said. ‘I think he has his political debts to pay, and so he’s paying them.’ ‘It’s hard to disagree with [President Obama] because he’ll always tell you he agrees with you,’ [Cardinal George] said. [...]
Posted in Abortion on Apr 14th, 2009
According to this April 6 AP report in the Chicago Tribune (for an up-close-and-personal look, see this from the ACLJ), pharmacists in five Illinois pharmacies owned by Luke VanderBleek and Glenn Kosirog can breath a temporary sigh of relief. For now, the pharmacists cannot be forced to go against their conscience by dispensing Plan B, [...]
Posted in Abortion, Cloning, SCNT, Uncategorized on Apr 12th, 2009
The number of female reversible contraception clients 2007-2008 was down 3.8%, but the number of abortions was up 5.4%. In total, Planned Parenthood destroyed the lives of 305,310 human beings last year through abortion. You can read the report here. Kyrie eleison!
File another one under “ridiculous ideology vs. compassionate science.” According to tomorrow’s Washington Post (March 24, 2009; p. AO2, subscription required), US District Judge Edward R. Korman is requiring the FDA to revisit its position on Plan B, enacted during the Bush administration, and to make the “emergency contraceptive” available to 17 year old girls within 30 days, [...]
Posted in Abortion on Mar 6th, 2009
You can read a troubling article from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch about a potential showdown between pro-abort forces in Congress and Catholic healthcare providers here. Lord, have mercy!
Posted in Abortion on Mar 1st, 2009
Rev. Matt C. Harrison, Executive Director of LCMS World Relief and Human Care (WR-HC), and Maggie Karner, Director of Life and Health Ministries at LCMS WR-HC, commented on President Obama’s January 23 lifting of the “Mexico City Policy,” which limited American taxes being used to support abortions abroad. You can read their comments here. Karner said, It is [...]
Posted in Abortion on Feb 28th, 2009
President Obama is expected to announce on Monday his selection of Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius as the new head of Health and Human Services. You can read the AP story here. Democrats say there was never any doubt that Obama would appoint an HHS secretary who supports abortion rights.
The Reverend Robert C. Baker, B.B.A, M.Div., M.S., is an ordained pastor in The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod, and serves as an adjunct professor of philosophy at Lindenwood University's Belleville, IL campus. He is general editor of Natural Law: A Lutheran Reappraisal (CPH, 2011), author of "Natural Law, Human Sexuality, and Forde's 'Acid Test'" appearing in that volume, is the author of What Happened To Merry Christmas?, and has authored or edited numerous Bible studies and books.
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