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Fencing Olympian competes while “carrying a little Olympian”
By Right to Life UK An Egyptian fencing Olympian who managed to reach the final 16 has revealed that she was “carrying a little Olympian” when competing while seven months pregnant. Nada Hafez, 26, had won her first round of the women’s individual sabre before being...

A lovely twist: “There goes my life” because two teenagers made the right choice
By Dave Andrusko Who knew—I sure didn’t—that Country Western Music Superstar Kenny Chesney had sung one of the most powerful life-affirming song you’ll ever encounter. And if you are, like me, a dad with a loving wife and three beautiful daughters and one wonderful...

It’s painfully, embarrassingly lame to argue that life does not begin at conception
By Dave Andrusko Editor’s note. This post from a while back is one of my favorites. It delves into a truth that pro-abortionists will do most anything to obscure/deny/obfuscate: that the life of each individual human being begins at conception. With all that we know,...

“If you are a person of faith, say a little prayer for this brave mother and her twins, who are all in a delicate state right now”
By Maria V. Gallagher, Executive Director, Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation As I write this, people in my local community are awaiting the birth of twins. The mother has been admitted to the hospital and is being cared for as she prepares to meet her babies...

Allyson Felix and Pampers co-create nursery for athlete moms at Paris Olympics
By Cassy Fiano-Chesser All-star sprinter Allyson Felix, the most decorated track-and-field athlete in history, has become almost as well known for her motherhood advocacy off the track as she has for her sporting prowess. She’s proving that yet again at the upcoming...

G.K. Chesterton had it right: “All men matter. You matter. I matter. It’s the hardest thing in theology to believe.”
By Dave Andrusko A while back a few of us from a class that I led were having a conversation over coffee and bagels. As they say, from out of the blue, a member said something that reminded me of a quote to which all pro-lifers would probably say a hardy “amen.” It’s...

Mark Twain for today
By Dave Andrusko At my age, I need prompters to remember what in times past would have been easily recalled. One of the many reminders I have sent to me comes courtesy of a website called “Today in History.” Mark Twain died at the age of 75 on this date. There are...

Happy Father’s Day

Thoughts from a Dad as Father’s Day approaches
By Dave Andrusko “Maybe we are all so starved for the cleanness of courage, so emptied of it ourselves, that we elevate to the exceptional what is simply our species on good behavior.” — Columnist Patt Morrison As I sat down to write these remarks we were only three...