By Jay Hobbs There is no doubt in Laura’s mind that a free ultrasound test at a pregnancy center saved her son, Cash’s, life. When she found out she was pregnant, Laura was a single mom of two girls, having struggled without child support, working two jobs and making...
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“Lumberjacks for Life” work to empower pregnant and parenting students on campus
By Texas Right to Life Pro-Life students at Stephen F. Austin University in Nacogdoches, Texas, have an active presence on campus. The Pro-Life student group, Lumberjacks for Life, works to bring the Culture of Life to their community. In 2009, Lumberjacks for Life...
You are the friend of the parents of a pregnant teen: what would you say to them?
By Dave Andrusko We received some very interesting (and affirmative) responses to a recent post written by a mother whose teenage daughter had become pregnant and how the family together found a life-affirming answer (“Mom, I’m pregnant.”). I would really like to hear...
Why I March: Reflections on the March for Life
By Elizabeth Spillman, StandUpGirl.com This past Friday, I was honored to be able to participate in my 7th March for Life in our nation’s Capital. While traveling from my home in Oregon to Washington D.C. for the March, I had an interesting interaction with a friend...
Unsure whether to abort, woman asks, “What is God trying to tell me?”
By Jay Hobbs There is no doubt in Laura’s mind that a free ultrasound test at a pregnancy center saved her son, Cash’s, life. When she found out she was pregnant, Laura was a single mom of two girls, having struggled without child support, working two jobs and making...
Truly a person’s a person, no matter how small
By Dave Andrusko Often I will pick apart pro-abortion arguments because they are either blatantly untrue, ridiculous extrapolations, and/or internally incoherent. However I also try to be a keen enough (and sympathetic enough) observer to look beneath the surface. So...
Five sad words: “I don’t want this child”
By Dave Andrusko As we approach the January 20 inaugural of pro-life President-elect Donald Trump, we’ve run a number of posts, trying to gauge the temperature of the pro-abortion set. Maybe we should have been looking to measure their mood, which runs the gamut from...
Pregnant New Zealand woman undergoes surgery in Australia for son with spina bifida
By Nancy Flanders Catherine Harper of Auckland, New Zealand, flew to Brisbane, Australia, in December to receive surgery on her preborn son who was diagnosed with a severe form of spina bifida. The procedure, which must be performed between 16 and 26 weeks gestation,...
Just in Time for Christmas–Room at the Inn
By Nancy Valko Editor’s note. This ran December 21 at Nancy’s blog. In a wonderful, uplifting opinion article titled “Room at the Inn” in the Wall Street Journal on December 19, William McGurn wrote about the Good Counsel home in the Bronx , now part of a network of...
Canadian woman aborted baby at 35 weeks because he had a disability
By Cassy Fiano A Canadian couple made international headlines when they complained about how difficult it was to get a late-term abortion in Quebec. The woman was 35 weeks pregnant, and tried getting an abortion at two hospitals — which both refused — before she was...