
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Rebecca Luckett, an Catholic OB/GYN currently working in Botswana, published a shocking op-ed in USA Today in which she justifies her decision to abort a child and says her pro-life Catholic upbringing taught her not to judge her neighbor “until you walk two moons in his moccasins.”
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Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant has signed a bill into law that will ban all abortions after 15 weeks, making it the earliest ban in the nation.
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The lawyer who is arguing at the U.S. Supreme Court tomorrow for pro-life pregnancy centers who are being forced by the state of California to provide women with information on abortion is asking for prayers before this potential landmark case is heard.
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A Texas woman is suing Bayer Pharmaceuticals for permanent injuries she believes were caused by the hormonal IUD known as Mirena.
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For the second time in a week, a fertility clinic's frozen embryo storage tank malfunctioned. This follows a disaster in a Cleveland clinic which destroyed thousands of lives, left almost 700 mothers-to-be in mourning, and is forcing Americans to take a hard look at just how far we have strayed from the truth about the sacredness of human life.
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A new study has found that women taking oral contraceptives such as birth control pills as well as patches and injectables are at increased risk of suffering certain types of stroke.
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Catholic bishops in the state of Washington are asking Governor Jay Inslee to veto a new bill that will mandate abortion coverage in all health care plans offered in the state that include maternity care and makes no exception for religious institutions.
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The abortion industry’s lawsuit against David Daleiden, the citizen journalist who exposed the industry’s trafficking of fetal body parts, was handed a setback last week when a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit decided to look into allegations of bias against the judge who has been presiding over the case.
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A Planned Parenthood facility in St. Louis, Missouri sent its 68th woman to the hospital last Saturday, making it one of the most dangerous abortion clinics in the country.
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Two House committees in the Hawaii state legislature voted on Wednesday to legalize medical aid in dying for terminally ill adults, paving the way for a full House vote where it is expected to pass.
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