Category Archives: Contraception

A Catholic vote for Obama: Is it a sin? A sign of co-dependency?

Do Catholics you know insist that President Obama still has their vote? If so, maybe it’s time to talk “sin” and “co-dependency.” They’ve got to let go. Continue reading

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Abortion: A Private Matter Between a Woman and Her…Vending Machine?

“Emergency contraception” dispensed from a vending machine is the perfect icon of our culture’s impersonal–and utilitarian–view of sex and reproduction. Continue reading

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Catholic Youth Ministry under fire over Girl Scouts’ pro-abortion ties.

Behind the Girl Scouts’ cookies, slogans, and badges is a deadly reality: partnerships with U.S. and international advocates of sexual “empowerment,” contraceptives, and abortion. Continue reading

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Dr. Kermit Gosnell, Abortion, and the Ravenous Nature of Evil

A heart that kills innocent human beings at 24 weeks won’t flinch at killing at 25. One good from Dr. Kermit Gosnell’s killings: we have a renewed sense, in our own hearts and souls, of the ravenous power of evil. Continue reading

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Selfish Parents: Embryos on Ice and Utilitarian IVF

Gillian St. Lawrence, a D.C. woman, fertile and married, chooses IVF and freezes her embryos for later so career, personal and financial goals are uninterrupted–but at what cost? Continue reading

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Kids, Condoms, and the Provincetown School Board: Arrogance on Display

When a school board offers condoms to kids 12 and under–and prohibits parents from “interfering,” arrogance is on display. And the children will suffer. Continue reading

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Sex, Women, and The Pill: Insights on The Pill’s Real Consequences

The pill promised sexual utopia without consequences. In real life, the pill proves that sex still has consequences. What’s changed for women is why they have sex and what consequences they face. Continue reading

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Condoms for 12-year-olds

(Warning: graphic) Sorry to spoil your breakfast, folks, with revolting news, but you should know about this. The largest Swiss manufacturer of condoms announced a new product launch last week: condoms, size extra small, designed to fit boys as young … Continue reading

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Tweeting Abortion

My heart is so sad.  I just watched the chilling YouTube video by Angie Jackson, a Florida mom undergoing an abortion at-home using RU-486. Angie wants the world to experience her abortion with her—so she’s “tweeting” about, in graphic detail … Continue reading

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Bump+ and the Fatal Flaw

Today, on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, a new web-based series,  “BUMP+,” serves the abortion issue up to the American public in a new way.  The 13-week series unfolds the stories of three women facing crisis pregnancies. What’s unusual … Continue reading

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