Kate Cox and D&E Abortion
by Sarah Terzo This is Part 2 of 2. Part 1 last week covered children with Trisonomy 18. Kate Cox, who was pregnant with a baby with Trisomy 18, sued the state of Texas to obtain a legal abortion. Many media outlets covered her story. Cox demanded a Dilation & Evacuation, or D&E abortion. She…
Kate Cox and Stories of Trisomy 18
by Sarah Terzo This is Part 1 of 2. We will run Part 2 next week, explaining what a D & E abortion entails as the proposed alternative to giving birth. Kate Cox sued Texas for permission to abort her baby, who had Trisomy 18. Cox’s doctor told her that her baby was “incompatible with…
Testimony Opposing the End-of-Life Options Act
Tom Taylor recently offered this testimony in opposition to the End-of-Life Option Act (HB403/SB443) in the U.S. state of Maryland This legislation puts Maryland’s most vulnerable populations at risk – including individuals with disabilities, minorities, those experiencing poverty, individuals being treated for or having a history of mental illness, our veterans, and those suffering…
Creating a Loophole on the Life of the Mother Exception
by Sarah Terzo Pro-Lifers and Abortions to Save the Mother’s Life Mainstream media outlets are full of stories about pregnant people whose lives are endangered by their pregnancy and need an abortion. Individual cases vary, and there are legitimate cases where a person’s life can be endangered by a pregnancy. Many times, premature delivery instead…
The Safety of Incredibly Dangerous Things
by Rachel MacNair A common method used to try to justify violence is to make comparisons to innocent-sounding things, saying that the violence being justified is actually safer than things that people don’t normally fear much. Here are three examples Nuclear Weapons and Radiation In my youth, when we were opposing nuclear weapons as…
Racism and Planned Parenthood: Documentation
compiled by Rachel MacNair More documentation, including the court documents for individual lawsuits, can be found at Problems at Planned Parenthood. That website has an index page for specific problems – in addition to racism, there are health code violation documents, malpractice suits, 911 calls, sexual abuse, employee rights, etc. Planned Parenthood itself offers detailed…
Words as One Root of Killing
by Rachel MacNair One of the books we recommend that’s foundational for understanding the consistent life ethic is one that William Brennan wrote called Dehumanizing the Vulnerable. The first edition had the subtitle: When Word Games Take Lives. A later edition had the subtitle: The War of Words against Victims. Both subtitles give the connection:…
Tragedy Spreads: The Impact of Veterans’ Suicides on Families
by Sarah Terzo The suicide rate for veterans is 57.3% higher than for non-veterans. Each veteran who dies by suicide leaves behind grieving loved ones. A Disabled Husband and a Sick Daughter Barbara Chism’s husband Mack lost both his legs in Vietnam. He would stay up at night chain smoking, drinking, and watching war movies. When…
Depicting Fatal Violence: A Double-Edged Sword
by Ms. Boomer-ang How can depicting fatal violence and its results discourage and prevent such violence? Are there ways one can ensure that such depictions will generate mourning rather than excitement? That they will turn people off from such violence rather than whet appetites for more? Following are examples of comparable fatal-violence depictions for contrasting purposes…
The Kate Cox Case in Texas
We’re obviously not giving advice in a particular case since we don’t have medical details about the diagnosis or its accuracy. Still, this case offers at least a scenario to consider. In December of 2023 this case was a major media story for several days. Kate Cox asked for an abortion in Texas under the…