Archive for February 2022
The Holy Family Novena: Day Four
The Holy Family is the “soul” solution for a wounded world. Abortion wounds women, men, and their children. Even more, it wounds families. When men and women live in a holy family with God at its center, each member flourishes while the incidence of abortion drops. Pulse Life Advocates asks you to pray this Novena…
Read MoreThe Holy Family Novena: Day Three
The Holy Family is the “soul” solution for a wounded world. Abortion wounds women, men, and their children. Even more, it wounds families. When men and women live in a holy family with God at its center, each member flourishes while the incidence of abortion drops. Pulse Life Advocates asks you to pray this Novena…
Read MoreThe Holy Family Novena: Day Two
The Holy Family is the “soul” solution for a wounded world. Abortion wounds women, men, and their children. Even more, it wounds families. When men and women live in a holy family with God at its center, each member flourishes while the incidence of abortion drops. Pulse Life Advocates asks you to pray this Novena…
Read MoreThe Holy Family Novena: Day One
The Holy Family is the “soul” solution for a wounded world. Abortion wounds women, men, and their children. Even more, it wounds families. When men and women live in a holy family with God at its center, each member flourishes while the incidence of abortion drops. Pulse Life Advocates asks you to pray this Novena…
Read MoreScenes from the Iowa Supreme Court today
By Maggie DeWitte, Executive Director Pulse Life Advocates Summary: • Chuck Hurley The Family Leader – filed an amici brief • Sam Langholz Assistant Attorney General • Chris Schandevel Legal Counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom – filed an amici brief • Alan Ostergren Chief Counsel The Kirkwood Institute – filed an amici brief (wasn’t at…
Read More2022 Legislative Update: What bills survived the funnel, and which didn’t
By Maggie DeWitte, Executive Director Pulse Life Advocates February 18, 2022, was the first funnel this legislative session. Any bill that did not get through the subcommittee and committee process in one chamber was considered dead. We had several pro-life bills that we were working to get passed. Here is a list of the different…
Read MoreMary’s Helping Hands is joining the pro-life force
Sometimes the most beautiful blessings are born at inconvenient times. Mary’s Helping Hands is one of those blessings. Lauren Burke and Carissa Wright (above), co-founders of Mary’s Helping Hands, are both mothers right in the thick of things. Crying babies. Short nights. Older kids’ activities. Laundry and more laundry. It can be exhausting. Any average…
Read MoreUs vs. Me political satire
By Tom Quiner I have shown tremendous restraint at avoiding politics on my personal Facebook page, including commenting on others’ political FB posts. There is little upside to commenting. People get mad. No one is persuaded. However, a recent bit of political satire (above) provoked me. I interpreted the cartoon to suggest that left-wingers are…
Read MoreBIG NEWS: Iowa’s Roe v. Wade to be challenged in court Feb. 23
By Drew Zahn For nearly 50 years, the U.S. Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade has been the nation’s biggest barrier to protecting and defending the lives of unborn children. In Iowa, the biggest barrier to protecting innocent babies’ lives is the 2018 Iowa Supreme Court decision Planned Parenthood v. Reynolds. But on Wednesday, Feb. 23, Iowa’s version…
Read MoreWhy married couples are happier
Cohabitation flourishes even though it is an inferior living arrangement compared to marriage. And yet couples increasingly cohabitate and defer marriage even though the happiness quotient is higher with married couples. Pulse Life Advocates is concerned with the issue, as the incidence of abortion sky rockets with unmarried couples. According to the Guttmacher Institute, 19%…
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