Archive for 2022
2022 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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
Read MoreIs Western Civilization worth saving?
Saint Mother Teresa posed a provocative question: “… if a mother can kill her own unborn baby, what is left of Western civilization to save?” There’s no question that Western…
Read MoreThe empathy gap
The abortion debate exhibits a conscipuous empathy gap. Congressman Chris Smith from New Jersey’s 4th district invoked the word in his speech at last Friday’s March for Life in Washington…
Read More“Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.”
On this day after Martin Luther King Day, pro-lifers speculate on whether Reverend King was pro-life or not. The Martin Luther King quote below is worthy of contemplation: “Whatever affects…
Read MoreReverend Martin Luther King vs. a Catholic Jesuit Priest
Two men of God quoted St. Thomas Aquinas as a guide to making moral decisions. Reverend Martin Luther King, whose legacy we honor today, wrote from a Birmingham jail the…
Read MoreSupreme Court shoots down vaccine mandate
In a 6 to 3 decision, the Supreme Court blocked President Biden’s vaccine mandate. The mandate compelled employees at business with one-hundred or more employees to be vaccinated against COVID,…
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