Archive for February 2023
ACTION ALERT: Life at Conception bill needs your response at once!
Dear Fellow Pro-Lifer: Big news! The Iowa House judiciary committee has just filed a Life at Conception Bill! Pulse and our allies in the Coalition of Pro-Life Leaders have been working towards this moment for decades! But it has a long ways to go. The bill’s do or die date is THIS Friday. I need…
Read More“Thank-you” and “F*#@ you!”
By Tom Quiner A small contingent just finished up our Rosary in front of Planned Parenthood on this chilly afternoon praying on behalf of the unborn during 40 Days for Life. Many people drove by giving us a thumbs up and a thank-you. We always get a few folks express their sentiments by extending a…
Read MoreTop ten religious movies for Lent 2023
By TOM QUINER People like stepping up their game during Lent, and that includes focusing on entertainment with good values. I’ve blogged on top religious films for Lent for over a decade. Movies come and go from my list depending on what I’ve seen recently. I dropped The Mission from this year’s list, even…
Read MoreBlack History Month Reality Check
In honor of Black History Month, President Biden screened the 2022 film, “Till,” at the White House (view the trailer above). The president’s reaction was startling and demands a Black History Month reality check. If you’re not familiar with this ugly 1955 incident, Emmett Till was a fourteen year old African American young man beaten…
Read MoreSex and procreation are holy
The 2nd reading at Catholic Masses yesterday included this passage from I Corinthians 3:16-17: Brothers and sisters: Do you not know that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person; for the temple of God, which you are,…
Read MoreLest you think our work ended on June 24th, 2022…
By Karen Quiner For 50 years we have had a primary focus – to overturn Roe v. Wade. Many said is was settled law and was here to stay. But Pulse Life Advocates never believed that and continued the fight with passion and with every tool at our disposal. We knew that we had to…
Read MoreMaggie DeWitte’s testimony on risks of oral contraception #2
Here is Pulse Executive Director, Maggie DeWitte’s, testimony on a bill before the Iowa Legislature, IA HSB91, “a bill for an act relating to the health and well-being of children and families.” Maggie is also spokesperson for the Iowa Coalition of Pro Life Leaders, which supports Division Seven in the bill, except for subsection division…
Read MoreWhy the worst Super Bowl in history was my favorite
By Tom Quiner, Pulse Life Advocates Board President The worst Super Bowl in history was number V. And I loved it. Looking back, it reminds me of the epic battle of pro-lifers against Roe v Wade, which all happened at about the same time. A young Baltimore Colts fan As background, I’m a lifelong Colts…
Read More“How many children have YOU adopted?!” #2
By Maggie DeWitte, Executive Director, Pulse Life Advocates A grim-looking woman fixed her gaze at me at last summer’s Iowa State Fair. I was working Pulse Life Advocates’ booth in the Varied Industry Building when she strode up to hurl a pro-life challenge in my face: “How many children have YOU adopted?!” I said, “Well…
Read MoreBishop Joensen’s Prayer at the 2023 Pro-Life Prayer Rally
Bishop Joensen came to the Capitol on Monday, February 6th, to participate in the 2023 Pro-Life Prayer Rally. Here is Bishop Joensen’s prayer: “Generous Father and Creator of the Heavens and Earth: The Psalmist exclaims, “How many are your works, O Lord! In wisdom you have made them all—the earth is full of your creatures;…
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