It’s here! How to Raise Pro-Life Children
Today is the day we release episode one of our new video series, “How to Raise Pro-Life Children.” You may have already seen our trailer (above). Now, you can watch episode 1. Episodes 2, 3, and 4 will be released on December 11th, 18th, and 25th respectively. Pulse talked to regular folks in Iowa, asking…
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Did you hear Maggie Dewitte’s speech?
[Pulse Life Advocates executive director, Maggie DeWitte, delivered these remarks at the Pulse Christmas Gala on November 18th, 2023.] Thank you to Ryan Buck for producing this powerful video of our first Post-Roe Iowa March for Life. I have watched this video multiple times in hopes I could avoid the tears speaking with you tonight,…
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Pulse Life Advocates needs your help this Giving Tuesday 2023
On this Giving Tuesday 2023 here are remarks from our recent Christmas Gala on Pulse’s ongoing needs: MAGGIE DeWITTE [Pulse Executive Director]: You heard me talk of some of the losses that we’ve experienced across the country. The prevailing theme in all of those losses was a lack of financial resources and being outspent by…
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A letter from Maggie DeWitte
Dear Fellow Pro-lifer: I just read an interesting article in the National Review. Tim Busch, the founder of the Napa Institute writes that the pro-life movement must fight for the culture, not just the law. Pulse agrees and has done both for more than half a century. He goes on to say: “… as Tuesday’s…
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“Stop, you’re hurting me!”
Pulse Life Advocates published a post on Facebook which asks, “What does abortion look like? This:” We accompanied the caption with a photo that showed body parts of an unborn abortion victim. Facebook masked the photo with their own caption which said: “Violent or graphic content. This photo is covered so people can choose whether…
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What Nikki Haley could learn from Abraham Lincoln
“You have to be honest with the American people. Slavery is a personal issue. I am unapologetically pro-emancipation for the slaves. But we have to acknowledge that the courts have given the power to make this decision to the individual states. And as much as I am pro-emancipation, I don’t want anyone being judged for…
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Vote Pro-Life in tomorrow’s Mayor race
The Des Moines mayor’s race will be determined by the abortion issue. As we’ve written before, candidate Josh Mandelbaum has made abortion a central issue of his campaign, promoting an agenda which would transform Des Moines into a sanctuary city for abortion. Although his chief rival, Connie Boesen, is pro-abortion rights, she reiterates that it…
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Josh Mandelbaum runs for mayor on an abortion platform
The city of Des Moines has flourished over the past two decades. In fact, in an analysis of all the cities in the U.S., the US News and World Report ranks Des Moines as #19! That’s how great this city is. But next week’s mayoral race features a candidate who wants to turn Des Moines…
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What kind of people can celebrate the mutilation of babies?
The massacre in Israel leaves most people of conscience speechless. Men were murdered and beheaded. Women raped, then murdered, then spat upon. And babies murdered and mutilated. Hamas, the perpetrator of the bloodbath, live-streamed the carnage to make sure we understand that the savagery was the point. They have no boundaries, no compunction in the…
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The contagious mass psychosis of 1917 continues today
By Tom Quiner I was sitting on my patio one summer night sipping on a glass of wine and enjoying the company of some good friends when the conversation took a mysterious turn. Carol told of something extraordinary she witnessed years ago at Veterans Auditorium here in Des Moines, Iowa. She was the reluctant attendee…
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