There probably isn’t a pro-life activist alive who didn’t think what I thought when watching President Obama give his speech about Syria this week. To garner support for his plan to attack that country, Obama implored the American people to view the images of innocent children who had been poisoned to death by their own president. It was clear Obama wanted us to emotionally invest in their tortured deaths:

by Susie Allen, host of the blog, Pro-Life in TN, and Kelli

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• Reflections of a Paralytic recommends a “must read” article by Jennifer Lahl of The Center for Bioethics in Culture, who asks, “Why don’t Christians see IVF and surrogacy as moral issues?”:
  

  The fact that so many people fail to consider the moral implications of IVF suggests that in the age of fertility treatments, surrogates, and modern family-building via parenting partnerships, a woman’s womb has come to be seen as a somewhat arbitrary location. NBC’s The New Normal quips that women are “Easy-Bake Ovens” and children are “cupcakes.”

by Kelli “Pregnant man” Thomas Beatie, who is seeking a divorce from partner Nancy, introduced new girlfriend Amber to CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Anderson Live. Beatie also answered questions about how he would explain to his three children the circumstances of their birth: Email dailyvid@jillstanek.com with your video suggestions. [HT: Daily Mail]

I joined Haven because I am Jewish, and I embrace the tradition of social justice. I wanted to act with ometz, the courage to take risks in pursuing a just cause, and fulfill my obligation of tikkun olam, the call to repair a world rife with inequity. One member of Haven, Rabbi David Adelson, dedicated […]

by Hans Johnson

On June 3, pro-life Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA) made a concerning report on her Facebook page:

Friends,

A few weeks ago Daniel and I excitedly announced that we are expecting our first baby later this fall.  This post is to let you know about a sharp turn our journey has taken.

Justice Anthony M. Kennedy… [is] the author of the 5-to-4 opinion that upheld the federal ban on so-called partial birth abortion back in 2007, and abortion-rights advocates have viewed with something close to dread the prospect that he could play a similarly decisive role in the Supreme Court’s next abortion case. That case has arrived…. […]

The growing number of abortion clinic closures in recent years has apparently reached critical mass. Liberals and the mainstream media are taking notice with alarm.

And either the clinics are closing at such a fast pace abortion supporters can’t keep up, or there have been so many they can’t count them all.

Either way, They can’t get the numbers straight. And it’s all good.

Think Progress, August 26:

by Kelli I Am Second features amazing videos of people who have experienced powerful life transformations. Today, on the 12th anniversary of 9/11, we feature the story of Sujo John, a survivor from the attack on the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. From the I Am Second website: When […]