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

• At New Feminism, Jennifer Lahl decries California’s new bill that would allow birth certificates to become politicized “by allowing each parent to self-identify as mother, father, or simply ‘parent.'” Lahl argues that this could potentially do a great disservice to “adoptees and those born of anonymous donors”:
  

  The birth certificate legally documents who a child’s parents are. That is, who the birth mother and birth father are. It is a record of who is genetically related to a child. It is not intended to be a means by which adults decide what they want to be called. Rather, it answers the question, who can this child’s beginning be traced to? Who gave birth? Who died?

by Hans Johnson

In the book Bella’s Gift: How One Little Girl Transformed Our Family and Inspired a Nation, to be released today, former Senator Rick Santorum and his wife Karen relate the many fears and joys surrounding the birth of their youngest child, Isabella.

Told by doctors that her condition, Trisomy 18, was “incompatible with life,” Santorum, the noted staunch pro-life advocate, willfully detached himself  from her emotionally, thinking it would hurt less when he lost her. But after pulling through a crisis when she was only a few months old, he realized how wrong he had been.

“Bella is this little love sink. She loves to be loved, and it is so joyful when you give it to her, and she gives it right back, and that just turns me into mush.”

The Santorums were interviewed by George Stephanopolus for ABC’s This Week:

by Kelli If House Bill 124 passes, women in Missouri must watch a documentary created by the state health department with information about abortion 72 hours before they can access the procedure. The new proposal, sponsored by Desloge Republican representative Linda Black, would add a third method of mansplaining abortion methods and risks to patients. […]

by Kelli Dads are irreplaceable. They are important. Kudos to Dove for creating an ad that celebrates the greatness of involved fathers. On their YouTube page, they write: 90% of men around the world say that their caring side is part of their masculinity and strength. Let’s acknowledge the caring side of men and celebrate […]

Per Gallup, February 9:

In 2015, 34% of Americans say they are satisfied with current U.S. abortion policies. This is the lowest percentage since Gallup first asked the question in 2001.

Gallup determined Republicans were the most dissatisfied political group, and they want stricter rather than less strict laws:

by Carder But in our race to find heroes and villains, we fall victim to a common and dangerous error: treating the event as entirely a matter of free choice made by independent individuals guided only by their own moral compass. There is no need for context. And we certainly don’t want to talk about […]

Good morning, and Happy Sunday! Here were my top five favorite political cartoons this week. Be sure to vote for your fav in the poll at the bottom of this post!

by Steve Kelley at GoComics.com…

 by Henry Payne at Townhall.com…

Then the king will say to those on his right, “Come, my Father has blessed you! Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the creation of the world. I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me something to drink. I was a stranger, and you took […]