No one questions whether Bishop Patrick Zurek had the authority to place Father Frank Pavone on forced hiatus.

Good people do question whether the bishop’s decision was warranted.

That dispute aside, the bishop certainly must have realized that to abruptly and without warning bar Father Pavone from fulfilling his pro-life speaking obligations for an undefined period would create havoc among churches and pro-life groups planning and publicizing those events.

It seems to me a compassionate spiritual leader would attempt to mitigate the damage his decision caused to innocent bystanders.

One important event caught in the crossfire was the International Pro-Life Youth Conference, scheduled for this weekend, November 11-13, in Los Angeles.

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Well, this makes me happy.

The National Organization for Women is doing the right thing here, focusing on a very real reproductive injustice – the exploitation of young women for their eggs.

If you haven’t yet seen this compelling movie, here’s the trailer…

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

We welcome your suggestions for additions to our Top Blogs (see tab on right side of home page)! Email Susie@jillstanek.com.

• Live Action reprints a letter written by Rep. Joe Pitts debunking NARAL’s claim that his bill will “let women die” because it does not force hospitals to perform abortions.

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by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat

• The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against Pittsburgh area abortion protester and sidewalk counselor Meredith Parente. Parente is accused of violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Act for allegedly shoving two abortion clinic escorts. Looking over the FACE Act, I’m struggling to see how shoving volunteer clinic escorts (if it actually happened) would violate the FACE Act. How does shoving clinic escorts impede someone looking for an abortion from entering the clinic?

  The Justice Department press release notes: “The FACE Act prohibits the use of force against any person providing or obtaining reproductive health services, or those seeking to do so, with the intent to injure, intimidate or interfere with that person.”

  Volunteer clinic escorts aren’t providing (unless “providing” is used in an incredibly broad sense) reproductive health services nor are they seeking them.

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by LauraLoo

The Blaze reported a very unique marriage proposal which took place November 1st on a London train.

Ladies, do you have your own unique story to share how about your spouse proposed to you?  

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hy8D2mx2EVc[/youtube]

Email LauraLoo with your Lunch Break suggestions.

[HT: Hans Johnson]

Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar had an announcement to make on The Today Show this morning, which is that Michelle was pregnant with their 20th baby. I found myself getting prickly on their behalf watching the response and somewhat annoying questions by Ann Curry…

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As a Michigan state senator, Gary Peters was so pro-abortion he voted against the partial birth abortion ban.

His pro-death obsession extended to the other end of life.

“He was probably the senate’s most strident advocate of legalizing assisted suicide during his tenure,” Ed Rivet,  Michigan Right to Life’s Legislative Director, told me, adding that Peters frequently authored legislation to further that agenda, particularly problematic since Michigan was where Dr. Death, Jack Kevorkian, pushed that issue beyond the legal limits.

As a now sophomore U.S. congressman, Peters has strongly maintained his radical stance, opposing any restrictions on abortion whatsoever.

On July 7 Peters went so far as to headline a Planned Parenthood fundraiser in Pontiac featuring comedienne Lizz Winstead, both pictured left.

Very funny.

So why in the world Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church in Oak Park, MI, chose Peters to speak on the healthcare topic under the sphere of “Dignity of the Human Person” is beyond me.

But it did.

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A new poll underscores just how close Mississippi is to passing the country’s first “personhood” law, which would define life as beginning at conception. Public Policy Polling finds that, hours before tomorrow’s vote, 45 percent of voters supported the amendment, while 44 percent opposed it.

“Things can definitely go either way tomorrow,” said Public Policy Polling director Tom Jensen. “The stakes here are huge. This is really the most interesting thing on the ballot tomorrow anywhere in the country.”

~ Sarah Kliff, The Washington Post’s Wonkblog, November 7

[Photo by Rogelio V. Solis – AP, via The Washington Post]