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Planned Parenthood Puts Restraining Order on Former Director

November 4, 2009 9:31 AM

Planned Parenthood has found itself in a legal battle with a former director who said she had a change of heart after watching an ultrasound for an abortion and quit the organization . KBTX of Bryan/College Station, Texas, reports that...

Posted by Sarah Pulliam Bailey on November 4, 2009 9:31 AM | | Comments (13)

The Day We Let Our Son Live

November 2, 2009 4:28 PM

When it comes to the chance for those with genetic defects to live, the news has not been good on either side of the Atlantic. Last week’s Telegraph reported that of all women in the U.K. who find out through...

Posted by Katelyn Beaty on November 2, 2009 4:28 PM | | Comments (23)

In the Loop: Down syndrome abortions on the rise

October 29, 2009 10:20 AM

In Britain, Down syndrome abortions are on the rise According to a recent study, around nine in ten British women who are told they are going to have a baby with Down syndrome decide to terminate the pregnancy, resulting in...

Posted by Laura Leonard on October 29, 2009 10:20 AM | | Comments (8)

Mixed Reports on Abortion

October 15, 2009 11:45 AM

A new report by the Alan Guttmacher Institute, a pro-choice reproductive think tank, suggests that while abortion is safe and legal in most developed countries, it is risky and restricted in the developing world. The Associated Press and USA Today...

Posted by Sarah Pulliam Bailey on October 15, 2009 11:45 AM | | Comments (3)

In the Loop: Matters of Life and Death

October 14, 2009 10:33 AM

The New York Times tackles pro-life issues The New York Times featured a report on pro-life street protesters explores the role of faith, particularly evangelical Christianity, as a motivation to action, and describes not just the controversy surrounding the practice...

Posted by Laura Leonard on October 14, 2009 10:33 AM | | Comments (1)

Eunice Kennedy Shriver, 1921-2009

August 14, 2009 9:10 AM

I saw Eunice Kennedy Shriver once, in December of 1963. I was standing at the back of St. Matthew’s Cathedral in Washington, D.C., waiting for a Mass in honor of her brother, John F. Kennedy, to begin. Most of the...

Posted by Katelyn Beaty on August 14, 2009 9:10 AM | | Comments (9)

China Eases One-Child Policy in Shanghai

July 29, 2009 10:41 AM

Reports began emerging late last week that while China is not lifting its one-child policy - heavily criticized for leading to forced abortions - it is considering amending it based on the needs of Shanghai, which hosts a rapidly aging...

Posted by Katelyn Beaty on July 29, 2009 10:41 AM | | Comments (3)

Sarah Palin: Andrew Sullivan's Punching Bag

July 6, 2009 5:33 PM

No writer that I've read in the past 11 months has been more - dare I say - hysterically critical of Sarah Palin than The Atlantic's uber-blogger Andrew Sullivan. Eight months after the election, he is still harping on the...

Posted by Katelyn Beaty on July 6, 2009 5:33 PM | | Comments (28)

When a Pro-Life Blogger Goes Too Far

June 18, 2009 9:25 AM

Last Sunday night, a popular pro-life blogger known as "April's Mom" or "B" posted the tragic news: Her newborn daughter, whom she had carried to term though diagnosed with a terminal case of Trisomy 13 and HPE, had died...

Posted by Katelyn Beaty on June 18, 2009 9:25 AM | | Comments (7)

Introducing Julia Duin

May 27, 2009 1:52 PM

I'm very grateful to have been asked to join the list of contributors to Her.meneutics. I work as a full-time religion reporter, but I also veer off into related topics, such as a piece I did for Mother's Day...

Posted by Katelyn Beaty on May 27, 2009 1:52 PM | | Comments (1)

Obama: A Friend to Pro-Lifers?

May 19, 2009 8:39 AM

In 1993, when Christine Todd Whitman was the Republican candidate for the governor of New Jersey, her views on abortion were muted at best. I recall being cautiously optimistic as I voted for my state's first and only female governor....

Posted by Katelyn Beaty on May 19, 2009 8:39 AM | | Comments (25)

Obama's Kinder, Gentler Culture War

May 18, 2009 11:59 AM

I didn't see this one coming. K. and I had been talking about her sex life. We had arranged to meet before a sexual abstinence event at a church in Michigan. I was there interviewing young people for a book...

Posted by Katelyn Beaty on May 18, 2009 11:59 AM | | Comments (5)

Elizabeth Lev Defends Mom's Decision to Turn Down Notre Dame

April 29, 2009 3:14 PM

Politics Daily contributor Elizabeth Lev fired a smart defense this morning of Mary Ann Glendon's refusal to accept Notre Dame's Laetare Medal and to speak alongside President Obama at the school's May 17 commencement ceremony. Glendon sent a letter...

Posted by Katelyn Beaty on April 29, 2009 3:14 PM | | Comments (3)

Going Undercover to Expose Planned Parenthood

April 28, 2009 10:41 AM

The Los Angeles Times recently profiled a college student who videotapes counseling sessions at Planned Parenthood clinics to expose potential wrongdoings. Lila Rose, a 20-year-old UCLA history major, has led her group Live Action to videotape clinics in Los Angeles,...

Posted by Sarah Pulliam Bailey on April 28, 2009 10:41 AM | | Comments (20)

Christians Urge Obama to Keep Conscience Clause

April 9, 2009 9:29 AM

Several media are reporting that today's the last day the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will hear arguments against President Obama's intention to rescind the "conscience clause" regulation that former President Bush put into place weeks before...

Posted by Katelyn Beaty on April 9, 2009 9:29 AM | | Comments (3)

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