“Along with traditional means such as witness of life, catechetics, personal contact, popular piety, the liturgy and similar celebrations, the use of media is now essential in evangelization and catechesis. Indeed, “the Church would feel guilty before the Lord if she did not utilize these powerful means that human skill is daily rendering more perfect”. The media of social commun... More

Today marks 40 years since the Supreme Court decisions Roe and Doe which allowed for abortion at any time during gestation for any reason. I’ll be on CNN “Newsroom”  just after 9 a.m. ET to discuss some follow up ideas to my piece from last week. No, I don’t agree with Time magazine. I don’t think abortion advocates are losing. Witness the most recent elections a... More

New York Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo will likely run for President in 2016. His favorability ratings are at record highs, he’s led some of the most productive legislative sessions in New York state history and he can deliver an impressive speech – a not so unimportant skill in this day and age. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo At this point it’s impossible to tell if he’ll win, but ... More

Last year Planned Parenthood performed 333,964 abortions. that’s one abortion every 94 seconds, for an entire year. Ninety-two percent of pregnant women who walk into a Planned Parenthood clinic for services get an abortion. By contrast PP made only 2,303 adoption referrals, or one every 3 hours and 40 minutes, the amount of time it took them to do 145 abortions. And: This rise in abortions... More

From Time's coverage. The Jan. 14 cover of Time Magazine states,  “40 Years Ago, Abortion-rights Activists won an Epic Victory With Roe v. Wade. They’ve Been Losing Ever Since. “ Of course Time magazine is right. It is axiomatic, it is the story of our times, it is the thing every pro-lifer knows: We’re winning this battle. I can’t understand why colleagues of mine are doubting this... More

Bitterly, that is. Pro-abortion activists are losing? Really? If you believe that, I’ve got a bridge to sell you. Cheap. After the election, I wrote about how the campaign had in fact been about values, just not values that I and other pro-lifers hold. In fact, we’d been too silent. For at least the second cycle of national elections, we – as part of the family values movement &... More

You’ll never believe he said it. President Obama is responsible for some of the most moving pro-life rhetoric I’ve heard: This is our first task: caring for our children. If we don’t get that right, we don’t get anything right. That’s how, as a society, we will be judged. [. . .] If there’s even one step we can take to save a child, then surely we have an obligatio... More

On Friday, we were all shocked and stunned to hear of the massacre in Newtown, Connecticut. It was an unspeakable crime. Every time I see a headline of human tragedy, particularly involving large numbers of innocent people, I can’t help putting it in the context of abortion. There’s a noon Mass that I sometimes frequent and one of the attendees, when asked to share additional prayers f... More

There is only one abortion clinic in Mississippi, and that one may be about to shut down. According to an article at Mother Jones the law recently passed by Mississippi requiring doctors at abortion clinics to have official admitting privileges at a local hospital has proven to be just too-high a hurdle to overcome. They didn’t outlaw abortion, they just recognize that abortion has a not-ins... More

In her election-week column, conservative polemicist Ann Coulter gushed about what she viewed as Romney’s superlative candidacy, and the tragedy of his defeat: Romney was the perfect candidate, and he was the president this country needed right now. It’s less disheartening that a president who wrecked American health care, quadrupled gas prices, added $6 trillion to the national de... More