MARCH FOR LIFE

March for Life draws tens of thousands with rallying cry, ‘With every woman, for every child’

Marchers turned out by the thousands on Friday to participate in the 51st annual March for Life in Washington D.C. This year’s theme, “With Every Woman, For Every Child,” prompted speakers to heavily promote the work of pregnancy resource centers in supporting both mothers and their babies.

The March itself drew tens of thousands of people, despite the snowy weather. March for Life President Jeanne Mancini explained that the theme for the year “is at the heart of what the pro-life movement is all about, helping mothers and babies fully, humanly, flourish.” Mancini also noted that though Roe is overturned, the pro-life movement is more important than ever. “Make no mistake, we will march until abortion is unthinkable,” she said.

ABORTION/POLITICS

GOP Experts Warn Candidates to Stop Treating Abortion 'Like a Hot Stove' They Won't Touch

Nobody likes a wimp — and on the issue of abortion, the Republican Party has plenty of them. After the Dobbs ruling put the issue back in legislators’ hands, a shocking number of GOP candidates spent the 2022 and 2023 elections cowering in the collective corner, hoping voters would take their silence as confirmation that they had a reasonable position on life (despite the Democrats’ 24/7 ads to the contrary). Now, staring down a high-stakes November where this issue has the potential to upend all of the GOP’s momentum, more voices are urging the party to get off the sidelines and fight.

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ASSISTED SUICIDE

"No dignity" for family of Irish man who died by assisted suicide

The niece of a 59-year-old Irish man who ended his life by assisted suicide in Switzerland has shared the family's testimony with the Irish parliament's Joint Committee on Assisted Dying, saying that, when their uncle ended his life, "There was no dignity for our family".

Emer Maguire spoke as part of the Committee’s discussion on access to palliative care and social supports. Visibly upset, Ms Maguire detailed her family’s sadness on discovering that her uncle, Jay, had travelled to Switzerland to end his life via assisted suicide. The family only learned of his death five days after it occurred.

Abortion facilities want to do away with basic health and safety standards. They are introducing dangerous legislation which would end the standards put into effect in the wake of the massive Kermit Gosnell tragedy. You may recall that Gosnell murdered newborn babies and caused the deaths of female patients in his West Philadelphia abortion facility. We cannot go back!

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PERSPECTIVE

26 women weep with pain and regret and remorse over their abortions

When there is even an ounce of honesty in them, any series of accounts of women who have undergone abortions will accomplish exactly the opposite of what proponents of “telling your story” believe it will. Instead of “de-stigmatizing” abortion, what we learn makes the average person even more skeptical of abortion, even more convinced it is a horrible “choice.”

A perfect example is a story in New York magazine which provided thumbnail sketches of the reasons 26 women had their abortion or abortions.

ONGOING STORY

Three more states allowed to join Texas as plaintiffs in abortion pill lawsuit against FDA

In December, the United States Supreme Court agreed to hear the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration case, in which restrictions surrounding mifepristone will be considered. Originally, the state of Texas was the only one in the country included in the lawsuit, but a judge has ruled that three more will be allowed to join in as well. U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk granted a motion allowing Idaho, Missouri, and Kansas to join as plaintiffs in the lawsuit.

Positively Pro-Life! Podcast

Marianne Weltmer from the Diocese of Harrisburg joins us for a conversation on the Catholic Church's pro-life activities in honor of Santicty Life Sunday in this latest episode of Positively Pro-Life! Listen to the conversation HERE.

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CHAPTER EVENTS

Feb 25

Pro-Life Banquet

Pennsylvanians For Human Life is hosting their 2024 Celebrate Life banquet on Sunday, Feb 25th with Teresa Tomeo as Keynote Speaker at the Springfield Country Club. For registartions and more details visit www.paforhumanlife.org

May 4

Erie March For Life

No more frostbite at the march! Erie March For Life has been moved to warmer weather and will now take place on May 4, a week in advance of Mother’s Day. Time to be determined. Check out www.peopleforlife.org for more detail.

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