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Obama Admin’s HHS kills Texas women’s health program because State prohibits money to help Planned Parenthood

Posted on 16 March 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Please use the sharing buttons!  Thanks!Planned Parenthood, founded by the eugenicist Margaret Sanger to kill off black people, the mentally challenged and other societal undesirables, now has one objective: make money from the death of babies through as many abortions … Continue reading →

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“right to privacy” now results in record keeping of contraceptives and abortion pills

Posted on 11 March 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Mark Steyn has an especially mordant column on National Review Online about the nation’s new contracepting sweetheart ( for lack of a better word), Sandra Fluke.  This pair of paragraphs caught my attention.
Steyn points to an ironic contradiction in the … Continue reading →

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The future fruits of Obamacare

Posted on 3 March 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

At Life Site I read a story about how some Chinese women fled China to the USA in order to save their babies from the One Child Policy.
In the future, if Pres. Obama has his way, this won’t be possible. … Continue reading →

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Pres. Obama and apologies

Posted on 25 February 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

This puts it in perspective:

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NC Fishwrap: US Bishops are to blame for Pres. Obama’s HHS decision

Posted on 23 January 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

It had to happen.
Fishwrap is blaming Pres. Obama’s attack on religious freedom on the US Bishops, and their unsophisticated notion of conscience.
Bishops’ conscience model makes light of practical reason
Jan. 23, 2012
By David DeCosse
COMMENTARY
What if the clashes over conscience between the American Catholic … Continue reading →

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US Bishops call Pres. Obama’s attack “literally unconscionable”

Posted on 20 January 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

USCCB reaction to Obama Administrations war on freedom of religion.
U.S. BISHOPS VOW TO FIGHT HHS EDICT
Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:57:45 +0000
DATE: January 20, 2012
FROM: … Continue reading →

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Obama Administration’s War on Religious Liberty: we have one year to comply!

Posted on 20 January 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

A bad day.
This comes one day after Pope Benedict gave an important address to US bishops on freedom of religion and the role of the Church in American culture and politics.
Coincidence?  I think not.
Pres. Obama’s Administration has declared war on … Continue reading →

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D.I.N.K.s

Posted on 2 September 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From the sometimes incomprehensible xkcd comes this, which is entirely comprehensible.
Ask Europeans if they understand it now that their economies are collapsing, there isn’t any one to pay for their pensions, and a younger generation will soon start to euthanize … Continue reading →

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Implications of Obama Administration’s move to force Catholic hospitals to provide “contraception” and sterilizations

Posted on 30 August 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

A few days ago in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune Fr. Peter Laird, Vicar General of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, had a good piece about the mandate from the Obama Administration (HHS) requiring that “contraception” and sterilizations be paid … Continue reading →

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USCCB Media Blog reacts to Dept. of Health and Human Services

Posted on 5 August 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

In missed this post by Sr. Mary Ann Walsh, RSM, the other day on the USCCB’s media blog.  Even though the blogosphere can sometimes move fast enough that people forget about what happened just a few days ago, it is … Continue reading →

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