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Tag Archives: Roe v Wade
It’s as if the stars aligned on 24 June
Yesterday, which was the real Feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist though bumped a day because of the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, I posted here and elsewhere: #SCOTUS overturned Roe & Casey on the … Read More
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US SUPREME COURT issued Opinion on Dobbs v. Jackson – ROE and CASEY OVERTURNED
Yesterday, SCOTUS gave us: New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn., Inc. v. Bruen Today, SCOTUS gave us: Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization There is no longer a federal constitutional right to an abortion.? Abortion access will be determined … Read More
European Parliament criticizes the USA because of the leaked draft of the Roe v. Wade challenge
The European Parliament intends to discuss – to censure – the USA because of something that hasn’t happened yet. Namely: ““the impact of a leaked draft opinion of the U.S. Supreme Court concerning abortion.” CNA story HERE […] The European … Read More
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SCOTUS Draft Opinion overturns Roe v Wade. In the Church there is something that must be overturned.
I have a lot of mail today about the leaked 1st Draft of the SCOTUS’ majority “Opinion of the Court signed by Justice Alito. It is a fine demolition of Roe v. Wade, an exposition of the obvious and well … Read More
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EIGHT LIES today in one paragraph from Pres. Obama about Roe v Wade
First Things, which has revamped its site (check it out), has a good piece today about EIGHT LIES IN PRESIDENT OBAMA’S ROE STATEMENT by Matthew Schmitz President Obama issued a statement today to mark the forty-first anniversary of Roe v. Wade. … Read More
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Sr. Keehan! Will the CHA have a banner in the March for Life in Washington DC?
First I found Pres. Obama declaring “Religious Freedom” Day. Now I find Sr. Carol Keehan openly defending the unborn? From CNS: Sr. Carol Keehan: Sandy Hook ‘Separate Issue’ But ‘Abortion Takes the Life of an Innocent Child’ By Patrick Burke … Read More
Obama’s judicial appointment who helped craft Roe v. Wade
From LifeNews: The Senate will vote on Monday on Andrew Hurwitz, President Obama’s pro-abortion nominee to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Obama added to his pro-abortion record by placing yet another abortion activist in nomination … Read More
“right to privacy” now results in record keeping of contraceptives and abortion pills
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 … Read More
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Chief Justice Roberts: stare decisis is not an ‘inexorable command’ – overturning Roe v Wade
I have so much to read that I quail at the idea of more. Still, after a reader alerted me to this, I am thinking that perhaps I did not make a mistake by putting Newsmax on my wishlist. My … Read More