John Thavis of CNS on the pope’s ad-libbing…and the official versions. Rarely is a general audience talk interrupted by spontaneous applause, and Pope Benedict XVI seemed as surprised as anyone when the clapping began in the Vatican’s audience hall. The pope had been talking about the church’s early times, and he set aside his text…

Dave Andrusko at NRLC speaks to one of the researchers interviewed by Emily Bazelon, the author of the piece on post-abortion syndrome. I recently spoke with Dr. Priscilla Coleman who was interviewed by Ms Bazelon and briefly mentioned in the article. Dr. Coleman was disturbed by what she considers "out-right misrepresentation of the science by…

St. Louis Review interviews 3 nurse-practioners on their roles in promoting and teaching NFP. Also from St. Louis, a nice story about a group of young people who Marched for Life in DC last year, were struck by the numbers of homeless people they encountered, and resolved to return this year and do something to…

…in South Dakota: The South Dakota House of Representatives yesterday introduced a new abortion ban for the state, this time carrying harsher penalties. The new bill increases punishment for illegal abortion to a class 4 felony, punishable by 10 years in prison. Last year, South Dakota became the first state since the Roe v. Wade…

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