Want to change the stigma around infanticide? Easy: just rename it. The catch-all term “reproductive rights” will cover it. That’s the protocol that’s been adopted by my Member of Congress, at any rate. I recently sent an email message to Congressman Chris Pappas (D-NH) regarding the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act. I asked him toContinue reading “Infanticide Without Representation: a Congressman rejects Born-Alive protections”
Category Archives: Culture
Thoughts After Visiting Rome
When an opportunity for me to visit Rome came up unexpectedly not long ago, I dropped everything, including blogging assignments. I will probably never have another crack at a trip to Italy with my husband. I didn’t know what to expect, but I knew I wanted to go. I figured I might be able toContinue reading “Thoughts After Visiting Rome”
Cecile Richards’s legacy: calling abortion “health care”
The Twitterverse murmured #ThankYouCecile the other day to mark the end of Cecile Richards’s tenure leading the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. Hats off to the Babylon Bee for skewering that bit of social media hashtagging: “Woman Celebrated for Killing 3.5 Million People.” In all seriousness, Richards is a consequential woman. It would be a mistakeContinue reading “Cecile Richards’s legacy: calling abortion “health care””
Ellen Kolb 