I’ve relied on a lot of people over the years to help me understand the different dimensions of being pro-life. Rita Marker, founder of the International Anti-Euthanasia Task Force (later known as the Patients Rights Council), long ago introduced me to the public policy side of end-of-life issues. She was a titan in defense ofContinue reading “Remembering Rita Marker”
Category Archives: Prolife
In MA, pregnancy resource centers push back
Years of covering the work of pregnancy resource centers in New Hampshire has left me sure of a few things: each is highly responsive to the needs of women in its specific region, each is committed to providing life-affirming alternatives to abortion at no cost to clients, and each is led and staffed by peopleContinue reading “In MA, pregnancy resource centers push back”
A coalition for life has a good day
I was just another ordinary citizen at the State House this session as an assisted suicide bill was debated. I found myself a tiny part of a coalition along with people who had nothing to do with the conventional pro-life movement, some of whom have absolutely no use for conventional pro-lifers. We had one goal:Continue reading “A coalition for life has a good day”