Remembering Rita Marker

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”

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”