I took notes at the New Hampshire House Judiciary Committee’s January 2025 hearings on HB 476-FN, a 15-week abortion limitation, and HB 254-FN, assisted suicide. Here are some impressions. HB 476-FN, a New Hampshire bill to establish a 15-week abortion limitation, drew online opposition from 11,000 people on the House’s online testimony system. At theContinue reading “Ableism on display in Concord in debates on abortion and assisted suicide”
Category Archives: Prolife
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 have left me sure of a few things: each center 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 byContinue reading “In MA, pregnancy resource centers push back”
Ellen Kolb 