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”
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Open Book: a father-daughter devotional
I don’t know who invited Lent to the party so early, but here it comes – on Valentine’s Day, no less. I’ve found a short devotional book with which to enter the season: There You Are, God by the father-daughter team of Deacon Steve Lumbert and Karina Fabian. I know Karina from her work with CatholicContinue reading “Open Book: a father-daughter devotional”
Remembering the Gosnell case – and why it matters
This post originally appeared in a slightly different form at Leaven for the Loaf. In a jail cell somewhere, Kermit Gosnell is serving a life sentence for the premeditated murder of three children in Philadelphia. He was also convicted of manslaughter in a woman’s death. He was “Doctor” Gosnell during his 2013 trial. I’m prettyContinue reading “Remembering the Gosnell case – and why it matters”