Safe Havens: what they are, and how they save lives

Maria V. Gallagher of the Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation invited me to her Lifelines Radio podcast to talk about Safe Haven laws, state-by-state policies designed to protect newborns who might otherwise be abandoned with no care. How do these life-affirming laws work, and how might they be improved? Click this link to listen: Interview with EllenContinue reading “Safe Havens: what they are, and how they save lives”

Open Book: faith, art, and a heck of a hike

My To Be Read pile never gets any smaller. No regrets or apologies. For a bookworm like me, the turn of the year brings the cheery prospect of new books ahead. I’m savoring my way through Frank Herbert’s Dune, and I can already see that I’ll be looking for its sequels. I so seldom pickContinue reading “Open Book: faith, art, and a heck of a hike”

Down-ballot races are the best reason to vote in November

The presidential race is not what will have me running to the polls on November 5. Neither presidential candidate has earned my vote. On the other hand, the lower-tier races will have a much greater impact on life-issue policies. I make the case for down-ballot races in my latest Substack post, on the newsletter IContinue reading “Down-ballot races are the best reason to vote in November”