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”
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“I didn’t get into this to be silent”
Adapted from a post originally published at leavenfortheloaf.com I came to the Pregnancy Resource Center of the Monadnock Region (PRC) at the invitation of executive director Evelyn Konig. It’s just north of Main Street in Keene, New Hampshire, in a neatly-maintained little office building that looks like it once served as someone’s home. I stepped through theContinue reading ““I didn’t get into this to be silent””
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”
Ellen Kolb 