Reblogged from Leaven for the Loaf. The first time I wrote about Melissa Ohden, back in 2016, I included a video of her testimony to Congress about surviving the attempted abortion that was meant to kill her. After informing members of Congress about the number of documented abortions occurring annually, she went on to say “I wasContinue reading ““More than a choice” – Melissa Ohden on the growth of Abortion Survivors Network”
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Cecile Richards’s legacy: calling abortion “health care”
The Twitterverse murmured #ThankYouCecile the other day to mark the end of Cecile Richards’s tenure leading the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. Hats off to the Babylon Bee for skewering that bit of social media hashtagging: “Woman Celebrated for Killing 3.5 Million People.” In all seriousness, Richards is a consequential woman. It would be a mistakeContinue reading “Cecile Richards’s legacy: calling abortion “health care””
Open Book: “Gosnell”
The first Wednesday of each month brings #OpenBook, a blog linkup co-hosted by My Scribbler’s Heart and CatholicMom.com with a roundup of what participating bloggers have been reading lately. Gosnell by Ann McElhinney and Phelim McAleer is not easy to read. The style is smooth and fluent, but the topic’s a tough one: Kermit Gosnell, former abortionContinue reading “Open Book: “Gosnell””
Ellen Kolb 