by afladmin | May 4, 2020 | Abortion
I run.  Early in the morning you’ll often find me, western Pennsylvania weather permitting, hitting the streets of my neighborhood just as the sun is starting to rise.  But before reading further, I recommend looking at the first sentence of this paragraph...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by afladmin | Oct 28, 2019 | End of Life
You can imagine the scene. A patient lying in a bed, surrounded by softly beeping machines, the disconcerting sight of them connected to seemingly endless tubes and wires. There is a heaviness in the room, an awareness of death that we, busy with our normal lives,...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by afladmin | Jul 8, 2019 | End of Life
“No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main…any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind.  And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.” Anglican poet John...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by afladmin | Dec 10, 2018 | Social Justice
“I know my rights!”  This is a line usually delivered by a belligerent, unpleasant character on your dime-a-dozen police procedurals.   The other characters may roll their eyes collectively during his bellicose rantings.  We the members of the audience are meant to...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by afladmin | Nov 12, 2018 | After Abortion Care
My husband and I attend our local pro-life pregnancy center’s banquet every year. In November 2015, we were sitting at a table in the far corner of the room. It didn’t give us a great view of the speaker, who happened to be former Planned Parenthood director Abby...