VOTE PRO LIFE!

HOW LONG, O LORD?

By Deborah Hollifield, Executive Director

In 1989, the last year of Ronald Reagan’s Presidency, I was a new candidate running for a county level office. I was present at a Texas Senatorial District convention when pro-life conservative Republicans upset the slate of delegates of establishment Republicans who were set to attend the next Texas State Republican Convention as delegates. Attendance as a delegate at the State Convention was a necessary prerequisite to being chosen as a delegate to the prestigious National Convention. At the time abortion was a contentious issue with plenty of negative pressure put on those who were accused of “dividing the party” by being socially conservative and scorned as “single issue voters.” At the time, the pro-life cause was considered to be too politically “hot to handle,” and would guarantee GOP losses. At the convention after the upset, a more experienced elected official counseled me on where I shouldn’t sit, lest I become negatively identified with the rebellion. I was new enough to politics that I had not yet become identified as “one of THEM.” It turns out he was right: 30 years later – even after leaving political life 16 years ago – some of them still avoid me.

"If we don't have life, other issues pale!"

Vanessa Williams quoted Ms. Davis, a 64-year-old African-American woman, in a February 5, 2017 Washington Post article that I read in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. Davis continued, "Education doesn't matter, criminal justice reform doesn't matter, if you cannot make it out of the womb."

Ms. Davis attended the 2017 March for Life in Washington D.C. even though the March is pre-dominantly made up of young, white, Americans. It's not the only time Ms. Davis has taken a stand apart. The article states Ms. Davis has faced criticism for her past participation in a billboard campaign featuring faces of African-American children with messages such as "Black Children are an endangered species," and, " The most dangerous place for an African American is in the womb."

STARING INTO THE ABYSS - A sermon on the Christian ethics surrounding this election by Fr. Edward Meeks

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NOVEMBER IS ADOPTION MONTH

FOUR FAMILIES DESCRIBE THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH INTERRACIAL ADOPTION

In this article from PPL Adoption Resources, we take a personal look at families built through interracial adoption. On the following pages, in their own words, are thoughts from four Christian families on their adoption decisions, efforts and successes.

PREPARING OLDER CHILDREN FOR ADOPTION

As a teacher of institutionalized children, I was skeptical about the possibility of successfully placing in adoptive homes teenagers who had histories of behavior problems. My own experiences had convinced me that the behavior of such troubled young people seldom really changes. They have known years of problems and hurt. How could a children's home expect to take these disturbed children and convert them into family-style kids within a few months? It was inconceivable. But after spending time on the campus of Grandfather Home, interviewing and observing the counseling sessions, I was persuaded that the Preparation for Adoption program is working. Healing is taking place.

EMBRYO DONATION AND ADOPTION

In discussing the ethics of embryo adoption, we cannot forget where these embryos originated. When God does not enable a couple to conceive naturally, they may attempt in-vitro fertilization which involves many ethical crossroads: will the sperm and ova involved come from a married husband and wife? How many eggs will be exposed to sperm resulting in how many potential embryos? What is the maximum number of embryos who will be returned to their mother’s uterus? If more embryos result than can safely be implanted, what will happen to the “excess” embryos?

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