This week’s Tablet TALK offers opportunities to get a fresh start in this new year and highlights those who have made significant achievements.
pro-life
Culture of Life Hero
Dear Editor: I read with interest Bishop DiMarzio’s column (Oct. 14) on the uphill battle to re-establish a Culture of Life in American society today.
Couple Felt ‘Instant Bond’ With Adopted Child
During this Respect Life Month, Jenni and Joe Amschler are particularly grateful for the pro-life adoption journey that led them to their baby boy, Jaxson.
Controversial Ad Campaign Promotes Abortion as Catholic Social Justice Issue
A new ad campaign from Catholics for Choice is promoting the repeal of the Hyde Amendment and public funding for abortion. Pro-life activists counter that the campaign is an affront to Catholics and risks jeopardizing debates over healthcare.
U.S. Bishops Urge Caution On Republican-Backed Healthcare Bill
The United States bishops are urging caution on the proposed Graham-Cassidy healthcare bill that is currently scheduled for a Senate vote next week. Four bishops from pro-life, migration, religious liberty, and justice and human development committees sent on a letter on Thursday rejecting the partisan bill and its rushed timeline.
The Option of Adoption Gives the Gift of Life
by Kathleen M. Gallagher
My friend Mary is one-of-a-kind. She is a retired police lieutenant from suburban Long Island, where we both grew up. Today Mary has relocated to a rural hamlet in the northernmost county of New York State. She owns a 300+ acre farm that includes goats, cows, horses, a donkey, two dogs, and lots of chickens, some of whom occasionally roam through the farmhouse.
A Pro-Life Hero
Dear Editor: Every Saturday morning, together with my pro-life friends, I see a man probably in his 50s or early 60s, obviously not among the elite of our society, going into the McDonald’s located next to the building where we pray on the sidewalk for the life of the unborn who are destined to be slaughtered in that building right alongside the McDonald’s restaurant.
“Fake Clinics”
On July 15, the New York Daily News reported that Democratic Councilman Peter Koo of Flushing has given close to $24,000 in donations to Bridge to Life, a not-for-profit organization which provides counseling to over 4,000 women who are in need, giving them free pregnancy tests, donations of maternity and baby clothes and supplies and referrals to housing and other services.
Prayer for Life at Kings Plaza
A pro-life Rosary Rally was held outside Kings Plaza Shopping Center in Mill Basin on Sunday evening, July 9.
Relief in Sight on HHS Mandate
A leaked draft rule from the Department of Health and Human Services exempting religious groups from the contraceptive mandate of the Affordable Care Act was welcomed by church officials and attorneys representing the Little Sisters of the Poor, one group that challenged the mandate at the U.S. Supreme Court.