The Pro-Lifer’s Survival Guide: Debating Objectively
by Matt Tyson It isn’t often we get an opening like this. Despite attempts by the mainstream media to twist the story around, reverse blame, or play dumb, the recent undercover videos of Planned...
View ArticleDemocrats miss opportunity to support women
***The following was printed in The Hill – Congress Blog A few weeks ago, I was teaching a class on the legislative process to some high school students. The kids were playing the role of House and...
View ArticleCalifornia’s right-to-die law betrays the state’s progressive principles
*** The following ran in the LA Times on October 7, 2015 by Charles C. Camosy What’s the calling card value of the National Rifle Assn. and other conservative organizations? Skepticism of government...
View ArticleWHEN YOU CUT OFF A WING, YOU CAN NO LONGER FLY
*The following was published in The Hill: CongressBlog. After yet another wave of GOP victories in the recent elections, it is time for the Democratic Party to face the fact. We are losing. Yet, some...
View ArticleI am a Pope Francis Democrat
In September, Pope Francis spoke to all Americans, Catholic and non-Catholic. At the White House, Pope Francis told us to take care of our “common home,” the Earth. He asks “all men and women of good...
View ArticleDemocratic Revival Stresses Values, Messages in Promoting a Culture of Life
By Lisa Stiller Getting our party back – and returning to values that support life – was a major theme of speakers at a Democratic Revival that took place in Washington, D.C. during the last weekend of...
View Article912 reasons for Debbie Wasserman Schultz to Step Down
Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s latest statements about young women voters and Roe v. Wade highlight again that she does not understand feminism, the Democratic Party, or how to build a winning...
View ArticlePro-Choice Extremism Is Holding the Democratic Party Back
By Robert Hay In the past month, two high-profile incidents have shown how powerful a hold the pro-choice movement has on the Democratic Party, and its hope to “expand the playing field” and win more...
View ArticleIt’s Progressive to be Pro-Life
By Celia Wolf-Devine ***Originally Published by Providence Journal You want to be on the side of the angels. You are concerned about the growing gap between rich and poor, cut backs in services...
View ArticleUnexpected Support
John Wesley Leek The Mississippi Democratic Party platform in 2012 left little room for pro-life Democrats stating among other things that the party “strongly and unequivocally supports Roe v. Wade”...
View ArticlePresident Hillary Hides the Faults of the Democratic Party
Friday, January 20, 2017 is a cold day in Washington, DC. The scene outside the Capitol building is familiar to many political aficionados, although the cast of characters is somewhat different. It...
View Article“Women’s Health Protection Act” – HB 16-1203
A White Paper from the Protect Life Coalition ** Basis for the testimony of Tom Perille, MD, before the Colorado House Health, Insurance and Environment Committee on April 7, 2016 Introduction The...
View ArticleThe Plight of the Democratic Party
by Matt Tuman Today’s front-page article of the Washington Post discussed the enormous electoral losses Democrats have taken since President Obama was inaugurated in January 2009. Since then, Democrats...
View ArticleDid the Bishops Make a Mistake Opposing Affordable Healthcare?
When Congress passed the Affordable Care Act in 2009, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops ultimately opposed final passage. The bishops’ decision to oppose the very lifesaving legislation...
View ArticleAlabama Pro-life Democrats Support Bill to Prohibit Late-Term Abortions
By Matthew Tyson On May 12th, 2016, Governor Robert Bentley of Alabama signed a bill that would prohibit abortions performed through “Dilation or Evacuation”—other wise known in the bill as...
View ArticleHow to pass federal paid family leave and limit abortions
DFLA’s Charles Camosy writes: Family leave programs and child-care support are energetically backed by liberals. Hillary Clinton just wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post pledging to provide...
View ArticleAbortion and Key Provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Art...
The effect of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) on abortion has been the subject of much controversy, and pro-life members of Congress who voted for PPACA have received strong...
View ArticleMaking All Lives Matter
by Julie Locascio Bitter political and social conflicts may not be new, but we may be seeing unprecedented levels of vitriol because of the ability of anonymous angry people to take their attitudes to...
View ArticleTHERE IS MORE TO THE PRO-LIFE MOVEMENT THAN SOUNDBITES
Working inside the bubble of Washington, you grow used to the idea that sound-bites, raising money for the next election or strategizing on how to win the majority back from your opponent are the most...
View ArticleAre There “Benefits” to Abortion?
By Matt Tuman Lost in the presidential race this year was what happened this summer in the Illinois state legislator. Governor Bruce Rauner signed into law Senate Bill 1564, which made abortion the...
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