pro-life
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Mothers, Daughters, Rape, and Abortion
You’ve seen all the articles on abortion going around. You’ve seen all the pro-choice and pro-life arguments. I’m addressing this to the mom who has daughters, wondering if she could counsel her daughter to keep a child, should her daughter… Continue reading
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Life Begins at Conception
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_image _builder_version=”3.10″ src=”https://andthesethygifts.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/bec1c-ultrasound.jpeg” url=”https://unsplash.com/photos/8y4nXtN-qb8″ url_new_window=”on” /][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.10″] This was a compilation I put together in 2012 for our homeschooling group. —– in case it helps. some references. At the moment when a human sperm penetrates a human ovum,… Continue reading
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Planned Parenthood, My Daughter, and Me
Let me get a couple of things out of the way. My 26-year-old daughter recently got married. She’s also pregnant. I did hesitate to write this because her story isn’t my story to tell. I don’t write this either to… Continue reading
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Culture of Life Rising (Abortion Compilation) | August 2015 – January 2016
I haven’t been able to blog much lately. Busy with several projects and expect to remain this busy until the latter half of the year. Also need to declutter my digital space badly, so for a while, my posts here… Continue reading
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Six Weeks Off FB: (Not the Usual) Lessons Learned
Growing in our spiritual life means that we sometimes need to do hard things. Leaving Facebook was one of those things for me. I’ve posted before my main reasons for leaving, but as I’ve been gone these six weeks I’ve… Continue reading
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Bacon and Contraception? Not the Same Thing
A pro-lifer friend shared his concern with me this morning, asking if we should oppose bacon along with contraceptives, since bacon has been declared a Class 1 Carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. First of all, the… Continue reading
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John Lillis and Lifeboat Coffee
Typing this on a (still!) chilly spring morning while sipping John Lillis’ Lifeboat Coffee. Yum!! I first heard about Lifeboat Coffee through Facebook friends, and as we’re always on the look-out for pro-life businesses to support, I added Lifeboat to… Continue reading
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Where I Get My Pro-Life News and Commentary
A friend, Francis B., requested a list of my sources for pro-life news. So, in no particular order, my favorites: General Crisis Magazine First Things Catholic World Report MercatorNet NewAdvent.org National Catholic Register Abortion Live Action News Americans United for… Continue reading
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It’s Not About Rabbits, But Maybe It’s Not About You Either
It’s been a little over 24 hours since I woke up to Facebook hopping (pun unintended) because of a remark the Pope made on the plane to Rome from Manila, where he spent four days with the Filipino people, celebrating,… Continue reading

