The scheduled April 20 appearance at Georgetown University by Cecile Richards, head of the Planned Parenthood Federation, has spawned a series of protests.
Four specific threats to the dignity of human life are interrelated in contributing to laws that deny both the right to life and the natural rights of parents and children, said University of St. Thomas law professor Teresa Collett.
Pro-life advocates expressed dismay with new Food and Drug Administration guidelines that effectively expand how pregnant women can use RU-486, a drug that induces abortion.
The march commemorated the 58 million babies who’ve been aborted in the U.S. since the Supreme Court legalized abortion on demand in Roe v. Wade 43 years ago.
As a mother of six, Leah Jacobson is watching other parents try to raise children in a society that no longer supports sisterhood among mothers. And that’s a shame, said the founder and president of The Guiding Star Project, a Duluth-based organization seeking to combine under one roof a variety of holistic health care services for women and families.
“Our approach is to provide women with a safe, non-judgmental, welcoming place to make a really important decision in their life,” said Nancy Utoft, board president. “The other aspect that’s really important is that we’re not just there with the women at the moment of decision, we want to walk with them up to the first two years.”
Four Minnesotans are among the young women preparing to dedicate themselves to the pro-life cause as Sisters of Life, a religious community based in New York City focused on helping women in crisis pregnancies and promoting a culture of life.
Since 2008, the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has honored local Catholics who have worked to promote the Church’s pro-life mission with the St. John Paul II Champions for Life Awards. Winners of the 2015 St. John Paul II Champions for Life Awards are:
Abria's service enhancements are part of the organization’s aim to be the area’s “most trusted and referred provider of life-affirming medical, personal support and material assistance services,” according to a description on its website.
