Designer Babies
Nic and Jules, [both females], are married and share a cozy suburban Southern California home with their teenage children, Joni and Laser. Nic and Jules gave birth to and raised their children, and built a family life for the four of them. As Joni prepares to leave for college, 15-year-old Laser presses her for a […]
The Changing Definition of Parenthood
A Letter To My Father. Who are you? I ask myself this question every time I catch a glance of my reflection in the morning … I fear for what the future holds and wonder if I will receive [sp] any slight information about you. I grieve for you and for the part of myself […]
Evil Silence
Warning. Some material in this article is of a graphic nature. In 2006, near Miami, Florida, unlicensed healthcare workers at an abortion clinic performed a late-term abortion that resulted in the delivery of a live 23-week old baby girl. When they saw the baby struggling to breathe, the abortion workers stuffed the infant into […]
Physician-Assisted Suicide
Barbara Wagner, a poor retired bus driver on the state health plan, made headlines in 2008 when she received a letter from the State of Oregon informing her that she was no longer eligible for the medication that would slow the growth of her cancer. The State would, however, pay for her physician-assisted suicide. Outraged, […]
The Myth of Sexual Liberty
On July 12, 2011, Kody Brown and his “wives” stood before the cameras to announce that they were filing a lawsuit challenging Utah’s antipolygamy law. Proud polygamists, Kody and company star in the hit reality show “Sister Wives,” which follows the lives of this Mormon clan. Recently, the state of Utah began investigating their polygamous […]
Anonymous for Life
Motherhood—it can be the most exciting moment in a woman’s life when she finds out she is pregnant. However, for those women who face pregnancy alone, without a husband, it can be a terrifying prospect. Over 75 percent of the 31,882 abortions performed in North Carolina in 2008 were to unwed mothers. Many of those unwed […]
Do No Harm: The Shifting Standard in Medicine
Imagine receiving a call that your teenage son has been in a horrible car accident and has suffered a brain injury. You race to the hospital and discover he is burning up with a 105 degree fever. The doctor refuses to give him medicine to reduce his fever claiming that your son’s life isn’t worth […]