- Bioethics, Catholics Do What?, Contraception, infertility, IVF, Marriage, motherhood, NFP, pregnancy, Pro Life, Sex, sin, Women's Health
Why not just use birth control? {some possible “right” answers}
I field a good number of questions along the lines of “how do I explain to my boss/neighbor/mother-in-law/college bff why we don’t use contraception?” This tends to be an especially sticky conversation when the questioner in the scenario happens to…
The unsexiness of death (or what ‘Me Before You’ is missing)
One of these days I’m going to write a nice, fluffy post aaaaaaall about my favorite organic non-hormone disrupting eco-friendly non-GMO spray sunscreen. Or something like that. Today is not that day. This weekend marks the opening…
- Bioethics, Catholic Spirituality, Culture of Death, euthanasia, Evangelization, Pro Life, relativism, sin
Gorillas, internet mobs, and the culture of the living dead
“The moral status of an infant is equivalent to that of a fetus in the sense that both lack those properties that justify the attribution of a right to life to an individual . . . what we…
Who are the Little Sisters of the Poor, and why should you care?
If you were totally avoiding the internet today, or if you live under a particularly pleasant and comfortable rock, maybe you don’t know that the federal government and a bunch of nuns are duking it out before…
- Abortion, Bioethics, Contraception, Culture of Death, motherhood, NFP, reality check, Women's Health, Women's Rights
Women, know your limits!
I’m just so thankful to be an American with a uterus today, because federal agencies have really got all the bases covered for me. (Which is a relief because who has got time to use reason? Also, science…
Zika, abortion, and contraceptive imperialism
You knew I was going to write about this, right? I can’t help myself. My newsfeed is filling up with blustering outrage and hand wringing over the Zika virus – a heinous incurable disease with dire consequences…
- Bioethics, Catholics Do What?, Culture of Death, Family Life, guest post, motherhood, Pro Life, Sex, Suffering
My Moral Dilemma As A Catholic SMA Mom
I know I say this every time, but the woman I’m featuring today really is one of my all-time favorites. I met Kelly at Edel last year and was 1. blown away by her height and model-esque…
I finally felt it
“It” being the pain, the punch to the gut, the dissipation of oxygen in the room. I was at a staff meeting this morning and heard our DC correspondent explain in precise language that to obtain an “intact…
Boiling frogs and silent lambs
The last thing I want to write about, now that my belly is proceeding me into every room by approximately 2.3 seconds, is wholesaling baby parts. But dammit if that’s not what’s trending in my newsfeed these…
It’s Infertility Awareness Week: Did you know the Catholic Church Cares Deeply?
In honor of this year’s National Infertility Awareness week (April 19-25), I wanted to spend a few days recognizing the struggle and the heartache and the sometimes silent suffering of couples who are bearing the cross of infertility…