Coffee Clicks: best of the week {Volume 1}
I’m thinking of starting a new feature where I round up my favorite clicks from the week behind us and throw them up for your hungry eyes instead of just clicking “like” on Facebook and moving on…but that…
- 31 Days of Writing with the Nester, Abortion, Bioethics, Catholics Do What?, Contraception, Culture of Death, IVF, NFP
What does the Catholic Church say about IVF?
Mouthful of a title, right? Let’s just say I’m doing it for Google’s sake. So, painfully obvious disclaimer: I am neither a bioethicist nor a theologian. Well, not officially, anyway. I’ve got 2 semesters of grad theology…
- 31 Days of Writing with the Nester, Abortion, Bioethics, Catholics Do What?, Contraception, Marriage, Sex, Theology of the Body, vasectomies
I’m Catholic, can I get a vasectomy/tubal ligation?
There have been a number of questions about permanent sterilization during this month-long series, and while I wrote a post on it a while back, I think it deserves a fuller treatment, and a more nuanced explanation.…
- Abortion, Bioethics, Contraception, Culture of Death, euthanasia, Evangelization, Women's Health, Women's Rights
7 Quick Takes on the Decline of Western Civilization
Hell of a week, y’all. Can’t say I’ve been particularly proud to be an American while reading/covering the news from home this week. Are you sick of seeing this on Facebook/Twitter/blogs yet? Well me too. But the…
Safe, Legal, and (medium) Rare
Kermit Gosnell, the late term abortionist and murderer standing trial in Philadelphia is, unfortunately, not the exception to the rule of abortion in America today. This is hard to watch, but not because it’s filled with gruesome…
- Abortion, About Me, Bioethics, Contraception, Culture of Death, Life in Italy, Parenting, Pro Life, Theology of the Body
What to Write
When there is so much to say? I have the unique position of being on the other side of a ‘hockey stick effect’ as my boss calls it, that moment when internet traffic spikes in a dramatic…
Dear sweet Jesus
Please come back soon. Love, humanity (warning: may cause vomiting, particularly in mothers and/or people with a pulse.)
Mucking the Internet
My day starts out pretty similar to most other mamas of little people. Leisurely awakened at 6 something in the am (7 this morning, making Daddy late for work – our little alarm clock is usually so…
Aborted Fetal Cell Lines
Had to share this fabulous resource with ya’ll – first time I’ve seen a comprehensive list of those vaccines (including manufacturer info) which have been formulated using one of two aborted fetal cell lines. Check out this…
In Vitro Violence
I’ve never given much thought to the post-implantation violence begotten by the process of IVF, but after a heart wrenching discussion with a dear friend last night, I’ve had my eyes opened to a hidden world of…