The first of the Baby Boomers were in their early twenties when the Supreme Court passed the Roe V. Wade abortion decision to legalize abortion in 1973. The Boomers, as they entered into their peak childbearing years, would go on to have the highest rates of abortion in the last 45 years. Abortion crossed the 1.5 million a year mark for the first time in 1980 with 1,553,900 … and the high for the decade of 1,590,800 reported in 1988….

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Because of the opioid epidemic, record numbers of children are coming into foster care: Every 15 minutes a baby is born substance-exposed. Nearly 50,000 will enter care this year, more than ever before… Author Darcy Olsen writes in National Review that now more than ever, the system is in serious need of reform: The purpose of foster care is to provide temporary safety for children, but for thousands it has become a life sentence. Like pre-born children in the womb,…

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By Kevin Burke, LSW Susan Swander, a Rachel’s Vineyard team member in Oregon shares: “Yes, Mother’s Day can be a hard day for women with abortion loss. But it can also be a day for those women to celebrate being mothers.” How is it possible that a secret and shameful event from the past…can be a cause for celebration? To understand this good news, we first need to explore the heart of the abortion wound. So many of the symptoms…

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As the First World War raged on in Europe atheistic communism was poised to spread across Russia like a malevolent virus.   Mary, the Mother of Jesus Christ appeared to three Portuguese peasant children on May 13 1917.   In the apparition of July 13th 1917 the Blessed Mother shared a message with the children for the world : The [First World War] is going to end: but if people do not cease offending God, a worse one will break…

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On Tuesday, Internationally acclaimed Irish rock band U2 tweeted in support of relaxing Ireland’s  strict abortion laws. It’s ironic that rock stars and entertainers often promote abortion as a progressive social justice cause. What U2 and their lead singer Bono fail to understand, is how many rock legends were conceived in very challenging circumstances, and would likely have died in the womb  if conceived today. In my article from The Stream, I look at 2 iconic rock stars that were thankfully conceived and born…

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