Catholic Fire

On November 19, the citizens of Albuquerque, New Mexico will vote on the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Ordinance – a law forbidding abortions past 20 weeks' gestation in the city. When you consider that Albuquerque is currently the late-term abortion capital of the USA, you can see how next Tuesday's vote is the good in this fight. Meanwhile, a group of six senators and House representatives is proposing legislation to unravel every pro-life law passed throughout the nation.  This is Roe v. Wade on steroids. Proponents of the Orwellian-titled "Women's Health Protection Act of 2013" include Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), and Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) – the last of whom said, "I think that when you bring your baby home, when your baby is born ...  the baby belongs to your family and has all the rights." So it should be pretty easy to see where the evil is. Today, Live Action released a new video showcasing...

Praise God! It passed! Now if we could just ban ALL abortions. The House of Representatives today approved a that bans abortions from after 20-weeks of pregnancy up to the day of birth. The vote for the bill broke down on mostly partisan lines with Republicans supporting the ban on late-term abortions and Democrats opposing it. The House approved the bill on a 229-195 vote with 7 Democrats voting for the bill and 6 Republicans voting against it. Read the entire story.

Washington, D.C., February 15, 2007 __ An Ohio Democrat and a North Carolina Republican today introduced pro-woman legislation to help pregnant and parenting college students continue their education—on the birthday of one of America’s first feminists, a teacher named Susan B. Anthony. The Elizabeth Cady Stanton Pregnant and Parenting Student Services Act of 2007 , co-sponsored by Representatives Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, and Sue Myrick, R-North Carolina, is named for Anthony’s good friend and colleague, and modeled on a program Feminists for Life initiated on college campuses in 1997. As she introduced the bill, Rep. Marcy Kaptur said: “Education is the foundation of a great society, and it is essential that we demonstrate our support for pregnant and parenting students.” Co-sponsor Rep. Sue Myrick added, “This bill encourages colleges and universities to provide pregnant students with much needed pre-natal and parenting resources. We have a responsibility as a society to make sure that ...