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Subscribe to this bloggerMr. Mattes is the Executive Director and cofounder of Life Issues Institute, internationally headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Abortion Doulas
September 07th, 201010:48 AM ETLauren Mitchell struggled to adjust to her new role as a doula. She is one of many trained, as the Greek term literally means, to assist in childbirth. “What you get very used to is this weird mix of tragedy and relief and sex and death — this wild variety of emotions,” she says. “There’s always this interesting mix of remorse and relief.... -
Obama's Bad Day
August 27th, 201009:39 AM ETJudge Royce Lamberth caused a stir by making Monday a particularly bad day for the Obama Administration. For ruling against the president’s attempt to spend federal tax dollars on embryonic stem cell research, the US District Court judge is officially on the liberals’ hit list. They’re calling him a “crazy judge” with “sloppy reasoning,... -
Political Ping-Pong
August 20th, 201010:42 AM ETPro-lifers have been fighting an uphill battle these past two years. Now that November is around the corner, we pray a year of hope is ahead of us. Certainly, with midterm Congressional campaigns in full speed, Election Day will be a key opportunity to tell President Obama and the pro-abortion majority that we are not on board with their agenda. An... -
Golden Gate Breakdown
August 13th, 201005:50 PM ETSeven Planned Parenthood centers in the San Francisco area turned out to be not so golden for the abortion industry giant. The national organization is stripping the facilities of their Planned Parenthood affiliation. Though details of the divorce are undisclosed, insiders are alluding to one unsurprising explanation: money. The region’s interim... -
Our Pro-Life Emmy®
August 03rd, 201003:58 PM ETWinning isn’t everything, but it sure is nice! That’s how I felt Saturday night, when our weekly pro-life television program, Facing Life Head-On, received a regional Emmy® Award. Despite stiff competition, the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences honored us for being the “best of the best” in the category of Interview and Disc... -
United Negativity
July 30th, 201010:32 AM ETFor years, Russia faced an under-population crisis. One conspicuous explanation stood out: an abortion rate near 70 percent. In just over a decade, the country shrunk by 12 million, prompting the United Nations to predict that by 2050, Russia’s population would further dwindle to one-fifth of what it is now. Only recently did this trend change. ... -
Freedom Rides
July 23rd, 201010:53 AM ETNearly 50 years ago, civil rights supporters boarded buses in hopes of solidifying a Supreme Court decision that outlawed racial segregation. This weekend, a new kind of Freedom Ride hits the road. The Freedom Ride for the Unborn is already attracting people of diverse ages, ethnicities and backgrounds. Traveling from Birmingham to Atlanta, the ca... -
Broken Promises
July 16th, 201012:11 PM ET“There are some folks out there who are, frankly, bearing false witness, but I want everyone to know what health insurance reform is all about... you’ve heard that this is all going to mean government-funding of abortion. Not true.” — President Obama, August 2009 Despite presidential assurances this would never happen, the ... -
Another Blind Side
July 02nd, 201010:45 AM ETNot long ago, a Hollywood film, “The Blind Side,” left viewers across America marveling at one family’s compassion in adopting a troubled young teen. This week another such story emerged in the folds of a Minnesota newspaper. It centers on a pregnant eleventh-grader, who, despite pressure from her boyfriend and mother to have an ... -
Monday's Hearings
June 25th, 201010:09 AM ET"…Judges will often try to mold and steer the law in order to promote certain ethical values and achieve certain social ends. Such activity is not necessarily wrong or invalid."- Elena Kagan, US Supreme Court Nominee Monday marks the start of US Supreme Court Nominee Elena Kagan’s confirmation hearings. The weeklong question-and-answe...
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