Dan Franklin on the Growing Consistency of the Pro-Choice Position

Recently my son-in-law Dan Franklin, married to my daughter Karina, wrote a very insightful article on his Facebook page. Dan is the teaching pastor at Life Bible Fellowship in Upland, California. Dan takes a fresh slant on new developments in the abortion debate.

Disabled Children and Our Cultural Blindspot

As far back as the 1980's, I read about a survey of pediatricians in which 3/4 said they would abort if knew they were going to have a Down Syndrome Child. Another survey of pediatricians and pediatric surgeons re­vealed that more than two out of three would go along with parents’ wishes to deny life-saving surgery to a child with Down syndrome.

Princeton Bioethics Professor Peter Singer: Devaluing Human Life

Related to my previous blog, way to go Kurt Warner! After winning the NFC championship game Sunday and earning a trip to the Superbowl, Kurt Warner, who has been criticized for his vocal faith in Christ, was interviewed by Terry Bradshaw over the stadium PA. Warner looked up at the stands and said to everyone, including millions of television viewers:

"Everybody's going to be tired of hearing this, but I never get tired of saying it; there's one reason I'm standing up here on this stage today, and that's because of my Lord up above. I ...

Sarah Palin, Experience, and Video from Colorado for Equal Rights

Here's one of my favorite recent quotes: “I'm still having trouble expressing the depth of my anger about McCain's choice of a running mate.” Cecile Richards, President, Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

You can see here the full fundraising letter from Planned Parenthood, and some interesting comments.

If you believe what I believe about Planned Parenthood (see my blogs I've posted), you simply could not ask for a more powerful endorsement of Sarah Palin than that the president of Planned Parenthood is deeply angry about the possibility that she could be our vice president! Read more ...

99 Balloons: Celebrating the Life of Eliot Mooney

This is a story that I heard, but wanted more details on, so asked Stephanie to find them. I think you will be as touched by it as I was.
 
I first learned of Eliot Mooney maybe a year ago, but when someone else forwarded the video again recently, I thought it was time to feature it on this blog. What follows is the story of the Mooney family. Then you will want to watch the wonderful video put together by Eliot's father, Matt.

Proud parents Matt and Ginny couldn't have been more excited about the arrival of ...