Archive… POTENTIAL LIFE-AFFIRMING AMENDMENT TO CONSTITUTION IN MASS 26 Jul 201831 Aug 2018 During 2015, PLLDF volunteers cooperated with the Massachusetts Alliance to Stop Public Funding of Abortion (“Alliance”) to gather signatures for an important proposed constitutional amendment that would allow the Massachusetts…
Archive… PLLDF TESTIFIES AT THE STATE HOUSE REGARDING PHYSICIAN-PRESCRIBED SUICIDE 26 Jul 201831 Aug 2018 The Massachusetts Joint Committee on Public Health held a public hearing on October 27, 2015 regarding HB No. 1991, the so-called Massachusetts Compassionate Care for the Terminally Ill Act. PLLDF…
Archive… 2015 CENTURY DINNER – A SUCCESS! 26 Jul 201831 Aug 2018 100 guests enjoyed an evening of pro-life socializing, education and merriment at PLLDF’s 2015 Century Dinner on April 25th. Master of Ceremonies Tom Harvey again entertained the gathering with song.…
Archive… NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE: FEMINISM FAILING WOMEN 26 Jul 201831 Aug 2018 In March 2015, PLLDF Board Member Bridget L. Fay, Esq. was published at National Review Online. Her article is titled "The American Feminist Establishment Does a Disservice to Women Through…
Archive… PROFESSOR COMMENTS ON THE USE OF EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS 26 Jul 201831 Aug 2018 Associate Professor Emeritus Frank McLaughlin is continuing his defense of human life notwithstanding his retirement after 52 years of faithful service on the Boston College faculty. On 2/21/15, he wrote a…
Archive… AFTER MCCULLEN: BACKDOOR BUFFER ZONE BILL CHILLS FREE SPEECH 26 Jul 201831 Aug 2018 July 29, 2014. Boston, Massachusetts. Michael DePrimo, an attorney for Eleanor McCullen, the lead plaintiff in the 9-0 decision in McCullen v. Coakley, issued the following statement regarding the passage of…
Archive… A “SCIENTIFIC” BASIS TO OPPOSE ABORTION-INDUCING BIRTH CONTROL? 26 Jul 201831 Aug 2018 The 2014 United States Supreme Court decision in the case of Burwell, Secretary of Health and Human Services, v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. held that, under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA),…
Archive… WHAT THE SUPREME COURT DID (AND DIDN’T DO) TO RELIGIOUS FREEDOM 26 Jul 201831 Aug 2018 On July 1, Magna Carta, in one of its four surviving original copies, the one from Lincoln Cathedral, began a U.S. Tour with an exhibit at Boston's Museum of Fine…
Archive… HOBBY LOBBY AND WIDESPREAD CONFUSION ABOUT WHEN PREGNANCY BEGINS 26 Jul 201831 Aug 2018 Is there a huge hole in the news coverage about mandatory contraceptive health insurance? The answer is yes. The question is why. There is almost a media blackout of any…
Archive… SAVING RELIGIOUS FREEDOM FOR THE TIME BEING 26 Jul 201831 Aug 2018 On the last day of its term, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision in the case of Burwell, Secretary of Health and Human Services, v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.,…