Pew Releases Poll on Catholic Attitudes Toward End of Life Issues
Pope Francis greets an elderly woman in a wheelchair Nov. 23, 2013. Credit: Catholic News Agency Last month the Pew Research Center conducted an interesting survey on attitudes toward end-of-life...
View ArticleTeen Pregnancy Rate Reaches a Record Low
Earlier this month the Centers for Disease Control released a new report on fertility rates. It found that the teen pregnancy rate continues to decline and reached historic lows in 2009. The sharp...
View ArticleCity of Tuscaloosa Allows Abortion Clinic To Break The Law
Veteran sidewalk counselors know that local law enforcement is not always helpful to pro-lifers who pray and counsel outside of abortion clinics. However, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, city officials appear...
View ArticlePoll Shows Support for Waiting Periods Reaches An All Time High
Rasmussen recently conducted a nationwide survey on attitudes toward abortion. It found that 43 percent of Americans identify as “pro-life.” While this may seem somewhat low, Rasmussen polls...
View ArticleMore Research Shows Support for Abortion Breast Cancer Link
This winter, two studies appearing in public health journals provided strong statistical support for the abortion breast cancer link. In December the journal Cancer Causes Control published a...
View ArticleStudy Shows that Access to Cheap and Easy Contraception Increases Sexual...
In 2011 the University of Michigan’s Population Studies Center published a study looking at how the cost of oral contraceptives impacted the sexual activity of college women. In 2005, the passage of...
View ArticleThe ignored controversy at CPAC
Senator Tim Scott, R-SC The annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) is the nation’s largest conservative conference. Every spring, thousands of political conservatives descend on...
View ArticleMillennials: Crisis or Opportunity for Catholics?
The Pew Research Center recently released a comprehensive poll on the attitudes of young adults in the Millennial generation (ages 18-33). The results are very similar to what other surveys have found....
View ArticlePublic Religion Research Institute misleads on Catholic attitudes
The “Public Religion Research Institute” released a fact sheet a few weeks ago on the attitudes of Roman Catholics which had the mainstream media swooning. It found that majorities of Catholics...
View ArticleObamacare Not Responsible for U.S. Abortion Decline
In November, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released its Abortion Surveillance report for 2013. It showed that the abortion rate in the U.S. continued its steady decline. In the...
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