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U.S. bishops say life is their "pre-eminent issue." How about a little action?
By John M. Grondelski | December 5th 2023 12:56 PMIn a recent post here, I reminisced about the “Committee of Ten Million,” Gil Durand’s 1973 lay initiative to amass ten million petition signatures to be delivered publicly to Congress demanding a Human Life Amendment. Ten million signatures in 1973 would have been about five percent of the U.S. population,…
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A proposed HHS rule would effectively ban federal TANF grants to pregnancy centers
By John M. Grondelski | December 1st 2023 1:11 PMIf you are reading this on Friday, December 1, you have until midnight to act on a pro-life matter. On October 2, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services published a proposed rule to change regulations on what can be funded under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)…
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