The Narthex
Random Ruminations #19
Pohutsky’s Pregnancy Problem... Sex and Babies... Resisting Dialogue... and more
By John M. Grondelski | February 11th 2025 12:00 PMPohutsky’s Pregnancy Problem Laurie Pohutsky is a “bisexual” Michigan Democratic State Representative from northern Wayne County (the county where Detroit sits). You’d probably never hear about a member of the Wolverine State’s legislature -- even the chair of the “Progressive Women’s Caucus" -- except for the fact that Pohutsky took…
READ FULL BLOG POSTAn Abortion Puzzlement
Pro-aborts claim a miscarriage you don’t want is life-threatening, but one you do want is no big deal
By John M. Grondelski | April 10th 2024 2:30 PMI spent Saturday, while waiting for the accountant to do my taxes, reading Stephanie Gray Connors’s new book My Body for You: A Pro-Life Message for a Post-Roe World (link below). It’s a very readable and worthwhile presentation of pro-life arguments, especially in hard cases, which are becoming the stock-in-trade of…
READ FULL BLOG POSTOn Losing a Baby
Miscarriage is a loss that's often invisible except to the mother and father
By John M. Grondelski | March 22nd 2024 12:17 PMSpring is a time of life and hope. That’s apparent in nature. It’s also apparent in the liturgical year, as the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Annunciation on March 25. People begin going outdoors and, sometimes, baby carriages appear more prominent. But, in the midst of that life and…
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