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 Maryland sets up $25 million abortion fund with Obamacare dollars

    Maryland will subsidize abortions using a surcharge on its Affordable Care Act insurance funds. Democratic Governor Wes Moore signed legislation directing $25 million “to fund a program to pay for abortions,” according to the Associated Press. The money for the...
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Another Step Towards the Moral Abyss

This article was originally posted June 10, 2025, on Ed Mechmann’s Public Policy Blog, Stepping Out of the Boat.   New York State’s government, already infamous for its hostility to life in the womb, has taken another tragic step towards the moral abyss – the State...
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Damned If You Don’t, Damned If You Do

  Women can’t catch a break in the sexual code department. When I was a girl in the early 60s the protocol was that it was up to us to control romantic encounters because teenage boys could not; their urge was so strong they couldn’t be expected to curb themselves, so we had...
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Pastoral Reflections

The Gift of Age

    The room is not quite big enough for everyone who has come. In her reclining chair, the 95-year-old woman takes it all in, with smiles. Her hearing is spotty, her eyesight rather darkened, and her walker ever close to hand. But she is full of delight, for gathered around...
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