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Big Blue Wave has some interesting thoughts on how pro-lifers frame the issue suggesting that discussing fetal rights are more productive than simply opposing abortion.

The New York Times has a story on abortion in South Korea where it is technically illegal but widely available and routinely committed. Notably, the article looks at the growing skepticism among doctors including some formerly involved in the abortion industry. It is well worth reading because it provides a glimmer of hope that abortion can be reversed and includes some informational [...]

UPI reports: A prominent Abraham Lincoln historian in New York says an activist who claims the 16th president was gay admitted to him the story was fabricated. Harold Holzer, who has written 35 books about Lincoln and the Civil War, said playwright and AIDS activist Larry Kramer admitted to him he fabricated his much-publicized claims that a diary and letters discovered in [...]

Rory Leishman on how the U.S. points to ways to reduce abortion. Michael Coren is "Speaking the truth, no matter what" -- despite the looming human rights commissions. Rick McGinnis defends Disney movies. Frank Kennedy imagines himself in the White House.

Bill C-384, the bill that was introduced by the Bloc MP Francine Lalonde to legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide will have its vote delayed again, but this time it is due to a move by Prime Minister Harper. Prime Minister Harper has just received permission to prorogue parliament until after the Winter Olympic Games are finished. It has been announced that Parliament [...]

We are headed toward our Christmas vacations. There might be blogging if something catches our interest. Regular blogging will return the first week of January. The staff at The Interim wish you a joyful, safe and holy Christmas and very happy New Year. God bless all you for reading the paper both online and in dead tree. We appreciate everything you do for [...]

Gerardine Luongo has a short piece at First Things entitled "Advent and the Pregnancy Narratives—a Season of Joyful Expectation" that is worth reading.

You probably know by now that Senator Ben Nelson's charade has ended has publicly endorsed the phony compromise on abortion funding put forward by Senators Robert Casey Jr. and Harry Reid (Jill Stanek has a number of links and comments) and that Obamacare will probably now pass the Senate later this week. As I have written numerous times, this is just one more  [...]

Liberal MP Carolyn Bennett (St. Paul)  was approached by the entrepreneurs behind Red Tent Sex (which I noted earlier) to take up the cause of ridding sex toys of dangerous chemicals. Carolyn Bennett said: "Sex is a pretty common activity, and these sexual toys are certainly a growing market, and I really do feel at the moment we’ve got a bit of a double standard in terms [...]

Pop Offsets is a way for guilty-feeling Westerners to pay for their use of carbon dioxide (CO2s) through the modern indulgence system known as carbon offsets. In this particular scheme, you calculate your carbon footprint and make a donation to an entity run by the Optimum Population Trust which funnels the money to "family planning" programs, and from what I can see [...]

Andrea Mrozek at ProWomanProLife takes note of Red Tent Sisters, a Toronto outfit that teaches people to practice environmentally friendly sex by avoiding non-contracepting sex with all its awful chemicals that are bad for women and the environment. It is effectively natural family planning with a different brand of moralizing (environmental instead of religious). But as Mrozek suggests, it would be a great way for the [...]

The Washington Post reports that Senator Ben Nelson is largely responsible gumming up the Senate health care bill. While news reports focus on his attempts to ensure abortion is not subsidized, he has also expressed concerns about the government takeover of health care more generally, a fact ignored by the Post.  Susan B. Anthony List wrote to Senator Robert Casey Jr. to note this dissatisfaction with the compromise [...]

Politico reports that pro-lifers are against the Casey compromise language. Jill Stanek reports that Senator Ben Nelson is rejecting Casey's compromise as insufficient. The Casey language will allow public subsidies to insurance plans that cover abortion in a fund-segregation scheme. In other words it is not compromise language in any way because money is fungible. Doug Johnson, legislative director of the National Right to Life Committee, [...]

Pornography is ubiquitous and therefore parents must protect their children from its corrupting effects on teenagers' sexuality and self-esteem, the institution of marriage and male-female relationships. Patrick Fagan, Senior Fellow and Director of the Centre for Research on Marriage and Religion at the Family Research Council, provides the social science behind the common sense in a report entitled "The Effects of Pornography on Individuals, Marriage, Family and Community." Some of the key [...]

The legal staff at Americans United for Life list the pro-life concerns with the Senate health care reform bill. CNSNews.com reports, "Mikulski Calling Health Care Bill ‘Whole Life’ Inspires Launch of Pro-Life Web Site." WorldNetDaily reports that 20 senators want to know if the Obama administration really did threaten Senator Ben Nelson (D, Neb.) with closing down a military base in his [...]