The push for pre-natal diagnostic tests for pregnant mothers just became stronger.

I teach eleventh-grade religion at a respected and flourishing Catholic college-prep high school in the state of New York. My students are bright and talented kids, the children of some of the most successful people in this part of the state. Our discussions on morality are a window into the culture that nurtures them at least as much as most of their families do. We recently tackled abortion.

"I had an abortion," Ms. Magazine urges its readers to declare. How about "I wasn't aborted"?

She sings the anthem to applause, then her secret is revealed to stunned silence.

We are all aware of the fact that media images and reality do not always coincide. In fact, the image that the media presents to us can be the polar opposite of the reality it replaces.

In order to persuade the personally opposed pro-choicer we must address this 1970's feminist fallacy that abortion is necessary for women's sexual equality and well-being

Forty years ago, in Griswold v. Connecticut, the Supreme Court of the United States struck down state laws forbidding the sale, distribution, and use of contraceptives on the basis of a novel constitutional doctrine known as the right to marital privacy. At the time, the decision appeared to be harmless.

The Roman Catholic Church has consistently condemned abortion — the direct and purposeful taking of the life of the unborn child.

Summer winding down, I suppose it was unfortunate that we have had to kill our animals. Two cats, a dog (actually a puppy), a miniature donkey "Roncevalles" and our beloved pet chimp "Washoe", before we moved homes.

After viewing the picture, which has been celebrated as the "Hand of Hope," Samuel's mother wept for days.