A long time ago, even before the Dark Ages — we're talking about the 1970's, the Stoned Age — when I was in Junior High, I stood up in an English class and gave a speech against abortion.

This article is Part Two of a series—see Part One here.

Here are a few key points to remember the next time you find yourself in a discussion about abortion:

Alabama’s legislature has voted to ban nearly all abortions of pregnancy, with exceptions only when life or health of the mother is seriously threatened and when the child has a fatal disease.

"Unplanned" doesn't so much argue as show.  "Abortion" becomes, accordingly, not an abstract issue, but an in-your-face, real, and bloody fact.

That kind of language allows critics to dismiss me and fellow pro-lifers as single-issue obsessives.

Mark the ironies.

It must be made clear to all that no Catholic can support such legislation.

This month marks the 46th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision, which effectively legalized abortion on demand.

To undercut the pro-life perspective, the paper's editorial board relies on historical inaccuracies and philosophical elisions.