by Leslie Sholly | Nov 2, 2016 | Abortion, Catholicism, Deep Thoughts, Politics
Twelve years ago, dismayed at all the misunderstandings and hatefulness I was seeing among Catholics over the Presidential election, I decided to write a column about it for the East Tennessee Catholic. I thought I could dispel those misunderstandings and the...
by Leslie Sholly | Jul 14, 2015 | Abortion, Life Issues
The video below is not for the faint of heart–although it contains no graphic images. But there’s something stomach-turning in watching a doctor discuss the harvesting of fetal body parts over lunch as she takes bites of her salad and sips her red wine. I...
by Leslie Sholly | Nov 13, 2014 | Abortion, Babies, Deep Thoughts, Life Issues, rants, Uncategorized
I haven’t tackled a topic like this in a while. But, y’all, I can’t write about pretty graveyards and fall hikes all the time. Today I read this story about an Australian woman who traveled to the United States to undergo in vitro fertilization and...
by Leslie Sholly | Nov 3, 2014 | Abortion
Tomorrow is Election Day! If you are like most people you either 1) already voted early or 2) aren’t planning to vote at all. Yes, that’s right, not even half of the people who are eligible bother to vote in midterm elections. Not me, y’all....
by Leslie Sholly | Jul 6, 2013 | Abortion, Deep Thoughts, Life Issues, rants
So I kind of went on a tear on Facebook the other day. I flipped out just a little bit. Here’s what I said: “When certain people assume that “women” all believe the same things and support the same issues I get really, really irritated....
by Leslie Sholly | Jan 22, 2013 | Abortion, Deep Thoughts, Life Issues, Politics
If you’re on Facebook you can’t escape knowing that today’s the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. If you have a diverse group of Facebook friends like I do you’ll have seen a bewildering array of contradictory posts, some commemorating the day...