by Leslie Sholly | Jul 26, 2014 | Babies, Catholicism, Contraception, Deep Thoughts, family, health, Life Issues, Parenting, pregnancy
I’m late to the party, but thought I should do my bit to promote NFP Awareness Week. If you aren’t Catholic (and in a sad commentary on . . . lots of things, maybe even if you are) you may have no idea what NFP even is. The doctor I went to see right...
by Leslie Sholly | Aug 23, 2012 | Abortion, Babies, Deep Thoughts, law, Life Issues, Politics, pregnancy
In the wake of Todd Akin’s stupid (really, I could think of a fancier word but I think that one covers it) remarks about rape and abortion, and then VP-hopeful Paul Ryan’s follow-up distancing himself from Akin and downplaying his own oft-stated...
by Leslie Sholly | Oct 27, 2011 | Babies, books, Deep Thoughts, Education, Parenting, pregnancy
William (age 10) hit me with a couple of difficult topics right in a row the other night. This post is part one. Many parents struggle with how to talk to their children about where babies come from. When I was growing up, I had many friends whose parents completely...
by Leslie Sholly | Jul 3, 2010 | Abortion, Babies, Life Issues, pregnancy, Reprints
Because I’m on vacation (where I envisioned I would have uninterrupted to hours to blog, but that isn’t happening) here is another column reprint for you: Billboards. They are everywhere in our town and in our state. Their unsightliness mars the beauty of...
by Leslie Sholly | Jun 18, 2010 | Abortion, Babies, Life Issues, pregnancy, Reprints
Time for another reprint from the ETC–yes, and I know, time for some NEW life issues writing; I have ideas, and I promise a new one is germinating. This column appeared, I believe, in 2007. Anyone who has been really involved in the abortion debate for a long...
by Leslie Sholly | May 28, 2010 | Babies, Catholicism, Contraception, Georgetown, Life Issues, pregnancy, Reprints
I’m posting this column reprint as a followup to my “Why Stop at Two” post of a few weeks ago. In that post, I talked about why we’ve chosen to have a big family; this post focuses on the Catholic Church’s teachings on family size. This...