by Leslie Sholly | Feb 13, 2023 | Abortion, Life Issues
In many ways, Charlotte Fien-Emlen is a typical young woman. When I first spoke with her, she was planning her wedding, and in our last email exchange she was worried about taking her college exams. But most young women have not given speeches about abortion before...
by Leslie Sholly | Jan 17, 2011 | Abortion, Knoxville, Life Issues, Politics, Reprints
This was, I believe, my last column for the East Tennessee Catholic, published right around this time in 2010.  Since this is the time of year for participating in Martin Luther King parades and Marches for Life, it seems like a good day to share it with you. Our...
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 | Apr 14, 2010 | Abortion, Euthanasia, Life Issues
Twenty-eight years ago today–and I remember well my horror at the time, the parents of a child known forever as Baby Doe apparently decided that he was not a human being deserving of love and care when they allowed him to starve rather than correct a minor...