Life Issues Forum

The Life Issues Forum publication is a bi-weekly pro-life column addressing the latest issues pertaining to the culture of life. USCCB Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities staff members rotate as authors.

• A Special Mercy by Mary McClusky, June 7, 2013
  
• Bigger than Gosnell by Deirdre A. McQuade, May 24, 2013
  
• Mary, Pro-Life Inspiration by Kimberly Baker, May 10, 2013
  
• Kermit Gosnell and the Rest of Us by Richard M. Doerflinger, April 26, 2013
  
• Standing for Religious Freedom by Tom Grenchik, April 12, 2013
  
• Easter & the Gospel of Life by Deirdre A. McQuade March 25, 2013
  
• Pope Francis Presents a Challenge by Susan Wills, March 18, 2013
  
• Angelic Assistance by Mary McClusky, March 1, 2013
  
• Called to Action: Your Most Powerful Contribution by Anne McGuire, February 15, 2013
  
• Life-Giving Love in a Violent World by Kimberly Baker, February 1, 2013
  
• Keeping Politics Out of Church? by Richard M. Doerflinger, January 18, 2013
  
• Nine Days of Prayer, Penance and Pilgrimage by Tom Grenchik, January 4, 2013
  
• Over-the-Counter Contraceptives: A Terrible Idea by Susan E. Wills, December 21, 2012
  
• A Teen's First March for Life by Mary McClusky, December 7, 2012
  
• After the Election: Life, Marriage and Freedom by Richard Doerflinger, November 19, 2012
  
• The Church: A Source of Hope and Freedom by Kimberly Baker, November 9, 2012
  
• A Foolish Inconsistency on Contraception by Susan E. Wills, Esq., October 31, 2012
  
• Suing the Administration by Tom Grenchik, October 12, 2012
  
• Praying for Life & Liberty by Deirdre A. McQuade, October 1, 2012
  
• Which Child to Abort? by Mary McClusky, September 14, 2012
  
• Ken’s Story: Conceived in Rape, Born for Love by Deirdre A. McQuade, September 10, 2012
  
• The Necessity of One by Anne McGuire, August 17, 2012
  
• Forty Years of Abortion and the Year of Faith by Tom Grenchik, July 20, 2012
  
• The Supreme Court Has Ruled. Now What? by Susan E. Wills, Esq., July 6, 2012
  
• A New Birth of Freedom by Mary McClusky, June 22, 2012
  
• Fortnight 4 Freedom: Prayers, Witness and Action by Deirdre A. McQuade, June 8, 2012
  
• Fatherhood and the Sacredness of Human Life by Kimberly Baker, May 25, 2012
  
• Coercion in the Name of Freedom? by Richard Doerflinger, May 11, 2012
  
• Outside Looking In: Motherhood's Lesson in Love by Anne McGuire, April 27, 2012
  
• The Contraceptive Mandate: What Is Its Real Impact? by Susan E. Wills, Esq., April 16, 2012
  
• HHS Adds Insult to My Injury by Mary McClusky, March 30, 2012
  
• Prayers for Our Nation by Kimberly Baker, March 2, 2012
  
• The Right to Be Human by Anne McGuire, February 17, 2012
  
• The High Cost of Conscience by Tom Grenchik, February 03, 2012
  
• Catholics Come to D.C. to Pray and Witness for Life by Susan E. Wills, Esq., January 27, 2012
• High Court Decisively Affirms Religious Liberty by Susan E. Wills, Esq., January 20, 2012
• Loving Children Resulting From Rape by Mary McClusky, January 06, 2012
• The Humble Majesty and Us by Kimberly Baker, December 22, 2011
• On Conscience Rights: There Oughta Be a Law by Richard Doerflinger, December 09, 2011
• A Nationwide Call for Healing after Abortion by Tom Grenchik, November 23, 2011    
• Hollywood Discovers Abortion's Aftermath by Susan E. Wills, Esq., November 11, 2011
• A Beautiful Choice by Mary McClusky, October 28, 2011
• Standing Together for Conscience Rights by Deirdre McQuade, October 17, 2011
• The Hollow Men and the Culture of Death by Kim Baker, September 30, 2011
• Stop the New Attack on Conscience Rights by Richard Doerflinger, September 16, 2011
• Analysis of 22 Studies Confirms: Abortion Harms Women's Mental Health by Susan E. Wills, Esq., September 2, 2011
• Selective Reduction: A Morality Tale by Susan E. Wills, Esq., August 19, 2011
• Support Life, However Conceived by Mary McClusky, August 5, 2011
• The High Costs of 'Free' Birth Control by Richard Doerflinger, July 28, 2011
• More than Tax Dollars at Stake by Kim Baker, July 8, 2011
• Hemlock's Twisted Logic by Richard Doerflinger, June 24, 2011
• RIP, Doctor Death by Deirdre McQuade, June 13, 2011

Past "Life Issues Forum" articles still available!

To find our previous "Life Issues Forum," dated before June 2011, visit the Life Issues Forum page on old.usccb.org.