Author Archive for Colin Mason

Abort First, Ask Questions Later: Britain's Problem With Sex-Selection Abortion
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Abort First, Ask Questions Later: Britain’s Problem With Sex-Selection Abortion

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by on Mar 14, 2012 in Contraception & Abortion, Featured
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Sex-selection abortions have been illegal in Great Britain since 1967. But that hasn’t been stopping British abortionists from performing them. A far-reaching undercover investigation carried out by the London Telegraph found that doctors, counselors and medical staff across the country were not only perfectly willing to perform sex-selective abortions, but they were even willing to […]

Catholics Unite: We Are Not Second-Class Citizens
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Catholics Unite: We Are Not Second-Class Citizens

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by on Feb 08, 2012 in Featured, Law & Justice, Life Issues & Bioethics
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Sometimes, an outside force attacks the Catholic Church in such a way that it creates a swathe of very public unity amongst Catholics.  These attacks are rare in this country.  However, the Obama administration, with the inexplicable boorish tenacity we’ve come to expect from them, has truly risen to the occasion. Back in December, PRI […]

Shock Over Massachusetts Forced Abortion Order A Positive Sign
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Shock Over Massachusetts Forced Abortion Order A Positive Sign

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by on Jan 26, 2012 in Featured, Life Issues & Bioethics
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Earlier this month, a 32-year-old pregnant woman, known only as Mary Moe, narrowly avoided being subjected to a forced abortion and sterilization–at the hands of her own parents. The story has outraged thousands on either side of the political aisle. Moe, who suffers from schizophrenia and bipolar mood disorder, was being treated in a Massachusetts […]

India's Proposed Two-Child Policy
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India’s Proposed Two-Child Policy

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by on Dec 01, 2011 in Featured, Life Issues & Bioethics
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The southern Indian state of Kerala might be the next in a long line of governments attempting to destroy their own greatest resource: their people. According to on-the-ground reports obtained by PRI, elements in the Keralan government are attempting to pass what they innocuously call “The Women’s Code Bill.” This bill, if passed, would create […]

Catholic Bishops Wade Into Budget Debate
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Catholic Bishops Wade Into Budget Debate

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by on Sep 15, 2011 in Featured, Life Issues & Bioethics
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As Congress struggles to balance our out-of-control federal budget, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has officially put its oar into the debate. In an open letter to congress, the USCCB (along with Catholic Relief Services), told federal budget-crunchers exactly what programs they thought should be sliced from the budget. And, (surprise surprise) […]

Russia: Musings from The Motherland, Short on Mothers
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Russia: Musings from The Motherland, Short on Mothers

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by on Jul 27, 2011 in Featured, Life Issues & Bioethics
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I remember standing in my room in the Cosmos Hotel, sleep-deprived from airports and loaded down with equipment. The room may have once been handsome, but now its current condition is stale and threadbare — its blue carpet has thinned and its twin beds have sunken into visibly concave shapes. I turn the shower faucet, […]

Pro-Life Provisions In Hungarian Constitution Shock EU
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Pro-Life Provisions In Hungarian Constitution Shock EU

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by and on May 09, 2011 in Featured, Life Issues & Bioethics
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I was praying before the tomb of the great Cardinal Mindszenty in his cathedral at Esztergom, when I heard the news that his beloved Hungary had passed a new, pro-life constitution. The Cardinal, who took sanctuary in the U.S. Embassy for 16 years after Soviet troops crushed the Hungarian Uprising of 1956, would be proud. […]

Celebrate the Living, But Mourn the Dead
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Celebrate the Living, But Mourn the Dead

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by and on Apr 20, 2011 in Featured, Life Issues & Bioethics
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The media is abuzz with news about humanity’s numbers. Sometime during the latter part of this year or early next year — the exact date is still a little fuzzy — there will be, for the first time in history, 7 billion people alive on the planet at the same time. Left-wing pundits are already […]