Author Archive for Jennifer Brinker

Learning the Hard Way About the Empowering Benefits of NFP
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Learning the Hard Way About the Empowering Benefits of NFP

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Recently, as I was nursing my three-month-old son, I came across another writer taking yet another swipe at the Church and its position on the HHS health care mandate business. Just the week before, I also had seen an image, courtesy Planned Parenthood, which pictured five religious leaders, all men, as they testified before Congress […]

The New Face of Natural Family Planning
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The New Face of Natural Family Planning

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It was a month before she had to decide her specialty in medical school, and Brooke Jemelka found herself at a crossroads. She had been concentrating on pediatrics during her studies at Texas A&M University, but by the end of her third year, she was starting to question what she wanted to do with her […]

Pope Paul VI and Humanae Vitae: I Told You So
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Pope Paul VI and Humanae Vitae: I Told You So

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The image has spread rapidly around social media networks: It’s a photo of Pope Paul VI, and in the likeness of those popular inspirational posters, includes the saying, “Humanae Vitae No. 17: I told you so.” It’s a humorous but stark nod to a reality that Catholic Americans are facing today: a slow, but sure […]