Women for Non-violent Choices
 
        CL member group Feminists Choosing Life of New York carried this banner at a recent vigil against New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s bill for expanding abortion in a state that already has the highest rate in the U.S. The group also has some billboards coming up.


   
Death Penalty Being Considered for Abortionist
 
        We mentioned before that the case of abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell, currently in trial, gave an unusual connection between abortion and the death penalty. His sloppiness in letting children be born before killing them has meant that the death penalty is under consideration under Pennsylvania law. Now Robert P. George in First Things has published a blog against executing Gosnell, with many comments below discussing the idea.
   
New Books
 

• By Brayton Shanley, co-founder of the Agape community, a CL member group -- The Many Sides of Peace: Christian Nonviolence, the Contemplative Life, and Sustainable Living. From the book: “We oppose all taking of human life from abortion to capital punishment, to war, euthanasia and destruction of the planet."

• Jim Wallis, CL Endorser with CL member group Sojourners – On God's Side: What Religion Forgets and Politics Hasn't Learned About Serving the Common Good.

• Joan Chittister, CL Endorser with Benedictine Sisters of Erie, a CL member group -- For Everything a Season. A reviewer said, "Joan Chittister reflects on timeless themes: the purpose and value of human life, the balance of joy and sorrow, work and rest, love and loss."

Quotation of the Week
Carol Tobias, President, National Right to Life Committee
Fund-raising e-mail, April 16, 2013 – “Every Human Life is Precious”
 
        Societies that have come down on the side of life have generally thrived, their citizens enjoying a better chance of living good and fulfilling lives. Societies that have chosen to disregard the basic right to life have almost universally broken down into chaos and cynicism. Chaos like the kind we’ve seen in recent acts of senseless mass violence . . .
        The fight for the right to life is so much bigger than the media will admit . . . it’s also about what kind of society we and our children will spend our lives in. Can we trust that our laws and customs and popular culture will nurture the value of each of the people we care about – young and old? Or are we just disposable “products,” liable to be killed or left to die because an abortionist, or a terrorist, or a bureaucrat trying to cut costs in a national health care program wants us dead?