unborn children

Abortion

Boston’s O’Connell uses TV for pro-life advocacy

BOSTON – In a region with a pronounced progressive tilt, some television watchers may be surprised to stumble upon a local television show that exists expressly to air discussion about unborn children. But that is exactly what Brendan O'Connell, 61, has produced for nearly 13 years in Boston. As

Abortion

Pro-life movement draws from humanitarian, liberal views

Few Americans may realize that the fight to protect unborn children began long before Roe v. Wade, the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion. While the contemporary pro-life movement is often characterized as driven by the religiously devout and political conservatives, the origins and development of the