Being Pro Life: Haitian Immigrants in Springfield

Being Pro Life: Abortion and Down Syndrome

Bob talks with Ann Poirier, mother of a child with Down Syndrome and board member of Gigi’s Playhouse in Cincinnati about having a child with Down Syndrome, and how to better educate the public so that people do not consider abortion to be a solution to knowing your child will have Down Syndrome.  Support the show [http://www.catholiccincinnati.org/ministries-offices/respect-life-2/being-pro-life/]

Being Pro Life: The Patient Protection Act

Bob talks with Ohio Representative Adam Mathews about HB324, the Patient Protection Act, which requires in-person visits with a provider before and after receiving medication, if that medication has a 5% or greater likelihood of serious side effects such as organ failure, hemorrhaging and death.  This law would require in-person as well as follow-up visits for the safety of women taking the abortion pill.  Support the show [http://www.catholiccincinnati.org/ministries-offices/respect-life-2/being-pro-life/]

Being Pro Life: Haitian Immigrants in Springfield

Bob talks with Patrick Joseph, a Haitian national living in Springfield, Ohio, on his legal work status in the U.S. and the removal of Temporary Protected Status for Haitian immigrants, potentially sending tens or hundreds of thousands of Haitians back to Haiti while the country still has no operating government.  Support the show [http://www.catholiccincinnati.org/ministries-offices/respect-life-2/being-pro-life/]

Being Pro Life: The Problem with IVF

Bob talks with Dr. Joe Zalot, Director of Education for the National Catholic Bioethics Center, about In-Vitro Fertilization, the theological and ethical problems with the process, and what help there is for couples facing infertility that are not only ethical, but more effective and less costly.   Support the show [http://www.catholiccincinnati.org/ministries-offices/respect-life-2/being-pro-life/]

Being Pro Life: No State Funded Death

Bob talks with Will Kuehnle, Associate Director for the Ohio Catholic Conference, about a bill to prohibit public funding for lethal drugs for abortion or assisted suicide, as well as abolishing the death penalty outright in Ohio.   Support the show [http://www.catholiccincinnati.org/ministries-offices/respect-life-2/being-pro-life/]