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by Alanna Gomez

One of the most dangerous places to be pregnant is the small, unrecognized country of Somaliland in South East Africa. Women there have a 1/12 chance of dying in childbirth during their lifetime. Most people live in remote villages and have no access to medical attention. There is an attitude that it isn’t worth spending the money to give women medical help, and even if there were hospitals anywhere near their villages, women who seek medical help are often seen as weak.  Women are often treated as expendable.

by Stephanie Gray

My earliest memory of Phil Arnsby is of his determination to get the pro-life message out to as many young people as possible.  In 2006, he arranged a speaking tour for me in the London area, and he packed it so that I spoke to thousands of people over just a few days.  Lives were forever changed, as students told us they became pro-life.  It all started with Phil.  And it happened because of Phil.

by Alanna Gomez

Philly Mayer loves to swim. If he had his druthers, he’d probably be in the pool all day. Now, many kids love to swim but for Philly, being in the water gives him the rare opportunity to fully stretch and move around-- something that is hard to do from a wheelchair. Philly has Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), a condition where the motor neurons in his spine aren’t developing properly, which in turn impairs his mobility and causes his muscles to waste away.

by Alanna Gomez

by Jonathon Van Maren

by Alanna Gomez

Born into the Zaghawa tribe of the Sudanese desert, Halima Bashir grew up as a beloved oldest child and only daughter. Her father, a cattle herder and wealthy man in their village, treated her like his little princess. Her strict grandmother kept her on the straight and narrow.

by Catherine Shenton

“I know there are babies, there are human beings in the fridge, this is the only thing I know.” This was how 

Dr. Jerome Lejeune, a French geneticist, explained his presence as an expert witness in a Tennessee court in 1989. He admitted he paid little attention to the news, but he had been called to testify in order to save human lives, and so he went.

by Alanna Gomez

In a country where many think it undesirable to have even one daughter, Li Fang and her husband have three little girls. In a country where baby girls are often aborted or left to die at birth, the Fangs have had to make great sacrifices in order to provide for their three daughters. In a country where 

In 2002, Narayanan Krishnan was at the top his career as a chef. Cooking for the Taj Group of Hotels in Bangalore, Krishnan made a healthy salary, won multiple awards, and was in the running for elite positions that many envied. However, something happened that year that changed the course of Krishnan’s life. Lying beneath a bridge, Krishnan saw a starving old man so hungry he was eating his own feces to quell the hunger pangs.

by Alanna Gomez

While the demands of justice would state that no innocent child should pay for their parent’s crime, the reality isn’t always that simple. Children with incarcerated parents suffer greatly from the separation, living with sadness, confusion, shame or even guilt over their parent’s crime and imprisonment. Often, they may not have the opportunity to visit with their parents, breaking important bonds in the parent-child relationship.