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Respect Life

Judge Garbis rules Baltimore pregnancy center sign law unconstitutional

February 3, 2011
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Local News, News, Respect Life

U.S. District Court Judge Marvin J. Garbis ruled Jan. 28 in Baltimore that it is unconstitutional to require pro-life pregnancy centers to post signs with language mandated by the government.

O’Malley touts ‘progressive’ agenda for state

October 28, 2010
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News, Respect Life

At the end of his first term, Gov. Martin J. O’Malley believes he has succeeded in promoting what he calls a “progressive” agenda for Maryland – expanding healthcare, opposing the death penalty, supporting immigrants, increasing the earned income tax credit and enacting the first living wage in the nation.

Center for Pregnancy Concerns celebrates three decades of service

September 30, 2010
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News, Respect Life

Before the Center for Pregnancy Concerns opened in Baltimore 30 years ago, there was no place women could go in the city for help carrying unplanned pregnancies to term.

Vatican-supported stem-cell research at University of Maryland Medical School holds ‘great promise’

May 6, 2010
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News, Respect Life

Dr. Alessio Fasano, a UM professor of pediatrics, medicine and physiology and director of the Mucosal Biology Research Center, told The Catholic Review he hopes the consortium research will lead to real treatments for gastrointestinal conditions such as celiac disease and ulcerative colitis.

Pikesville gynecologist stops giving out birth control

May 6, 2010
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Local News, News, Respect Life

Dispensing birth control had been a regular part of Dr. Mary Ann Sorra’s gynecological practice for eight years. Not anymore.

Archbishop O’Brien sues to overturn pregnancy center law

April 1, 2010
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News, Respect Life

The Archdiocese of Baltimore is suing Baltimore City to overturn a controversial new law that requires the city’s pro-life pregnancy centers to post signs saying they do not provide abortion or birth-control.

Couple celebrates birth of twin girls doctors had advised they abort

February 25, 2010
By Catholic News Service
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News

Their births made medical history as 29-year-old Stephania became the first known heart transplant recipient in the world to give birth to healthy twins.

City Council holds hearing on pregnancy center bill

October 28, 2009
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News, Respect Life

Speaking on behalf of Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, Bishop Denis J. Madden urged the Baltimore City Council to defeat a bill that would fine pregnancy resource centers $500 a day if they fail to post signs saying they don’t offer abortion or contraceptives.

Marianist brother works to change attitudes on the death penalty

October 14, 2008
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News, Respect Life

A passionate death penalty abolitionist who corresponds with a former death row inmate and who regularly carries signs protesting the death penalty in front of Baltimore’s Supermax prison, Brother Frank believes attitudes can only be changed if people recognize the dignity of every human life.

Murdered daughter’s mother says death penalty must go

November 15, 2007
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Local News, News, Respect Life

When police arrested the serial rapist who brutally assaulted and murdered Shannon Schieber in 1998, the Schieber family faced unrelenting pressure to seek the death penalty.

Speaking in Rodgers Forge, Sister Helen Prejean calls for end to death penalty

September 27, 2007
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News, Respect Life

Calling the death penalty nothing more than “legalized vengeance,” Sister Helen said the gift of being a Catholic is embracing the “seamless garment of life” – respecting the dignity of life from conception until natural death.

Sen. Mooney undecided on death penalty ban

March 15, 2007
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News, Respect Life

Sen. Alex X. Mooney knows he’s the man of the hour in the death penalty debate.

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