Remember, our Lord promised us this. He promised us that the world would hate us if we were true to Him.

San Francisco Archbishop, Salvatore Cordelione, speaking at the 2023 issues, etc., making the case conference.

He gave us the last viaditude, both the Matthews version and Luke's version, that were to rejoice when they ridicule us,

and utter evil against us unjustly, were to rejoice.

The apostles in the Acts, they rejoiced, that they were able to suffer dishonor for the sake of the name.

So it's up to us to keep the flame of faith and true alive in the darkness.

The truth cannot be suppressed. Let us be witnesses of that.

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There is a CNN story that notes that Texas's infant mortality rate has risen in 2022.

They immediately jump to an explanation that, of course, Texas was with state that's

implemented some abortion laws, and that's leading to the increased infant mortality.

Is that true? Is there a more plausible explanation for that rise? And it's this rise,

anything out of the ordinary for Texas. Welcome back to issuesetc.org. I'm Todd Wilkin.

That's just one of the issues we're going to be dealing with. As we discuss abortion related

issues with Dr. Michael Neu, he's visiting a sister professor of social research and political

science, the Catholic University of America. He's Senior Associate Scholar at the Charlotte

Loser Institute, Paige Comstock, Cunningham Fellow with the Americans United for Life and a

Columnist for National Review Online. Dr. Neu, welcome back to issuesetc.org.

Thanks for having me. Much appreciated. What did the Biden-Vooden Drug Administration

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