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Connecticut’s pro-life movement is particularly strong in Bridgeport. Here is video of my speech at the Bridgeport abortion clinic marking the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade.
And here is a notice on the Bridgeport 40 Days for Life sent to FIC by our friend, Sr. Mary Concepta:
Our local community in Fairfield County will again participate [...]

Because of snow, the Bridgeport March for Life has been postponed to Saturday, January 28th. Please join FIC executive director Peter Wolfgang, who will be giving the keynote address, at the Bridgeport March for Life, 3787 Main Street, Bridgeport at 8:30 AM on Jan. 28th.

[Update: The Bridgeport March for Life has been moved to Jan. 28 because of the expected snow.]
I mentioned previously that I will not be at the Hartford March for Life this year. However, I will be the keynote speaker for the Bridgeport March for Life on Saturday, January 21st. Details courtesy of the organizers, Connecticut chapter [...]

The Rally for Life in Hartford will be  January 21, 2012, the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. Sponsored by Helpers of God’s Precious Infants and supported by the CT Coalition for Life, the Family Institute of Connecticut and St. Gerard’s Center for Life, the March will begin with a 9 am Mass at St. [...]

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has overruled an FDA recommendation to allow minor girls unfettered access to Plan B, the “emergency contraceptive” that may act as an abortifacient. This is the same drug that our state government, in violation of basic religious liberty, forces Connecticut’s Catholic hospitals to provide.
Society should always do what [...]

We don’t know. We do know that Kevin Rennie, the Hartford Courant columnist, reports this in his latest piece:
LHP Hospital Group of Texas is expected to purchase St. Mary’s and Waterbury hospitals and build a new for-profit medical center in the city… The flexibility of Roman Catholic doctrine allowed the new institution to avoid the thorny [...]

From Brian Daly:
Dear Prayer Warrior, WE REALLY SOME HELP - PLEASE SIGN UP FOR AN HOUR OR TWO IN THE NEXT 4 DAYS…THANK YOU! Thank you to all - for your dedication, prayers and support for 40 Days for LIFE!!! OCTOBER IS RESPECT LIFE MONTH! Please help us, we have many time slots to fill! If everyone who prayed for one [...]

The U.S. Department of Heath and Human Services has issued an interim rule mandating insurance coverage of contraception, sterilization and potentially abortifacient drugs–even for religious institutions. In fact, the rule includes a faux-exemption for religious institutions written so narrowly that the “exemption” itself is a threat to religious liberty.
Details on the rule, and what [...]

St. Paul’s Church-Darien and Mary of Bethany-Norwalk want you to “Let your passion for engaging a culture of life be ignited to burn ever brighter” by attending a talk given by John Ensor, executive director of Global-Initiatives-Heartbeat International.
John has “been a leader in the pro-life movement as a speaker, writer, trainer and co-laborer in developing [...]

The Archdiocese of Hartford Pro-Life Ministry is leading the Forty Days For Life, which begins Wednesday, September 28, 2011. They are asking every pro-lifer in Hartford, New Haven and Litchfield Counties to please pray and participate in whatever way the Lord calls you to do.
Forty Days is a national campaign of peaceful prayer outside abortion clinics. [...]