By Sophie Trist, DFLA Messaging Director  On June 16, 1944, fourteen-year-old George Stinney Jr. became the youngest person to be legally executed in the United States. George Stinney was poor and Black, and he had the misfortune of encountering Betty June Binnicker and Mary Emma Thames just hours before they were murdered. After a trial … Continue reading New South Carolina Bill Seeks to Provide Reparations for the Wrongfully Executed

by Doug Stringer, DFLA Candidate Outreach Director While still emerging out of the Covid-19 pandemic, Americans are eagerly looking forward to a holiday season where they can more fully interact with their family and friends.  2020 definitely helped us realize the value of being near our loved ones! But with that long anticipated interaction, and … Continue reading DFLA Tips for Whole Life Conversations over the Holidays

PERSPECTIVES ON THE IMPENDING FATE OF ROE The Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, expected to be issued in June 2022, could mean the end of Roe v. Wade. Or maybe just the beginning of the end. It could even mean the end of the fight to overturn it. Following are keen takes on the significance of the … Continue reading SYMPOSIUM: Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization

By John Quinn On Wednesday, September 1st, the State of Texas made history as the first in the union to implement a fetal heartbeat bill. This legislation prohibits abortion violence after a fetal heartbeat can be detected.  As is to be expected whenever whole life laws are advancing, Planned Parenthood, the abortion lobby, and their … Continue reading In Defense of Texas’s Heartbeat Bill

By Craig Miller In 1968, author Arthur C. Clarke published a companion novel to Stanley Kubrick's film 2001: A Space Odyssey. In it, Clarke describes humanity’s first encounter with alien handiwork in the form of large, technologically sophisticated monoliths. These artifacts comprise the vanguard of a million-year project by an advanced civilization. The purpose is … Continue reading What Stanley Kubrick Got Right

By Craig Miller What is the Hyde Amendment? The Hyde Amendment (often referred to simply as Hyde) is a provision in every federal budget bill passed since 1976 that bans federal funds from being used to pay for abortion services, except in cases where the mother's life is in danger, or the pregnancy resulted from … Continue reading The Hyde Amendment, Explained

We put out a question on Instagram: Why are you a pro-life Democrat? The answers centered around a few themes: trusting science, valuing communities that are marginalized, and a lot of faith. People mentioned Black Lives, the LGBTQ community, unions, healthcare, and the environment. But if there’s one thing this exercise revealed that all pro-life … Continue reading We Asked, You Answered

By Terrisa Bukovinac and Xavier Bisits Since 1976 under President Jimmy Carter, all appropriations bills passed through Congress have come with a rider, the Hyde Amendment, which bans taxpayer funding of abortion. Even throughout all eight years of the Obama administration, the Hyde Amendment was consistently included in spending bills. In the next month, though, if … Continue reading The progressive case for the Hyde Amendment

The Whole Life Democrat is proud to present a series of interviews with Pro-Life Democrats from all walks of life. Sophie Trist is totally blind from birth and a loud and proud Louisiana native. She graduated from Loyola University New Orleans with a B.A. in English Writing in May of 2020 and has volunteered as … Continue reading Why I Am a Pro-Life Democrat