James Bopp Jr., Esq Honored with the 2023 St. Thomas More Award at the ProLife Legal Defense Fund Luncheon in Newton
On April 29, 2023 at the ProLife Legal Defense Fund Luncheon in Newton attorney James Bopp Jr., Esq was honored with an annual St. Thomas More Award.
About St. Thomas More
St. Thomas More was a 16th century lawyer, judge, and first layman to serve as Lord Chancellor of England, then the crown’s chief minister and highest judicial officer. In good conscience, St. Thomas More refused to submit to the Act Respecting the Oath to the Succession, the oath to approve King Henry VIII’s self-appointment to be the head of the Church of England, the annulment of the marriage between the King and his wife, and the recognition of the King’s second marriage. St. Thomas More’s last recorded words testify to his priority of his loyalty: “I am the King’s good servant – but God’s first.” St. Thomas More was canonized in 1935, and has inspired judges, attorneys, legal professionals, and public servants of different faiths for generations.
The annual award honors a member of the legal profession within the diocese who has shown integrity in the practice of law, leadership in the community, and faithfulness to gospel values in his or her personal and professional life.
Pro Life Legal Defense Fund (PLLDF) President Bob Joyce, Esq gives an overview of some successes and challenges of the pro-life legal effort in Massachusetts. This interview for radio reveals troublesome aspects of (a) Massachusetts informed consent abortion forms, (b) court procedures for judicial approval of abortions for minors, (c) patient care at Massachusetts General Hospital, and (d) disrespect for the parents of minors. Learn more about the Pro Life Legal Defense Fund, Inc. at plldf.org. Pro Life Legal Defense Fund, Inc. is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization, and all donations are tax-deductible.
It was wonderful to see many young law students at this event taking an active role in supporting PLLDF legal work.
The luncheon was followed by a viewing of the 2015 documentary HUSH https://www.hushfilm.com shedding light on rarely discussed claims of the long-term physical and psychological problems associated with abortion.
“This documentary, "Hush" by Punam Kumar Gill, a self-proclaimed Pro-Choice feminist, is unbiased. She is very concerned with women's issues, including health. She has set on a path to discover if the correlation between abortion (which she fully supports a woman's right to choose) and breast cancer. She does a very good job being objective and she does not let her feelings towards Pro-choice detract her from critical thinking and asking poignant questions. She is solely focused on women's health issues. In her quest for straight answers she discovers that the medical community keeps valuable studies about the connection between abortions (and as she finds out in her search, mid-late term miscarriage) and breast cancer, premature birth, complications due to abortions, and the high rate of depression and suicide among women who have had abortions. She wonders why women who have had abortions would have higher rates of breast cancer. Several doctors and researchers answered her question using known biological/scientific reasons. She talk to some women who had abortions and they talked about their personal struggles (they varied from breast cancer, infertility, premature birth, loss of future children, depression, eating disorders, regret, etc.). This documentary is important to all women and men who support women's rights and care about women's health issues. There is so much women (society in general) are not told about in regard to their health for political reasons. I found it very interesting that black women, who account for the highest number of abortions in the US also have had a huge increase in the number of cases of breast cancer and premature births in the past 35 years. I watched this documentary on Amazon and it seemed to end abruptly at 1:47. I clicked "resume" several times, but it stopped at the same point and I was unable to see the conclusion. Please keep in mind, this is not a political "Pro-Choice vs. Pro-Life" debate, it is purely focused on health issues concerning abortion (and mid-late term miscarriage) and it's correlation to breast cancer, premature birth, and depression in women. Well worth viewing and making up your own mind about this documentary.”
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4828062
Well written article. I also attended this event.