Is Plan B an Abortion Pill?
Plan B is now available over-the-counter to all women ages fifteen and older. So how does this drug work, and is it …

Kathleen Mary Berchelmann, M.D., is a pediatrician and a Catholic wife and mother of four. She has served as a hospital-based pediatrician at St. Louis Children's Hospital since 2003 and is an Instructor of Pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine. Dr. Berchelmann is the creator of www.CatholicPediatrics.org, and co-founder of www.ChildrensMomDocs.org, a pediatrics blog affiliated with St. Louis Children's Hospital and serves as director of the St. Louis Children's Hospital Social Media Team. Dr. Berchelmann is a graduate of Amherst College and The University of Connecticut School of Medicine. She completed her internship and residency in Pediatrics at Washington University in St. Louis. Prior to medical school, she attended divinity school at Weston Jesuit School of Theology in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Dr. Berchelmann is a board-certified pediatrician, a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and a member of the Catholic Medical Association.
Plan B is now available over-the-counter to all women ages fifteen and older. So how does this drug work, and is it …
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Organic, raw, cow, almond, soy, rice, omega-3 fortified, breast or none? What kind of milk to you give your kids? For my …
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Editor’s note: In response to the Newtown, CT tragedy, I asked Dr. Kathleen Berchelmann, our personal physician, to share her perspective on …
When my first two kids were in kindergarten and second grade, they stopped playing together. They started fighting over anything and everything. …
When my mother had her first child my grandmother visited her in the hospital and gave her a wooden spanking paddle. “Some …
I used to gloat that my four-year-old would eat salad, but now I have a three-year-old that refuses anything green and is …
Editor’s note: Wow, I want to personally thank Dr. Kathleen for sharing this well-reasoned article on “What NOT to Buy for Your …
Should Catholic parents own a gun? We dedicate our lives to teaching our children to love one another as God has loved …