http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/babette-francis/ Babette Francis, B.Sc. (Hons), (Microbiology & Chemistry}, mother and grandmother to eight children and 20 grandchildren.  Mrs Francis is a freelance writer who spent ten years broadcasting “Australian Diary on Radio Australia. She has attended numerous UN Conferences: on Women, Population, Habitat, and Food and has received several international awards, “Homemaker of the Year” in 1988, and the “Motherhood Award” in 1991. Mrs. Francis is the National & Overseas Co-ordinator of Endeavour Forum Inc and attended the UN Commission on the Status of Women meetings in New York. She has also been a speaker at conferences in Australia, New Zealand, the USA, UK, Ireland,  Canada, Portugal, Singapore, Italy, India and Switzerland. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/check-your-facts-about-pro-life/ When a friend told me I was mentioned in The Punch, I looked forward to reading the article because I associated The Punch with Punch, the British weekly magazine of humour.  Instead of wit, I found the article by Tanja Kovac in The Punch yet another inaccurate diatribe against pro-lifers. Tanja asks where are Archbishop Hart, Margaret Tighe and Babette Francis? Archbishop Hart is very possibly on his knees praying for you and for the many social welfare agencies of his Archdiocese.  Tanja, just look up the phone book under “Catholic” and you will see the long list of activities undertaken by the Catholic Church to help those in need. Ever heard of “The Vinnies” (the St. Vincent de Paul Society)?  Or Mother Teresa’s “Missionaries of Charity”? As for Margaret Tighe, like me she is probably working at a computer replying to tiresome articles from those who don’t bother to get their facts straight. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Babette Francis) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/check-your-facts-about-pro-life/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/check-your-facts-about-pro-life/#item6159 Sun, 26 Jun 2011 19:45:32 +0000 Babette Francis | Author bios | The Punch