Here is a link to a very good op-ed by Teresa Collett. Teresa explains why Gosnell could not have been prosecuted in Minnesota.
http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentaries/207450371.html?page=1&c=y&refer=y
Richard M.
One of the great pro-life philosophers of the 20th century was analytic philsoopher G.E.M. Anscombe, of Oxford and Cambridge Universities. The Anscomber bioethics Centre and Blackfriars Hall at Oxford are sponsoring a conference called “The Moral Philosophy of Elizabeth Anscombe.”
It will be held Friday 27th and Saturday 28th September 2013 at St Hugh’s College, Oxford where G.E.M. Anscombe studied as an undergraduate.
Speakers include: Christopher Coope, Rev Prof Kevin Flannery SJ, Dr Mary Geach, Rev David Goodill OP, Prof Luke Gormally, Dr Edward Harcourt, Prof David Albert Jones,
Prof Anselm Müller (Anscombe Memorial Lecturer 2013), Dr Matthew O’Brien, Prof Thomas Pink, Prof Duncan Richter, Dr Roger Teichmann, Prof Jose Maria Torralba and
Prof Candace Vogler.
Registration at www.bioethics.org.uk, where you can see the conference pages for the full program, travel information, a call for papers (for graduates/early career
academics) and accommodation details.
That’s the title of a recent blog post by Wesley Smith. http://www.nationalreview.com/human-exceptionalism/347188/bioethics-hates-light
Smith’s post is a comment on the continuing controversy about the infamous article (by Guibilini and Minerva) in the Journal of Medical Ethics defending after-birth abortion–or infanticide. The article caused a firestorm, and is now the subject of a special issue of the Journal of Medical Ethics. http://jme.bmj.com/content/39/5.toc (The special issue contains a fine piece by John Finnis.) Smith focuses on a paper by Udo Schulenk, which is styled as a defense of academic freedom. As Smith explains, Schulenk’s main objection seems to be his concern that Smith (and others) brought the infanticide article to public attention and scrutiny.
Richard M.
Here is the opening of a recent LifeNews.com story about a bill (The DC Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act) that was introduced to ban abortion in DC after 20 weeks.
“Rep. Trent Franks, an Arizona Republican, has introduced a bill that would ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy based on scientific evidence showing unborn children feel pain. Frank is the sponsor of the D.C. Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act which would ban abortion in the District of Columbia after 20 weeks gestation, based on scientific research that shows unborn children feel pain past that point in development. Currently in the District, abortion is permitted for any reason until the moment of birth.”
Richard M.
Top researcher: iPS cells ‘probably’ already embryos, have already made cloned animals
An iPS cell is an induced pluripotent stem cell. They had been thought by many to be ethically safe to destroy during research and therapy. New research is calling that into question. (Via LifeSiteNews.com.)
