Oral arguments were heard Wednesday in the McCullen v. Coackley case before the Supreme Court. The dispute is about a Massachusetts law which prohibits non-clinic employees from side-walk counselling within 35 feet of the entrance of a clinic. Amy Howe, of Bloomberg’s Supreme Court blog, seems to think the law will not be upheld, based […]
Month: January 2014
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sex-selection abortion
Here is a good essay by Daniel Kuebler explaining why the US ought to ban sex-selection abortion. http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2014/01/11828/ Richard M.
There have been two medical cases recently which involved the diagnosed brain-death of a patient. The first case is that of Jahi McMath, the 13-year old California girl who was declared brain dead by the doctors and then was handed over to her family for care. As this article in the National Catholic Register details, […]
According to a CNSNews.com article, Planned Parenthood’s recent annual report shows that they performed 148 abortions for every adoption referral it did. CNSNews.com also asked Planned Parenthood how many of the 2,197 “adoption referrals to other agencies” Planned Parenthood made in fiscal 2012 actually resulted in adoptions, and if the organization planned to increase that number. […]
Here is a link to a National Right to Life News story discussing the Court’s refusal to hear a case involving the constitutionality of Arizona’s statute that prohibited abortion after 18 weeks. The Ninth Circuit had invalidated the law and the Supreme Court refused to hear the case. http://www.nationalrighttolifenews.org/news/2014/01/supreme-court-declines-to-review-lower-court-decision-on-arizona-law-which-differs-from-nrlcs-pain-capable-unborn-child-protection-act/ Richard M.
Two Catholic universities are in the news with abortion-related stories. Santa Clara University is going through a struggle between the President and faculty members over the availability of abortion through the University’s health plan. President Michael Engh, S.J., recently initiated an action that would bar the availability of elective abortion through the health plan. In […]
A recent study in the Indian Journal of Cancer indicates that abortion correlates with a a 6.2 fold higher risk of breast cancer, according to this National Catholic Register article. The Register article also notes this meta-analysis in the Cancer Causes Control journal which shows the link between induced abortion and breast cancer among Chinese women. The […]
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Priebus and the March for Life
In the past couple of years there has been a debate among Republicans about how strong the party’s official opposition to abortion should be. Some Republicans do not oppose legal abortions. Others are strongly pro-life. Others fall somewhere in between. Some have suggested recently that the GOP should downplay its pro-life plank in order to […]
One of the highlights of the January March for Life is the UFL co-sponsored Cardinal O’Connor Conference. This year the student-run conference will be on Monday, January 20. “The Cardinal O’Connor Conference was founded by Georgetown students in January 2000 and renamed after the death of His Eminence, John Cardinal O’Connor, the late Archbishop of […]
For those of you who are involved in on-campus pro-life groups and pro-life work, Feminists for Life is currently producing a series of videos aimed at encouraging college students to make pro-life personal choices. One recent video features Melissa Ohden, who was the “product of an unsuccessful abortion attempt.” Other videos in the series are […]