Courtesy of Frank Zapatka, here is a commentary on Ralph McInerny’s The Prudence of the Flesh. The Prudence of the Flesh (2006), the 25th of Ralph McInerny’s 26 “Father Dowling Myster[ies]” is another of several of his mysteries in which the life issues are involved. In this one, the relevant passages are paraphrased and quoted in the […]
Author: Richard Myers
Richard S. Myers, the Vice-President of UFL, is Professor of Law at Ave Maria School of Law, where he teaches Antitrust, Civil Procedure, Conflict of Laws, Constitutional Law, and Religious Freedom. He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Kenyon College and earned his law degree at Notre Dame, where he won the law school's highest academic prize. He began his legal career by clerking for Judge John F. Kilkenny of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Professor Myers also worked for Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue in Washington, D.C. He taught at Case Western Reserve University School of Law and the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law before joining the Ave Maria faculty. He is a co-editor of St. Thomas Aquinas and the Natural Law Tradition: Contemporary Perspectives (Catholic University of American Press, 2004) and a co-editor of Encyclopedia of Catholic Social Thought, Social Science, and Social Policy (Scarecrow Press, 2007). He has also published extensively on constitutional law in law reviews and also testified before Congressional and state legislative hearings on life issues.
Married to Mollie Murphy, who is also on the faculty at Ave Maria School of Law, they are the proud parents of six children - Michael, Patrick, Clare, Kathleen, Matthew, and Andrew. http://www.avemarialaw.edu/index.cfm?event=faculty.bio&pid=11705E7D4E0111010366
Here is a link to an important story by Dave Andrusko who discusses a recent Time magazine op-ed by two researchers from the Hastings Center who argue that new tests that may make it possible to detect Alzheimer’s before symptoms of dementia have developed should open up conversations about assisted suicide. Andrusko’s title (“Finding a Justification […]
The North Carolina legislature recently passed the Woman’s Right to Know Act, which requires a 24 hour waiting period before an abortion during which the pregant mother would have an opportunity to consider information and view an ultrasound. Governor Perdue vetoed the Act. North Carolina’s Catholic bishops have issued a statement urging an override. http://www.dioceseofraleigh.org/news/view.aspx?id=1167 […]
Here is a report on the pending lawsuit challenging the Texas law requiring that women be able to view a sonogram before obtaining an abortion. A ruling is expected by September. http://www.nationalrighttolifenews.org/news/2011/07/judge-hears-arguments-over-texas%e2%80%99-new-sonogram-law/#more-2963 Richard M.
Here is a link to a story by Dave Andrusko from National Right to Life noting a recent article in Discover magazine by Kat McGowan entitled “Rediscovering Consciousness in People Diagnosed as ‘Vegetative.’” http://www.nationalrighttolifenews.org/news/2011/07/unlocking-the-mysteries-of-%e2%80%9cdisorders-of-consciousness%e2%80%9d/#more-2990 As Andrusko states: “But what McGowan’s overview of massive amounts of research demonstrates is both that PVS is much more of […]
Here is report on the recent Rasouli decision from the Ontario Court of Appeals. http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/ontario-appeals-court-rules-doctors-dont-have-right-to-remove-life-support The court found that doctors didn’t have the right to withdraw medical treatment despite the family’s objection. Here is commentary from the National Right to Life website. http://www.nationalrighttolifenews.org/news/2011/07/toronto-star-agrees-with-rasouli-decision/#more-2916 Richard M.
Here is a story discussing the passage of another state Unborn Victims of Violence Act. http://www.lifenews.com/2011/07/05/tennessee-now-recognizes-unborn-children-as-victims-of-crimes/ These state laws and the federal law have the potential to undermine Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. National Right to Life’s website contains extensive information about the issue. http://www.nrlc.org/Unborn_Victims/index.html Richard M.
Here is an article in U.S. Catholic about the recent University Faculty for Life (UFL) conference at Notre Dame. The article notes that pro-life faculty members are often isolated at their home institutions and mentions the importance of UFL in fostering fellowship among its members and in fostering pro-life scholarship. http://www.uscatholic.org/news/2011/06/professor-says-pro-life-faculty-often-feel-isolated-campus-views Richard M.
Here is a link to commentary by Jeanne Head of National Right to Life on the UN procedures that have been used in recent years. These procedures, which depart significantly from procedures used in the past, undermine national sovereignty and transparency. The new procedures are quite troublesome to the pro-life/pro-family coalition.http://www.nationalrighttolifenews.org/news/2011/06/recent-un-procedures-undermine-sovereignty-and-transparency-worry-pro-lifepro-family-coalition/#more-2627 Richard M.
Father Miscamble CSC gave an excellent talk a few weeks ago in which he discussed the status of the life issues at Notre Dame. Here is a link to the Project Sycamore website where Father Miscamble’s talk can be found. http://www.projectsycamore.com/bulletins/110608.php Richard M.