University Faculty for Life http://www.uffl.org/blog Blog Posts by members of the UFFL Tue, 21 May 2013 15:57:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Information on Pro-life Library collections needed http://www.uffl.org/blog/2013/05/21/information-on-pro-life-library-collections-needed/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=information-on-pro-life-library-collections-needed http://www.uffl.org/blog/2013/05/21/information-on-pro-life-library-collections-needed/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 15:57:20 +0000 RGotcher http://www.uffl.org/blog/?p=2494 Jeff Koloze is looking for information on libraries that specialize in pro-life collections (500+ items. If you have any information on such a collection, send it to the address below:

Dr. Jeff Koloze
President, Koloze Consultants
10019 Granger Road
Garfield Heights, Ohio 44125-3101
216-262-3511
LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dr-jeff-koloze/22/555/b37

]]> http://www.uffl.org/blog/2013/05/21/information-on-pro-life-library-collections-needed/feed/ 0 Teresa Collett’s comment on the Gosnell case http://www.uffl.org/blog/2013/05/17/teresa-colletts-comment-on-the-gosnell-case/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=teresa-colletts-comment-on-the-gosnell-case http://www.uffl.org/blog/2013/05/17/teresa-colletts-comment-on-the-gosnell-case/#comments Sat, 18 May 2013 03:57:51 +0000 Richard Myers http://www.uffl.org/blog/?p=2489 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.

]]> http://www.uffl.org/blog/2013/05/17/teresa-colletts-comment-on-the-gosnell-case/feed/ 0 G.E.M. Anscombe Conference at Oxford http://www.uffl.org/blog/2013/05/17/g-e-m-anscombe-conference-at-oxford/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=g-e-m-anscombe-conference-at-oxford http://www.uffl.org/blog/2013/05/17/g-e-m-anscombe-conference-at-oxford/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 23:23:29 +0000 RGotcher http://www.uffl.org/blog/?p=2481 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.

]]> http://www.uffl.org/blog/2013/05/17/g-e-m-anscombe-conference-at-oxford/feed/ 0 “Bioethics Hates the Light” http://www.uffl.org/blog/2013/05/10/bioethics-hates-the-light/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bioethics-hates-the-light http://www.uffl.org/blog/2013/05/10/bioethics-hates-the-light/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 18:18:08 +0000 Richard Myers http://www.uffl.org/blog/?p=2475 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.

]]> http://www.uffl.org/blog/2013/05/10/bioethics-hates-the-light/feed/ 0 Wesley Smith on the expansion of euthanasia in Europe http://www.uffl.org/blog/2013/05/06/wesley-smith-on-the-expansion-of-euthanasia-in-europe/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wesley-smith-on-the-expansion-of-euthanasia-in-europe http://www.uffl.org/blog/2013/05/06/wesley-smith-on-the-expansion-of-euthanasia-in-europe/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 15:30:52 +0000 Richard Myers http://www.uffl.org/blog/?p=2472 Here is link to an item in the National Right to Life News by Wesley Smith in which he discusses his article in the May 2013 First Things (“Medicinal Murder”) on the expansion of euthanasia in Europe.  Here’s the conclusion of the National Right to Life post–”The collapse of morality in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Switzerland around issues of euthanasia and suicide–abundantly detailed in the article is a clarion warning to other countries to turn away from the “death with dignity” agenda before it is too late.”

http://www.nationalrighttolifenews.org/news/2013/04/euthanasia-changes-culture/

Richard M.

]]> http://www.uffl.org/blog/2013/05/06/wesley-smith-on-the-expansion-of-euthanasia-in-europe/feed/ 0 Rep. Franks introduces legislation to ban abortion in DC at 20 weeks http://www.uffl.org/blog/2013/04/30/rep-franks-introduces-legislation-to-ban-abortion-in-dc-at-20-weeks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rep-franks-introduces-legislation-to-ban-abortion-in-dc-at-20-weeks http://www.uffl.org/blog/2013/04/30/rep-franks-introduces-legislation-to-ban-abortion-in-dc-at-20-weeks/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:01:48 +0000 Richard Myers http://www.uffl.org/blog/?p=2470 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.”

http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/26/congressman-files-bill-to-ban-abortions-based-on-fetal-pain-science/

Richard M.

]]> http://www.uffl.org/blog/2013/04/30/rep-franks-introduces-legislation-to-ban-abortion-in-dc-at-20-weeks/feed/ 0 Are iPS cells already embryos? http://www.uffl.org/blog/2013/04/24/are-ips-cells-already-embryos/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=are-ips-cells-already-embryos http://www.uffl.org/blog/2013/04/24/are-ips-cells-already-embryos/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:09:04 +0000 RGotcher http://www.uffl.org/blog/?p=2465 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.)

]]> http://www.uffl.org/blog/2013/04/24/are-ips-cells-already-embryos/feed/ 0 R.I.P. Barbara Willke http://www.uffl.org/blog/2013/04/16/r-i-p-barbara-willke/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=r-i-p-barbara-willke http://www.uffl.org/blog/2013/04/16/r-i-p-barbara-willke/#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:38:15 +0000 Richard Myers http://www.uffl.org/blog/?p=2462 Here is a link to a Lifenews.com story about the death of Barbara Willke, alongtime leader in the pro-life movement. Barbara Willke (along with her husband Dr. Jack Willke) received University Faculty for Life’s Smith Award in 2007.

http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/15/barbara-willke-godmother-of-modern-pro-life-movement-passes-away/

Richard M.

]]> http://www.uffl.org/blog/2013/04/16/r-i-p-barbara-willke/feed/ 0 UFL ProVita Newsletter: a request http://www.uffl.org/blog/2013/04/10/ufl-provita-newsletter-a-request/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ufl-provita-newsletter-a-request http://www.uffl.org/blog/2013/04/10/ufl-provita-newsletter-a-request/#comments Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:56:22 +0000 RGotcher http://www.uffl.org/blog/?p=2458 The next issues of the ProVita Newsletter will be coming out next week. There is still time to contribute to the newsletter.

I am especially looking for:

  • links or citations of significant research, whether it be from a pro-life perspective, neutral, or even hostile.
  • a historian to write a brief (500 word) column about the place of the academic discipline of History in support of an academic culture of life.
  • links to blogs by a UFL member or other pro-life scholars.

Please e-mail me at provitanews@yahoo.com.

Thanks.

–Robert Gotcher, Editor of ProVita

]]> http://www.uffl.org/blog/2013/04/10/ufl-provita-newsletter-a-request/feed/ 0 Predatory Open-Access Scholarly Journals http://www.uffl.org/blog/2013/04/08/predatory-open-access-scholarly-journals/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=predatory-open-access-scholarly-journals http://www.uffl.org/blog/2013/04/08/predatory-open-access-scholarly-journals/#comments Tue, 09 Apr 2013 03:22:35 +0000 RGotcher http://www.uffl.org/blog/?p=2454 Frank Beckwith has come across a list of predatory online scholarly journals at Scholarly Open Access (which provides “critical analysis of scholarly open access publishing”).  These are journals that don’t meet the ethical or scholar standard of a reputable scholarly journal. The list is available here. The criteria for determining whether a journal is predatory are here.

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