Table of Contents
Life and Learning XVI

Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix

The Right To Life In Domestic And International Law

Does International Law Protect the Unborn Child?
Patrick J. Flood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Originalism, the Declaration of Independence, and
the Constitution: A Constitutional Right to Life?
Lee J. Strang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

The (Surprising) Truth about Schiavo: A Defeat for the
Cause of Autonomy
O. Carter Snead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Two Approaches for Fighting Roe v. Wade
Samuel W. Calhoun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Conforming to the Rule of Law: Person and Human Being
in 14 th Amendment Jurisprudence
Charles I. Lugosi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

 

Philosophical Perspectives

Defending Abortion Philosophically: A Review of
David Boonin’s A Defense of Abortion
Francis J. Beckwith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

A Defense of the Deprivation Argument
Patrick Tully . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

The Embryo as a Human Person
Kevin O’Rourke, O.P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Health versus Harm: Euthanasia and Physicians’ Duties
Jorge Garcia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

 

Liberalism And Natural Law Theory : Rival Traditions

The Natural Law and Human Dignity:
Reaffirming Ethical First Things
J. Daryl Charles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321

George Parkin Grant on the Unthought Ontology of Abortion:
Bringing the “Poisoned Cup to the Lips of Liberalism”
Roberta Bayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371

Locke on Bodily Rights and the Immorality of Abortion:
A Neglected Liberal Perspective
Eric Manchester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383

 

Life Issues And Culture

Institutional Conscience and Catholic Health Care
Grattan T. Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413

Margaret Sanger’s Multifaceted Defense of Abortion
and Infanticide
Anne Barbeau Gardiner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423

Legacy of Ignorance: Abortion and Journalism
in the Early Republic
Ralph Frasca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439

Cinematic Treatment of Abortion: Alfie (1965) and
The Cider House Rules (1999)
Jeff Koloze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463

 

Valuing Life In Different Stages And Conditions

Eugenic Logic: Eliminating the Disabled
John J. Conley, S.J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481

Disability and Euthanasia: The Case of Helen Keller
and the Bollinger Baby
John Gerdtz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491

 

Abortion And American Politics

Casey versus Santorum: The Politics of the 2006
Senatorial Race in Pennsylvania: What’s a Pro-Lifer to Do?
William J. Parente, Sr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503

The Effects of State Legislation on the Incidence
of Abortion during the 1990s
Michael J. New . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513

How Should Catholics Vote?
Bringing Moral Principles to Life
Stephen J. Heaney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537

 

Pro-Life Academics In A Pro-Choice Academy

“God’s Will and Our Own”
Samuel Calhoun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575

“Pro-Life Challenges in an Academic Environment”
Jane Gilroy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580

“Seventeen Years of an English Professor’s
Pro-Life Activism in the Academy”
Jeff Koloze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585

“A Pro-Life Professor of Nursing at a Catholic, Jesuit
Institution of Higher Learning”
Richard J. Fehring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 589

 

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About Our Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 595

UFL Boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603

Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605