The European Court of Human Rights is expected to issue its ruling in an important abortion case from Ireland on Thursday December 16, 2010. http://www.lifenews.com/2010/12/15/wbs-112/ As the LifeNews story notes, there is a possibility that the Court will dismiss the case without reaching the merits. Bill Saunders has an article in the Suummer 2010 issue of the […]
Month: December 2010
Here is a link to a LifeNews story on the Obama Administration’s efforts to rescind the conscience regulations issued in the waning days of the Bush Administration. http://www.lifenews.com/2010/12/14/nat-6929/ This action wouldn’t change existing federal statutes that protect conscience rights but the Bush regulations were an important move in helping to implement the federal statutory protections. The […]
Christopher Kaczor has just published a new book entitled “The Ethics of Abortion: Women’s Rights, Human Life, and the Question of Justice.” http://www.amazon.com/Ethics-Abortion-Question-Routledge-Bioethics/dp/0415884691 This is an excellent book, and I highly recommend it. In the book, Kaczor defends the pro-life position with clarity and philosophical depth. Nearly half of the book discusses the personhood question. He also critically discusses […]
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Justice Brennan’s Legacy
Here is a link to an interesting piece by Gregory Sullivan entitled “William Brennan and the Creation of a Right to Abortion.” http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2010/12/1993 Sullivan’s discusses the new, long-awaited biography of Justice William Brennan. http://www.amazon.com/Justice-Brennan-Champion-Seth-Stern/dp/0547149255 Sullivan notes in particular Brennan’s key role in the development of the right to privacy that provided the basis for Roe v. Wade. Richard […]
Here is a link to a recent article in Zenit entitled “For the Handicapped, Some are Quick to Kill; Preimplantation Diagnosis Makes Gains in Germany.” http://www.zenit.org/article-31186?l=english The article discusses recent developments in Germany allowing resort to preimplantation diagnosis. The pratice is prohibited by a 1991 German law protecting embryos but a recent court decision has opened […]
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A Century of Eugenics
Paul A. Lombardo, the author of an important book on Buck v. Bell, see http://www.amazon.com/Three-Generations-No-Imbeciles-Eugenics/dp/0801898242/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1291911217&sr=1-1 , has a new book forthcoming entitled “A Century of Eugenics in America: From the Indiana Experiment to the Human Genome Era.” http://www.amazon.com/Century-Eugenics-America-Experiment-Humanities/dp/0253222699/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1291911217&sr=1-2 The new book, an edited collection of mainly historical essays, is scheduled for release in early 2011 by Indiana University […]
That is the title of a recent piece by Maggie Datiles for the Culture of Life Foundation. http://culture-of-life.org//content/view/683/1/ In this piece, Datiles discusses “the legal and cultural battle to define pregnancy.” A particular focus is on the Obama Administration’s effort to include contraception and certain abortion drugs as “preventative care” and thus eligible for insurance coverage. Richard M.
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Pro-life social networking?
A colleague has a question about social networking sites used for the purpose of communicating life-affirming news. Although social networking sites like Facebook or LinkedIn are wonderful means to communicate pro-life ideas and events, is there a social networking site specifically run by a pro-life group (preferably a 501-c-3, tax-exempt, non-profit)? The major social networking sites are run by for-profit companies; pro-lifers […]
A law school student would like to know if there has ever been a “fake opinion” written about the Supreme Court decisions of Roe v. Wade (1973) or Casey (1992). The student would like to write such a fictional account if it has not already been done. Please reply to [email protected]; I will forward your […]
Freedom of Choice in Abortion Insurance Tuesday, December 7, 2010, 12:15 PM Guest Some readers will recall that I recently argued in favor of keeping more or less the current federal healthcare insurance plan, provided that it be amended fully to exclude abortion and euthanasia, and to protect conscience. My reason was that heathcare insurance […]