University Faculty for LifeRichard 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 Terry McKeegan’s report on a recent Senate hearing on CEDAW (Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women). http://www.c-fam.org/publications/id.1742/pub_detail.asp CEDAW was signed by President Carter but has not been ratified. Pro-life groups have long raised concerns that CEDAW is being used to promote abortion rights. Here is a […]
Here is a link to the LifeNews story on this good news from South Australia. http://www.lifenews.com/2010/11/24/bio-3218/ After it appeared that the bill to legalize euthanasia was going to be defeated in the Upper House of the Parliament, the sponsor pulled the bill. Richard M.
Here is a link to a article by Evelyn Birge Vitz and Paul Vitz on “Women, Abortion, and the Brain.” http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2010/09/1657 The article discusses the idea that “the hard-wiring of the brain may explain many women’s disturbing post-abortion feelings.” Richard M.
Here is a link to a LifeNews story about the dismissal of the Cenzon-DeCarlo case. http://www.lifenews.com/2010/11/23/state-5691/ Here is a link to the opinion. http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/2d1434d5-91d7-4482-a862-b1a3c100413a/3/doc/10-556_op%20%28PC%29.pdf#xml=http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/2d1434d5-91d7-4482-a862-b1a3c100413a/3/hilite/ Cathy Cenzon-DeCarlo, a pro-life nurse at Mount Sinai Hospital, was threatened with disciplinary measures if she didn’t participate in an abortion. After the abortion, Cenzon-DeCarlo filed suit on the grounds that the hospital had violated […]
Here is a link to Chris Kaczor’s defense of conscience rights. http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2010/10/1922 Richard M.
A week ago, I blogged about Michael New’s response to the Washington Post piece on abortion and women’s health. http://uffl.org/blog/?p=281 Here is response by Priscilla Coleman. The title of her response is “Thirty Studies in Five Years Show Abortion Hurts Women’s Mental Health.” http://www.lifenews.com/2010/11/12/opi-1006/ Richard M.
Here is an interesting piece by Dr. Gerard Nadal on the link between abortion and breast cancer. http://www.lifenews.com/2010/11/02/gn-102/ Richard M.
Here is a link to Michael New’s analysis of a recent Washington Post story that argued that the claim that abortion has an adverse effect on women’s mental health is based on faulty science. http://www.lifenews.com/2010/11/08/opi-1004/ His article concludes with this evaluation: “the pro-life movement should take heart. The fact that the mainstream media is willing to invest […]
University Faculty for Life has long had a local chapter on Long Island. Jane Gilroy has led this group for many years. Here is a link to a news item about a recent event sponsored by the chapter. http://www.licatholic.org/news/2010/10/102710/AbortionDescribedasThreattoBlackCommunity.html The event explored the effects of abortion on the African-American community. Richard M.
Here is a link to Richard Stith’s post on the First Things blog on “Reforming the Pro-Choice Market.” http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/2010/11/reforming-the-pro-choice-market Richard argues against repealing Obamacare but argues that the health care law ought to be amended to exclude abortion. Richard M.