Conference organizers are seeking submissions for this year’s Pro-Life Science and Technology Conference to be held at the Engineers Club in Dayton, Ohio on Saturday, 10 September 2011. This annual conference is an ideal venue for students who wish to expand their academic portfolio with peer-reviewed presentation and publication opportunities. Faculty colleagues and students involved […]
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Treatment of prolife views and related issues on college campuses
The Fall 2010 issue of the Human Life Review contains a number of articles on the October 2010 Princeton conference. The article by my good friend Mark Latkovic is particularly good, http://www.humanlifereview.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=120:a-tale-of-two-australians&catid=55:2010-fall, as is the article by Wesley Smith, http://www.humanlifereview.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=122:infanticide-must-be-combatedcarefully&catid=55:2010-fall Richard M.
Here is an article from the National Right to Life Committee on the 12th annual Cardinal O’Connor conference at Georgetown University. The conference attracted over 500 attendees. There was a tremendous line-up of speakers at the conference and the student organizers deserve much credit . http://www.nrlc.org/NewsToday/CardinalConference3.html Richard M.
The March for Life this last Monday was a great success, and a testimony to the growing appeal of the culture of life to young people. http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/youthful-march-life_536951.html The event was ignored by a lot of the media. See this LifeNews story. http://www.lifenews.com/2011/01/26/abc-cbs-nbc-new-york-times-all-ignore-march-for-life/ Here is a link to a story in the Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/24/AR2011012402577.html Here is a link […]
The Notre Dame Fund to Protect Human Life has announced its inaugural Notre Dame Vita Institute. The Institute is a two-week educational program designed to help equip participants to more effectively engage the culture on beginning of life issues. The program will be at Notre Dame from June 12-24, 2011; the application deadline is March 1. https://sites.google.com/a/nd.edu/the-notre-dame-fund-to-protect-human-life/project-guadalupe/Notre-Dame-Vita-Institute Richard M.
Here is an encouraging story about the founding of the Pro-life Professors’ Association in Korea. http://www.cathnewsindia.com/2011/01/20/korean-professors-form-anti-abortion-group/# Richard M.
Here, below, is the link to the 12th annual Cardinal O’Connor conference. This will be a terrific conference. The conference is sponsored by Georgetown University Right to Life, Georgetown University Knights of Columbus, Georgetown University Catholic Daughters of the Americas, and University Faculty for Life. http://www.cardinaloconnorconference.com/ Richard M.
Steven Mosher, one of the foremost researchers on forced abortion in China, will speak on Sunday, January 23, at the Students for Life of America National Conference in Bethesda, Maryland. Please consult the Students for Life website at http://www.studentsforlife.org/for more information.
That is the allegation made in a complaint filed with the Department of Health and Human Services. Here is the LifeNews.com story. http://www.lifenews.com/2011/01/11/vanderbilt-university-requires-nursing-students-to-do-abortions/ UPDATE: Apparently, Vanderbilt has responded to this complaint by making it clear that nursing students will not be required to participate in abortions. http://www.nrlc.org/News_and_Views/Jan2011/nv011411.html Richard M.