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Abortion Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization

Elizabeth Kirk on “The Meaning of Kansas”

Here is a link to an excellent essay by Elizabeth Kirk entitled “The Meaning of Kansas: Lessons from a Pro-Life Defeat.” Kirk explores the lessons from the recent defeat of the Kansas “Value them Both” constitutional amendment. Kirk explains that the defeat is not properly understood as a rebuke of Dobbs.

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Abortion Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization Religious views

Richard Doerflinger on Cardinal John O’Connor

Here is a link to an excellent essay by Richard Doeflinger reflecting on the many pro-life contributions of Cardinal John O’Connor.

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Abortion Constitutionality Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization

“The Magnificence of Dobbs”

Here is a link to an excellent essay in Public Discourse by Michael Stokes Paulsen on the Dobbs decision Paulsen states: “Dobbs may be the most important, magnificent, rightly decided Supreme Court case of all time. It is restorative of constitutional principle. It upholds the values of representative, democratic self-government, and the rule of law, […]

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Abortion Constitutionality Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization

Roe and Casey Overruled!!!

In a tremendous victory for the pro-life movement, the Court overruled Roe and Casey. Here is a link to the Dobbs opinion.  Here is a link to a LifeNews story.

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Abortion Constitutionality

Iowa Supreme Court Says There is No Fundamental Right to Abortion

Here is a link to a story from the National Right to Life News about today’s decision from the Iowa Supreme Court. In a 2018 case, the Iowa Supreme Court found a fundamental right to an abortion in its state constitution. The Court has saw overruled that decision. If the US Supreme Court overrules Roe […]

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Abortion Constitutionality Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization

Paulsen on the Dobbs Draft

Here is an excellent piece by Michael Stokes Paulsen on the Dobbs draft. Here us his conclusion: “the Dobbs draft deserves three cheers — even if the cheering must remain tentative. The decision, if it turns out to resemble the draft, will join the pantheon of greatest Supreme Court decisions of all time.”

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Abortion Constitutionality Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization

Draft Opinion Overruling Roe and Casey

Here is link to the Politico report. The report includes a draft opinion overruling Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. The draft opinion was purportedly written by Justice Alito and allegedly reflects the views of five Justices (Alito, Thomas, Kavanaugh, Gorsuch, and Barrett). The opinion is, of course, not final and opinions and […]

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Abortion Constitutionality

Good Essay by Michael Paulsen On the Essential Pro-Life Argument

Here is a link to a powerful essay in Public Discourse by Michael Stokes Paulsen on the fundamental pro-life argument. As Paulsen states: “it is important to keep one’s eye on the ball: the singular focus of the pro-life position should be on the unique, vulnerable, precious, living human being in the womb who is […]

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Assisted suicide Death and dying Euthanasia

John Keown on the Link between Voluntary and Non-Voluntary Euthanasia

Here is a link to an excellent paper by John Keown, which was recently published in the Cambridge Law Journal. The paper is entitled “The Logical Link Between Voluntary and Non-Voluntary Euthanasia.” Here is the abstract– “The logical “slippery slope” argument is of key relevance to the ongoing debate about “assisted dying”. The argument runs […]

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Life & Learning University Faculty for Life

Life & Learning XXXI is Now Available!!!

Due to the great editing work of Don Flanagan, the new edition of Life & Learning is now available at this link. Life & Learning is University Faculty for Life’s annual scholarly publication. The volume largely includes papers from our annual conferences. Father Joe Koterski S.J. edited these volumes for three decades. After Father Joe’s […]