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 […]
“Preimplantation Diagnosis Makes Gains in Germany”
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 […]
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 […]
“Abortion and America’s Moral Consciousness”
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.
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 […]
Attorneys: student literary question
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 JeffKolozePhD@sbcglobal.net; I will forward your […]