Right to Work Legislation
The five Catholic bishops of Indiana recently made an important contribution to the passionate and ongoing debate about the “right-to-work” legislation being introduced in the Indiana legislature. That legislation would eliminate requirements that non-union employees pay fees to a union recognized in their workplace. As a long-time union supporter, I have opposed the proposed law, […]
From this week’s edition of Peace & Life Connections
Consistent Life Board Member at Chilean University Richard Stith, a law professor, is a member of the advisory board of the Doctoral Program in Law, University of the Andes in Chile. Other professors there knew he was a consistent-life advocate, so questioned him about the killing of Osama Bin Laden. Dr. Stith, who is fluent […]
Klick’s economics studies of the negative effects of abortion are worth consulting
The economics literature over the past 15 years has shown significant downsides of abortion for women, yet it remains largely unknown and uncited by pro-life scholars and lawyers. The work of University of Pennsylvania law and economics professor Jonathan Klick (individually and with others) is particularly well regarded and worth consulting. Consider, for example, his […]
A Voice Purified by Suffering
Canada’s Linda Gibbons has spent ten of the past seventeen years in prison for picketing an abortion clinic against a court injunction. Now out for a time, she has given a short talk at a Canadian pro-lfe gathering. I believe that we should listen well to anyone whose full virtue has opened her up to […]
The Right Reason for Not Funding Planned Parenthood.
The best reason not to fund Planned Parenthood is never mentioned in the newspapers. (Could it also have been overlooked in the briefs?) Numerous undercover investigations have shown that Planned Parenthood prefers money to the interests of women. But even without that evidence, it would be unwise to entrust pregnancy prevention and pregnancy counseling to […]
How “Happy Holidays” Hurts
Not directly pro-life, this post is relevant to the issue of how points of view are excluded from the public square for quite unfounded reasons: Good people are often mystified at the offense taken by many Christians to the salutation “Happy Holidays!” After all, they reason, the word “holidays” includes everyone, instead of excluding anyone, […]
Freedom of Choice in Abortion Insurance (as posted in First Things blog)
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 […]