5th Circuit Invalidates Texas Ban on D & E Abortions over Impassioned Dissent
Here is a link to a recent decision by the 5th Circuit invalidating a Texas law limiting D & E abortions. The vote was 2-1. Judge Willett wrote an impassioned dissent. Texas is likely to continue to defend the law; the most likely next step would be for the state to ask the full 5th […]
Senate Confirms Amy Coney Barrett
By a vote of 52-48, the US Senate confirmed Amy Coney Barrett as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Barrett replaces Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg who died on September 18, 2020. Barrett adheres to the same judicial philosophy as Justice Antonin Scalia, for whom Barrett clerked in the late 1990s. As a […]
ECLJ on the Decision of the Polish Constitutional Court Rejecting Eugenic Abortion
From the European Centre for Law and Justice, here is a report of a recent decision of the Polish Constitutional Court. The Court “rendered a historic decision declaring that eugenic abortion is contrary to the dignity and life of the human being, the respect of which is guaranteed by the Polish Constitution.”
Geneva Consensus Declaration
Here is a link to a piece by Austin Ruse discussing the Geneva Consensus Declaration. The “Declaration says what pro-lifers have maintained for decades at the UN, that there is no global right to abortion and that abortion cannot be imposed by the UN because abortion is a matter of national sovereignty.” The United States took […]
6th Circuit Upholds Kentucky Abortion Regulations
Here is a link to a post by Jonathan Adler on a recent 6th Circuit decision that vacated a federal district court decision enjoining a Kentucky law regulating abortions. The law required abortion providers to have written transfer agreements with local hospitals. As Adler explains, the 2-1 decision illustrates the continuing importance of the concurring […]
Summer 2020 Issue of Pro Vita is now available!!!
Thanks to the fine editorial work of Margaret Hughes, the Summer 2020 issue of Pro Vita, the newsletter of University Faculty for Life, is now available. Here. This issue features regular contributions from Father Joe Koterski, Chris Kaczor, and Richard Myers. There is a brief recap of the 2020 annual meeting and the usual collection […]
Life & Learning XXX is now available!!!
The 30th volume of Life & Learning is now available at this link. Life & Learning is the annual volume of University Faculty for Life. The papers are largely papers from our annual conferences. Since its inception, the series has been under the expert editorial supervision of Father Joseph W. Koterski S.J. We are grateful […]
Hadley Arkes on President Trump’s Executive Order
Here is a link to a good essay by Hadley Arkes on President Trump’s recent executive order dealing with the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act.
Justice Ginsburg and abortion
With the death of Justice Ginsburg and the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett, there has been much speculation about the potential for a change on the Court with regard to abortion. For a good essay exploring some of these issues, see the essay by Rita Joseph entitled “Justice Ginsburg’s brilliant career marred by monumental […]
“Solidarity vs. solitude: a meditation on euthanasia”
Here is a link to good essay by Michael Cook discussing the Vatican’s recent document on assisted suicide and euthanasia. In response to the trend towards legalization and acceptance of assisted suicide and euthanasia, the document (which is entitled Samaritanus Bonus) from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith sets forth a clear reaffirmation […]