DOJ Files Amicus Brief in Support of Ohio Law Prohibiting Abortions due to a Diagnosis of Down Syndrome
Here is a link to a press release from the US Department of Justice describing an amicus brief the DOJ filed earlier this week. The brief, filed with he US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, supports the constitutionality of Ohio’s law banning abortions due to a diagnosis of Down Syndrome.
“The Troubling Ideals at the Heart of Abortion Rights”
Here is a link to an excellent essay by Erika Bachiochi that was published today in The Atlantic.
“Aborting the Wanted Child”
Here is a link to an essay by Paul Sullins describing his new study on abortion and mental health. (I mentioned this study in a recent post.) Sullins focuses on the mental health implications of the abortions of wanted pregnancies.
“I want abortion abolished, but direct challenges to Roe hurt our cause”
Here is an interesting op-ed by Teresa Collett (former president of University Faculty for Life). Collett discusses legislative proposals to significantly restrict abortion. She states: “While I share the supporters’ desire to protect all unborn children from abortion, these efforts will prove legally ineffective and politically harmful.”
“Reconsidering fetal pain”
Here is a link to a story in the National Right to Life News about a new paper on fetal pain. Here is a link to the paper, which was recently published in the Journal of Medical Ethics. Here is the abstract of the paper: “Fetal pain has long been a contentious issue, in large part because […]
“Historic first trial of euthanasia doctors begins in Belgium”
Here is a link to a good essay by Michael Cook on an important development in Belgium. For the first time since euthanasia was legalized in 2002, prosecutors have brought to trial doctors who killed a person under the shelter of the euthanasia law. In 2010, Tine Nys was killed pursuant to the Belgian law, […]
47th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade on January 22, 2020
The 47th anniversary of the Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade is next week. Here is a link to my article entitled “Re-Reading Roe v. Wade,” which was presented at Washington & Lee Law School at a 2013 conference organized by Sam Calhoun. Here is a link to an article by Clarke Forsythe entitled “A Draft […]
Abortion and mental health
Here is a link to an important new study by Dr. Paul Sullins. Here is a bit from Dr. Sullins: “Almost all mainstream Western social science and medical associations assure us that ‘women who terminate an unwanted pregnancy by abortion experience no more mental health problems than women who deliver such a pregnancy’. These statements […]
Briefs Supporting Louisiana’s Admitting Privileges Law Filed with Supreme Court
On March 4, 2020, the US Supreme Court will hear oral argument in June Medical Services v. Gee, which deals with the constitutionality of Louisiana’s law requiring that doctors who perform abortions have admitting privileges at local hospitals. The state of Louisiana’s brief and the amicus briefs supporting Louisiana were filed in late December 2019 […]
New Issue of Pro Vita (University Faculty for Life newsletter) now available
Here is a link to the new issue of Pro Vita, the University Faculty for Life newsletter. This is the Fall/Winter 2019 issue. Many thanks to Dr. Margaret Hughes for her work editing the newsletter!!!! The issue features information about our annual conference, which will be held on June 5-6, 2020 at st. John’s University. […]