New law review article on the “undue burden” standard after Gonzales v. Carhart
SSRN has a new article by Professor Kiahara Bridges, Capturing the Judiciary: Carhart and the Undue Burden Standard. Professor Bridges joined the law faculty by Boston University from the Center for Reproductive Rights, where she was an academic fellow. The fellowship is co-hosted and co-sponsored by Columbia Law School. As an undergraduate student, Professor Bridges […]
Speakers and schedule for Cardinal O’Connor Prolife Conference
A list of speakers and tenative schedule for the 13th Annual Cardinal O’COnnor Prolife Conference is now available online. The conference will be held at Georgetown University on January 22, 2012. The conference is sponsored by University Faculty for Life, Georgetown University Right to Life, the Georgetown University Knights of Columbus, and the Georgetown University […]
Commonweal “Can we talk about abortion?”
Rick Garnett over at Mirror of Justice blog has recommended Commonweal’s new story, “Can we talk about abortion?‘ It will come as no surprise to Catholic readers of this blog that none of the three contributors to the article, Dennis O’Brien, Peter Steinfels, and Cathleen Caveny, give a robust defense of the view that innocent […]
Renewed campaign for assisted suicide
Public Discourse blog has a new posting by Adam MacLeod, Assisted Suicide: the Forgotten Front in the Fight for Life. He mentions the Massachusetts ballot initiative that was certified for the ballot by the state attorney general last week. Marcia Angell, former editor of the New England Journal of Medicine is among the initiative supporters. […]
Abstracts due for Queen’s Health and Human Rights Conference
Abstract submission closes Thursday, Sept. 15, 2011 for the Queen’s Health & Human Rights Conference Sept 30-Oct 1, 2011, Kingston ON Canada. More information here.
Call for papers on maternal mortality – submission due this month!
The British based journal, Reproductive Health Matters has issued a call for papers to appear in its May 2012 issue. While this is an unlikely forum for prolife academics, we are all committed to answering the question posed for the May issue, “how can we reduce maternal mortality?” The call for papers can be found […]
Self-induced abortions and RU-486
The woman challenging the Idaho abortion laws says she brought her lawsuit after a district attorney tried to prosecute her for a self-induce abortion. The charges were dismissed, but form the basis for her claim that she fears injury from the enforcement of the Idaho laws. I have blogged previously about her claims related to […]
Challenging First Trimester Abortion Regulations
SSRN contains a new law review article by Professor Tracey Thomas, Back to the Future of Regulating Abortion in the First Term. Professor Thomas evidences her commitment to abortion rights both in the argument she makes and the sources she cites. Her history of abortion regulation in the United States is drawn exclusively from James […]
Abortion and Sainthood
Kathryn Jean Lopez has written a moving piece responding to Stephen Prothero’s very odd commentary on Dorothy Day’s abortion and her cause for sainthood. Prothero’s conclusion suggests that his real purpose is not to reflect on the possible cannonization of Dorthy Day but to argue that the sinfulness of abortion is not accepted by all […]
Targeting Downs Syndrome by Regulation
Attorney Mark Leach has a great new blog post on new regulations based on the Institute of Medicine’s recommendations and their impact on unborn children with Down’s Syndrome. His fear is that the prenatal diagnosis of genetic diseases will be used to pressure mothers to abort their down syndrome babies. He notes that public comments […]