Here is a link to a LifeNews story about recent developments in Tennessee. The Tennessee legislature is considering a bill to prohibit abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detectable. Another bill would ban all abortions in the state. The story also reports on the split within the pro-life movement about the advisability of passing a […]
Author: Richard Myers
Richard S. Myers, the Vice-President of UFL, is Professor of Law at Ave Maria School of Law, where he teaches Antitrust, Civil Procedure, Conflict of Laws, Constitutional Law, and Religious Freedom. He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Kenyon College and earned his law degree at Notre Dame, where he won the law school's highest academic prize. He began his legal career by clerking for Judge John F. Kilkenny of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Professor Myers also worked for Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue in Washington, D.C. He taught at Case Western Reserve University School of Law and the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law before joining the Ave Maria faculty. He is a co-editor of St. Thomas Aquinas and the Natural Law Tradition: Contemporary Perspectives (Catholic University of American Press, 2004) and a co-editor of Encyclopedia of Catholic Social Thought, Social Science, and Social Policy (Scarecrow Press, 2007). He has also published extensively on constitutional law in law reviews and also testified before Congressional and state legislative hearings on life issues.
Married to Mollie Murphy, who is also on the faculty at Ave Maria School of Law, they are the proud parents of six children - Michael, Patrick, Clare, Kathleen, Matthew, and Andrew. http://www.avemarialaw.edu/index.cfm?event=faculty.bio&pid=11705E7D4E0111010366
Here is a link to an excellent essay by Richard Doerflinger on assisted suicide. Here is his concluding paragraph: “The people most harmed by this agenda are seriously ill people hearing from society and physicians that death by overdose will end their problems; other patients suffering from a reduced commitment to care; people with disabilities […]
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Judge Blocks Arkansas Pro-Life Laws
Here is a link to a LifeNews story on a July 23, 2019 decision by a federal judge in Arkansas. The pro-life laws would have prevented abortions after 18 weeks (with a few exceptions), prevented abortions when the sole reason for obtaining the abortion was that the unborn baby had been diagnosed with Down Syndrome, […]
Here and here are articles discussing the huge problem of sex-selection abortions in India. Here is a link to a short article of mine dealing with the constitutionality of laws banning sex-selection abortions.
Here is a link to a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed by Clarke Forsythe entitled “The Smart Way to Overturn Roe v. Wade.” Forsythe focuses on a prudential strategy involving careful consideration of a variety of factors. He questions whether strict prohibitions on early abortions are the best vehicles for reversal.
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Texas Governor Signs Born Alive Act
Here is a link to an article from LifeNews about Governor Abbot signing the Born Alive Act, which provides protection to infants who survive abortions.
Here is a link to a press release from C-Fam praising the Trump Administration’s decision to defund UNFPA, which has a long record of promoting abortion around the world.
Here is a link to a LifeNews story on the latest developments in this continuing saga. Here is a link to a short piece by Ed Whelan on the continuing legal battles.
Here is a link to an excellent post by John Breen. Breen’s post critiques a recent piece in the New York Times by Linda Greenhouse arguing that pro-life laws violate the Establishment Clause. This argument was also made by the Justice Stevens, who passed away yesterday at the age of 99. Here is a link to […]
Here is a link to a LifeNews article on the litigation in Ohio. Here is a link to commentary by Walter Weber.