University Faculty for LifeRichard 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 article in the July 9, 2016 edition of the New York Times. The article, “Anti-Abortion Group Presses Ahead Despite Recent Supreme Court Ruling,” reports on the annual meeting of the National Right to Life Committee. Here is the first paragraph of the article–“Stung by the recent Supreme Court decision that overturned Texas abortion clinic restrictions, […]
Here is link to an excellent piece by Richard Doerflinger entitled—A Pledge Betrayed: The Obama Administration Nullifies Conscience Rights. A Pledge Betrayed: The Obama Administration Nullifies Conscience Rights
Here is a link to an excellent analysis of the Whole Woman’s Health case by Steve Gilles. casetext.com/posts/justice-kennedys-disastrous-defection-and-its-likely-limits
Here is a link to the June 30, 2016 decision by the New Mexico Supreme Court upholding the state’s ban on assisted suicide. A trial court judge in New Mexico had found the law unconstitutional. By a divided vote, the court of appeals reversed and the New Mexico Supreme Court has now also rejected the trial judge’s decision. […]
By a 5-3 vote, the US Supreme Court today invalidated two key features of Texas’s H.B. 2. In an opinion by Justice Breyer, the Court invalidated the requirement that doctors performing abortions have admitting privileges at local hospitals and the requirement that abortion clinics meet the standards Texas sets for ambulatory surgical centers. Here is a link […]
Here is a link to a blog post by Dr. Peter Saunders reporting on this positive development. http://pjsaunders.blogspot.com/2016/06/bma-rejects-attempt-to-push-it-neutral.html This news from England comes at the same time as the American Medical Association’s unfortunate decision to approve a resolution to study the question of assisted suicide. https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/american-medical-association-approves-resolution-to-study-assisted-suicide Richard M.
Here is a link to a book review by Michael New. New is reviewing a recent book by Daniel Williams entitled “Defenders of the Unborn: The Pro-Life Movement Before Roe v. Wade.” A link to the book is below. The Ideological Diversity of the Pro-Life Movement
Here is an article from the National Right to Life News reporting the good news that a bill to legalize assisted suicide has been withdrawn. The article reports: “More than two hours of public testimony on S.F. 1880 included 17 physicians, nurses, attorneys, and members of the disability community who warned of the grave dangers […]
That’s the title of a good essay by Marie Smith on sex-selection abortion. Girls Just Want to Be Born
Here, from LifeNews and National Right to Life News, are reports on yesterday’s oral argument in the Texas abortion case. Supreme Court Holds Hearing on Texas Law Saving Tens of Thousands of Babies From Abortion http://www.nationalrighttolifenews.org/news/2016/03/behind-the-scenes-as-the-supreme-court-hears-first-abortion-case-since-2007/#.Vth69UnSnIU