Here are links to stories from LifeNews, http://www.lifenews.com/2014/03/06/cnn-poll-58-of-americans-want-all-or-most-abortions-made-illegal/?pr=1, and the National Right to Life News,http://www.nationalrighttolifenews.org/news/2014/03/wide-divide-over-abortion-nearly-60-oppose-all-abortions-or-would-allow-them-in-only-a-few-circumstances/ , discussing a recent CNN poll that shows that most Amerians oppose most abortions, and that most Americans oppose public funding of abortion. This confirms the results of other polls in recent years. Richard M.
Category: Abortion
According to a CNSNews article, CDC statistics reveal that African American abortions are disproportionately high compared to ratio of African Americans in the state’s population. “Although whites outnumber blacks in Mississippi by nearly 2-to-1, 71.67% of the babies aborted in Mississippi are black, while 26.6% are white.”
As cnsnews.com reports, a recent report by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene shows that more African Americans were aborted in 2012 than were born. The report also indicates a high ratio of Hispanic abortions. The statistics are consistent with the abortion figures from the Center for Disease Control in 2010.
Belgium’s new law is most distressing not only because of the lost lives of the innocent children, but also, as Richard Stith points out, marks a new low in our devaluing the intrinsic life of each individual person. As Archbishop Leonard, the primate of the Catholic Church in Belgium is quoted as warning in this […]
Here is a link to Michael Paulsen’s paper entitled “The Insistent Analogy to Slavery.”http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2395002 This paper was presented at the “Roe at 40” conference at Washington & Lee Law School. The conference was supported by University Faculty for Life, among others, and largely came about through the hard work of Sam Calhoun. The papers from the conference, including Professor […]
It looks like the “contraception reduces abortion” trope is beginning to lose its power, even among abortion providers. This LifeSiteNews article, “Two-thirds of women seeking abortions were using contraception: Britain’s largest abortion provider,” highlights many studies and statements, even by abortion promoters and providers, that contraception not only doesn’t reduced abortion rates, but actually increases them. […]
Here are a couple of articles about the recent Guttmacher study that shows that abortion rates are declining in the U.S. Guttmacher speculates that the reason for the decline is contraception use. The first NRO article, “U.S. Abortion Rate Falls to Its Lowest Level Since 1973,” by UFL member Michael New, shows that Guttmacher’s explanations […]
UFL member Pete Colosi gave a talk about the importance of specifically religious discourse in public square debates about moral issues, including esp. the life issues. He focuses on the dialogue between Habermas, Pera, and Benedict XVI/Ratzinger. He points out, for instance, that Habermas promotes the idea that religious ideas should have equal footing in […]
Long-time UFL member Fr. James V. Schall, S.J. explains 15 destructive lies that dominate our culture. The first on the list: ….that abortion does not kill a specific, actual human being. All evidence shows that this killing is true. To hold the lie in our souls, we must and do call it a “right” or […]
If you are researching conscientious objection, you might want to look at the December 2013 issue of the International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics to see the thought of those who are trying to keep conscientious objection from affecting the availability of abortion. You may want to check your institutions databases to see if you […]