Colleagues interested in stem cell research may find information about “direct conversion” helpful; apparently, this development may make embryonic stem-cell research needless. Further information can be found at http://www.lifenews.com/2010/11/29/bio-3220/.
Senate hearing on CEDAW
Here is a link to Terry McKeegan’s report on a recent Senate hearing on CEDAW (Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women). http://www.c-fam.org/publications/id.1742/pub_detail.asp CEDAW was signed by President Carter but has not been ratified. Pro-life groups have long raised concerns that CEDAW is being used to promote abortion rights. Here is a […]
Here is a link to the LifeNews story on this good news from South Australia. http://www.lifenews.com/2010/11/24/bio-3218/ After it appeared that the bill to legalize euthanasia was going to be defeated in the Upper House of the Parliament, the sponsor pulled the bill. Richard M.
Women, Abortion, and the Brain
Here is a link to a article by Evelyn Birge Vitz and Paul Vitz on “Women, Abortion, and the Brain.” http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2010/09/1657 The article discusses the idea that “the hard-wiring of the brain may explain many women’s disturbing post-abortion feelings.” Richard M.
Cenzon-DeCarlo case dismissed
Here is a link to a LifeNews story about the dismissal of the Cenzon-DeCarlo case. http://www.lifenews.com/2010/11/23/state-5691/ Here is a link to the opinion. http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/2d1434d5-91d7-4482-a862-b1a3c100413a/3/doc/10-556_op%20%28PC%29.pdf#xml=http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/2d1434d5-91d7-4482-a862-b1a3c100413a/3/hilite/ Cathy Cenzon-DeCarlo, a pro-life nurse at Mount Sinai Hospital, was threatened with disciplinary measures if she didn’t participate in an abortion. After the abortion, Cenzon-DeCarlo filed suit on the grounds that the hospital had violated […]
Life issues on podcasts
Colleagues engaged in podcasts may find the material on Josh Brahm’s site helpful regarding how to address the life issues through such media. His work can be found at http://prolifepodcast.net/.
Censorship at Carleton University
Students are apparently being censored at Carleton University in Ottawa. Officials say that the life-affirming positions of Carlton Lifeline conflict with an anti-discrimination passage in university policies which considers abortion only in terms of “a woman’s right.” Carleton Lifeline can exist only if the group’s constitution is altered to reflect the university’s compulsory perspective on […]
Here is a link to Chris Kaczor’s defense of conscience rights. http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2010/10/1922 Richard M.
more on abortion and women’s health
A week ago, I blogged about Michael New’s response to the Washington Post piece on abortion and women’s health. http://uffl.org/blog/?p=281 Here is response by Priscilla Coleman. The title of her response is “Thirty Studies in Five Years Show Abortion Hurts Women’s Mental Health.” http://www.lifenews.com/2010/11/12/opi-1006/ Richard M.
I need quality scholarly, not polemic, articles dealing with the role of the father in the abortion decisions of characters in contemporary Jewish fiction. Other literary theories are being addressed, but there is a paucity of work in the feminist area, most of the critical literature discussing the mother’s perspective. The anticipated date of presentation […]