University Faculty for Life

Here is a story in the National Right to Life News on the October 3, 2017 vote in the US House to pass the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act.  As the story describes, “the proposed federal law would generally extend legal protection to unborn humans beginning at 20 weeks fetal age, based on congressional findings that […]

Here is a link to a LifeNews story on the latest developments in the Indiana litigation. Indiana passed the Dignity for the Unborn Act in 2016. That statute prohibited abortions due to disability, sex, or race, and also required that the remains of aborted babies be disposed of in a dignified manner. The Indiana law was […]

Here is a link to a story in the National Right to Life News about a Congressional resolution opposing the legalization of assisted suicide. The resolution states that “assisted suicide (sometimes referred to as death with dignity, end-of-life options, aid-in-dying, or similar phrases) puts everyone, including those most vulnerable, at risk of deadly harm and undermines the […]

Here is a link to a good essay by Richard Doerflinger on Myers v. Schneiderman, the recent decision by the New York Court of Appeals rejecting a constitutional challenge to New York’s ban on assisted suicide.

Here  is a report on another encouraging development. The American College of Physicians has just issued a position paper rejecting the legalization of assisted suicide.

Here is a link to a blog post by Wesley Smith reporting on the recent decision from the New York Court of Appeals rejecting a constitutional challenge to New York’s ban on assisted suicide.  This is very good news. Unlike the situation with abortion and same-sex marriage, federal and state courts are allowing the issue of assisted suicide […]

Here is a link to a petition on the right to life in international law.  This is a worthy effort and I hope that readers will consider signing.

Here is a link to good article by David Hershenov in Public Discourse discussing ten bad arguments for abortion. As Hershenov explains, most of the common arguments for abortion would also justify infanticide (or after-birth abortion).

Here is a link to LifeNews story about the latest developments in Chile. Here is a comment from Clarke Forsythe of AUL: “If there is a silver lining, it is the Court’s close vote today, 6-4, and that the Court merely allowed a legalization bill to go into effect.  Unlike the US Supreme Court’s decision Roe […]

Here is a link to a good article by Alexandra DeSanctis on the recent CBS report that Iceland is leading the world in “eradicating Down syndrome births.” Here is the concluding paragraph from the article: “The title of the CBS piece asks, “What kind of society do you want to live in?” The article’s implicit […]