Frank Beckwith has had his web page redesigned. It features his writings on Law and Ethics and on Religion and Culture, as well as his contributions to reference works and his book review.
The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom today rejected the right to conscience claims of Mary Doogan and Connie Wood. Doogan and Wood are midwives who “are practicing Roman Catholics who believe that human life is sacred from the moment of conception and that termination of pregnancy is a grave offence against human life.” Doogan and […]
On Monday December 15, 2014, the Supreme Court refused to review a Ninth Circuit ruling that held unconstitutional an Arizona “law that requires abortionists to use federal standards in administering chemical abortions.” http://www.nationalrighttolifenews.org/news/2014/12/supreme-court-declines-to-review-decision-blocking-enforcement-of-arizona-abortion-law-but-other-appeals-courts-have-upheld-similar-law/#.VJBBXNjjjcs The FDA protocol, which was developed in 2000, calls for RU-486 to be used only in the first seven weeks of pregnancy. Since that time, […]
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William E. May, RIP
William E. May, moral theologian and UFL member, has died at the age of 87. He was a long-time professor at the John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., holding the Michael J. McGivney Chair in Moral Theology. His contribution to moral theology […]
UFL member John M. Grondelski has written an article, “The Family & Biology: Challenges of the Artificial Reproductive Technologies,” in Teologia i moralność (Theology & Morality), 15:1 (2014), 149-65. The journal is published by the Theology Faculty of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland.
The International Center on Law, Life, Faith and Family (ICOLF) has established new web site which features “a broad range of resources and materials for a number of interested parties working on ‘Law, life, faith and family’ issues on the national, regional and international levels.” Contributors include: Helen Alvaré Ryan T. Anderson Teresa Collette Ursula Cristina […]
The annual Cardinal O’Connor Conference for Life in Washington D.C. will be held on Saturday, January 24, just after the March for Life. The conference features great speakers and break-out sessions. The Mass will be celebrated by Archbishop Joseph Kurtz, President of the USCCB and Archbishop of Louisville. For more information, see the conference […]
The Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture has a Youtube page. On it they have videos from many previous conferences and events. featuring topics related to life issues, such as “Justice,” “The Body and Human Identity.” They also have some videos organized by category, such as “Bioethics, Human Dignity, and the Human Person,” and […]
Here is a link to a good article by Bill Saunders and Denise Burke describing recent developments in cases challenging aspects of the Texas abortion law. The Supreme Court recently prevented the implementation of two parts of the Texas law–the requirement that doctors who perform abortions have admitting privileges at local hospitals and the requirement that abortion clinics […]
By the end of the month there will be another issue of ProVita Newsletter. Please consider suggesting items to include. I’m looking for: News about UFL Scholarly activities of member Good research web pages and other sources Scholar opportunities, including calls for papers, conferences, symposia, conventions, colloquia, talks and lectures. Scholarly articles from the pro-life perspective, […]