University Faculty for Life Scholarly Achievement Award in Creative Writing, Literary Criticism, or Research $600 total prizes Possible presentation of work at annual conference Opportunity for publication University Faculty for Life is accepting submissions from college or university students for its Scholarly Achievement Award. The contest is open to undergraduate and graduate students at any […]
The Fall Symposium of the University of St. Thomas School of Law Journal of Law and Public Policy Fall Symposium will be “From Abortion to Infanticide: The Gosnell Trial” It will be held Friday, October 4th from 8:45 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. A number of arguments have been made attempting to mitigate the fallout from […]
Psychologist and UFL member Frederick Dyer was recently interviewed on the Aleteia web page about Dr. Horatio Storer, he 19th century physician who promoted anti-abortion legislation. The article is called, “You’re Alive Today Because of This 19th Century Doctor.” There are links to books and articles by Dyer, as well as these 19th century AMA […]
Justin Buckley Dyer’s book, Slavery, Abortion, and the Politics of Constitutional Meaning was recently published by Cambridge University Press. Dyer is Assistant Professor in the Political Science department at the University of Missouri. Here’s the blurb from the web page. For the past forty years, prominent pro-life activists, judges, and politicians have invoked the history […]
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Abortion and Racism
A recently-published law review article seriously addresses the abortion-as-a-racist-tactic claim. The author is “pro-choice” and her conclusions are standard pro-choice conclusions. But to her credit she seriously considers and evaluates (tries to refute) the claim that abortion was associated with or had a dimension that supported population control for racists purposes. While arguing that “current […]
Here is a piece by Rep. Chris Smith on House hearings that dealt with the issue of sex-selection abortion and infanticide in India. http://www.nationalrighttolifenews.org/news/2013/09/indias-missing-girls/ Richard M.
BioEdge isn’t a scholarly site, but it does sometimes point to research and studies. Also, it helps us keep abreast of developments “on the ground.” There are also comment discussions of each post.
I am beginning to put together the October number of the ProVita Online Newsletter of University Faculty for Life. If you have anything you think would be of use to UFL members or the public at large concerning pro-life scholarship and teaching, feel free to contact me at [email protected]. I am looking for contributions in […]
Here are links to a couple of items about the controversy . Here’s the introduction to a piece by Dave Andrusko. “The decision by the (British) Crown Prosecution Service not to prosecute two abortionists who allegedly offered to perform abortions on women who did not want a baby girl has stirred up a hornet’s nest of […]
In one of two state-related pro-life legal setbacks, District Judge Lisa Davis prevented a law from going into effect in Oklahoma that would have required children under the age of 17 to have a prescription to obtain Plan B One-step pills or generic emergency contraception. Some believe that these pharmaceuticals may have abortifacient effects. See […]