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Roe at 40 conference

On November 7-8, 2013, Washington & Lee University School of Law hosted a conference marking the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. The conference, Roe at 40: The Controversy Continues, http://law.wlu.edu/lawcenter/page.asp?pageid=1620,  was largely organized by Sam Calhoun (a member of the UFL Board). The conference was co-sponsored by University Faculty for Life, ACLU of Virginia, Virginia NOW, the […]

July ProVita available!

The July edition of the ProVita Online Newsletter of UFL is now available! It includes: A recap of the 2013 conference in San Francisco, An essay on the academic discipline of history and pro-life scholarship by Keith Cassidy, Information about the 2014 conference at Fordham in the Bronx, News and and recent scholarship about UFL members, Upcoming […]

Roe v. Wade, the Controversy Continues

The Francis Lewis Law Center of the Washington and Lee University School of Law in Lexington, VA, is sponsoring a symposium called Roe at 40, The Controversy Continues, Nov. 7-8, 2013.  Among the keynote speakers will be Caitlin Borgmann is a professor of law at CUNY School of Law, and Michael Paulsen is a professor of […]

Beckwith on the Positivist Mentality and the Gospel of Life

Frank Beckwith summarizes some of the points he made in his talk at the Evangelium Vitae conference in Rome (June 15-16) in this The Catholic Thing essay, “Positivist Mentality and the Gospel of Life.” In it he looks at Pope John Paul II’s diagnosis of the intellectual conditions that lead to a Culture of Death in […]

The Gospel of Life and the New Evangelization

In Rome at the Vatican this weekend the Holy See is presenting a “Day Celebrating Evangelium Vitae,” Pope John Paul II’s 1995 encyclical on life issues.  UFL board member Frank Beckwith is one of the presenters at a panel called “The Gospel of Life and the New Evangelization.”  In an interview with Vatican Radio Beckwith […]

2013 University Faculty for Life Conference Begins Today

If you are in the San Francisco area, please join us at the 2013 UFL “Life and Learning” Conference.  Registration is available from 12 to 5 p.m. at the University of San Francisco Fromm Hall in the Commons. Here is the conference schedule: Friday, May 31st, 2013 2:00 – 2:15pm             Conference Opening and Welcome – (Fromm Hall, […]

G.E.M. Anscombe Conference at Oxford

One of the great pro-life philosophers of the 20th century was analytic philsoopher G.E.M. Anscombe, of Oxford and Cambridge Universities.  The Anscomber bioethics Centre and Blackfriars Hall at Oxford are sponsoring a conference called “The Moral Philosophy of Elizabeth Anscombe.” It will be held Friday 27th and Saturday 28th September 2013 at St Hugh’s College, Oxford […]

“Advancing a Culture of Life: Pro-Life Argument in the Coming Generation”

The Thomistic Institute NYC will be hosting a conference in April called “Advancing a Culture of Life: Pro-Life Argument in the Coming Generation” Catholic Center, New York University April 5-6, 2013 This conference is free and open to the public. Tentative Schedule: Friday April 5: 1:00 pm: David Novak (University of Toronto) Respondent: Rusty Reno (First Things) […]

Call for Papers on End of Life (March 30 deadline!)

Call For Papers and Presenters Honoring Patients’ Treatment Choices at the End of Life: New Tools, New Challenges, New Limits Hamline University School of Law, Saint Paul, MN, November 8-9, 2012 The Health Law Institute at Hamline University and the Hamline Law Review seek proposals for presentations and papers for our all-day fall CLE/CEU Symposium […]

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