Mark Rienzi’s essay on conscience
Here is a link to Catholic U law professor Mark Rienzi’s recent essay on conscience. http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2011/03/2854 This essay is based on a longer article, which I have mentioned before. See http://uffl.org/blog/?p=491 This essay provides a good summary of his argument. Rienzi argues that Roe and Casey, with their emphasis on autonomy arguments, provide support for a right to conscience. Richard […]
Obama Administration revises conscience regs
Here is the LifeNews story on the Obama Adminstration’s new conscience regulations.http://www.lifenews.com/2011/02/18/obama-admin-weakens-protections-for-pro-life-medical-workers/ Here is Rob Vischer’s analysis on Mirror of Justice. http://mirrorofjustice.blogs.com/mirrorofjustice/2011/02/obama-conscience-regulations.html#tp Richard M.
Mark Rienzi’s paper on the right to refuse to do abortions
Courtesy of Rob Vischer and the Mirror of Justice blog, here is a post on Mark Rienzi’s article on health care providers’ right to refuse to perform abortions. Mark takes a novel approach. He argues that cases such as Planned Parenthood v. Casey and Lawrence v. Texas provide support for the refusal to perform abortions. […]
Vanderbilt forces nursing students to participate in abortions
That is the allegation made in a complaint filed with the Department of Health and Human Services. Here is the LifeNews.com story. http://www.lifenews.com/2011/01/11/vanderbilt-university-requires-nursing-students-to-do-abortions/ UPDATE: Apparently, Vanderbilt has responded to this complaint by making it clear that nursing students will not be required to participate in abortions. http://www.nrlc.org/News_and_Views/Jan2011/nv011411.html Richard M.