Healthcare professionals and deliberately delivering death
Here is a link to a good essay by Stephen Heaney. The essay is entitled: “A Proposal for the Healthcare Professions: It’s Time to Refuse to Deal in Death.” Here is a the quick summary: “The healthcare professions are rightly devoted to the restoration and maintenance of health. Deliberately delivering death is in direct opposition to […]
DC Circuit allows undocumented teen to obtain an abortion
Here is a link to a story in the Wall Street Journal on the latest developments in this case. Here is a link to the opinion, which includes Judge Kavanaugh’s dissent claiming that the court’s decision “represents a radical extension of the Supreme Court’s abortion jurisprudence.” Update: Here is a link to a LifeNews story reporting […]
Appellate court stops abortion sought by undocumented teen
Here is a link to a Washington Post story on the latest developments in the lawsuit the ACLU filed to force the Trump Administration to facilitate an abortion for an undocumented teen, who is in a shelter in Texas. The teen was detained by U.S. officials in September after crossing the border illegally. She is being held by HHS’s Office […]
Update on HHS Mandate
Here is an item from the Catholic News Agency on recent developments relating to the HHS mandate. Here is the summary: “The Trump administration announced broad new exemptions to the HHS contraceptive mandate on Friday [October 6, 2017], giving relief to religious non-profits and others with deeply held religious or moral convictions regarding contraception.”
House Passes Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act
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 […]
Indiana AG will appeal decision invalidating ban on abortions of babies with Down Syndrome
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 […]
Congressional Resolution opposing Assisted Suicide
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 […]
commentary on Myers v. Schneiderman
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.
American College of Physicians rejects 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.
NY Court rejects challenge to ban on assisted suicde
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 […]