Mississippi law on admitting privileges enjoined
Here is a link to National Right to Life News story about a decision by a federal judge enjoining a Mississippi law requiring that doctors who perform abortions have admitting privileges at a local hospital. The judge relied on Whole Womans Health v. Hellerstedt, the 2016 Supreme Court decision invalidating a similar Texas law.
“Autonomy, Assisted Suicide, and Neil Gorsuch”
Here is a link to a very good essay by Tim Bradley. The essay is timely as we approach the confirmation hearings for Judge Gorsuch. Bradley discusses Gorsuch’s book on Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia and concludes with this assessment: “Gorsuch’s analysis of the (lack of) limits of the broad definition of protected liberty advanced in […]
AUL urges Senate to confirm Judge Gorsuch
Here is a link to a LifeNews story discussing Americans United for Life’s support for the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the United States Supreme Court.
assisted suicide in Montana
Here is a story in the National Right to Life News about assisted suicide in Montana. Assisted suicide is technically prohibited in Montana but a decision by the Montana Supreme Court in 2009 held that a doctor who assisted in the death of a terminally ill, mentally competent patient would be immune from a homicide […]
German court approves access to suicide drugs
Here is a link blog post by Alex Schadenberg on this very troubling development in Germany. Schadenberg explains that this decision opens the door to the legalization of assisted suicide. Here is his conclusion: “It is very sad how we forget our history and once again give legal power to allow one person to be […]
Peter Singer interview and Wesley Smith’s insightful rejoinder
Here is a link to a blog post by Wesley Smith discussing a recent interview with Peter Singer. In the interview, Singer repeats his controversial views that intellectually disabled human beings are less valuable than certain animals. Any other view, Singer states, is to engage in speciesism, that is, to prefer humans over other species. […]
DC law legalizing assisted suicide is now in effect
Here is a story from LifeNews.com about recent developments in Washington, D.C. The DC City Council passed the law legalizing assisted suicide in 2016. Congress had an opportunity to prevent the law from going into effect but failed to do so. DC joins Oregon, Washington, Vermont, California, and Colorado as jurisdictions where laws explicitly authorize assisted […]
Papers from the 2016 University Faculty for Life conference now available on-line
Many of the papers from the excellent 2016 University Faculty for Life conference held at Marquette are now available on-line at this link. Many thanks to Father Koterski S.J. for his work on editing these papers. There are several papers dealing with brain death and assisted suicide, among many other topics.
interview with Richard Doerflinger on assisted suicide and euthanasia
Here is a link to a good interview with Richard Doerflinger on physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia.
Matthew Franck’s commentary on Gosnell
Here is link to an excellent essay by Matthew Franck entitled “Kermit Gosnell and the Ideology of Abortion on Demand.”