Interview about pro-life pioneer Dr. Horatio Storer
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 […]
A new book on the relationship between slavery and abortion
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 […]
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 […]
ProVita Newsletter coming in October
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 provitanews@yahoo.com. I am looking for contributions in […]
Signs of hope in the academy
I’d like to begin a series of posts about signs of hope in the academy. There has been a lot of bad news lately, esp. involving the federal government. There have also been some signs of hope in our society, such as the Texas legislative battle and abortion clinic closings. I’ve seen many articles about […]
Kaczor’s New Book
Chris Kaczor, professor of philosophy at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, recently published A Defense of Dignity: Creating Life, Destroying Life, and Protecting the Rights of Conscience (University of Notre Dame Press, 2013) as part of the Notre Dame Studies in Medical Ethics series. The book addresses beginning- and end-of-life issues in light of the […]
Pregnancy in the case of rape?
People who are doing research in the area of pregnancy resulting from rape may want to be aware of and respond to a blog post on the Bioethics.net web page that calls into question the idea that the distress from rape suppresses ovulation. The article states: “As controversial as the subject of abortion is, irrespective of […]
Another Article about Dr. Jérôme Lejeune
Here on the National Catholic Register web page is an article about Dr. Jérôme Lejeune, “father of modern genetics,” candidate for Catholic sainthood, and former adviser to UFL. The focus of this article is on the U.S. Jérôme Lejeune Foundation, which continues the work he started to help care for people with Down’s Syndrome and to look for […]
NYT publishes letter to the editor from UFL member
The New York Times recently published an op-ed by a woman who aborted one of two children she was carrying during her 23rd week of gestation. Monica Miller, a UFL member, responds with a letter to the editor.
What do the abortion and marriage issues have in common (besides judicial overreach)?
Blessed Pope John Paul II writes in The Gospel of Life (1995), no. 97: It is an illusion to think that we can build a true culture of human life if we do not help the young to accept and experience sexuality and love and the whole of life according to their true meaning and […]