LifeIssues.net requests articles
Jerry Novotny, editor of LifeIssues.net, is looking for articles for the website, which is nearing eight million viewers internationally. Please consult the site at http://lifeissues.net/. I recommend the site as an exemplary vehicle to share full-text scholarly research not only with colleagues, but also students (the vast majority of whom seek information and material online).
Democrats and euthanasia
A colleague has asked for information about the Democratic Party’s support of euthanasia. While my colleague knows that the party supports the current US law on abortion (legal throughout the nine months of pregnancy for any reason whatsoever), he is uncertain that the party’s support for what has come to be known as “death panels” […]
Life Decisions International boycott info available by email
Life Decisions International, the group that successfully defunds abortion groups like Planned Parenthood through corporate boycotts, now makes its Caleb Report and other special reports available to members by email. According to its website, at least 261 corporations have ceased funding Planned Parenthood for “more than $40 million.” Persons interested in monitoring such corporate boycott activity can […]
Oregon’s assisted suicide law and doctor-shopping
Here is an interesting post from Wesley Smith about Oregon’s assisted suicide law and doctor-shopping. http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/secondhandsmoke/2010/10/27/as-i-have-been-saying-for-more-than-10-years-oregon-assisted-suicide-leads-to-doctor-shopping/ As Smith describes the phenomenon, doctor-shopping involves “suicidal people looking for death doctors to write the lethal prescription, with that being the only reason for the consultation–as in Jack Kevorkian.” Smith’s post discusses a recent report by a British group that […]
Colorado personhood amendment loses
The Colorado personhood amendment lost by a large margin. Here is a link to the LifeNews story. http://www.lifenews.com/2010/11/03/state-5640/ Richard M.
US-China Education Review publishing opportunity
Colleagues who presented papers at the International Association of Asian Studies earlier this year may be contacted by the US-China Education Review. A UFL colleague will submit his paper on abortion in the works of Mo Yan and would be happy to assist others in the preparation of their work.
Literary research tip
Colleagues who conduct online research are familiar with statewide services like OhioLINK that use Library of Congress subject headings in their library catalogs. (OhioLINK is the consortium that connects virtually all of the libraries of private and public colleges and universities in Ohio). You may also want to conduct literary research using the “search inside this […]
Scholarship on election data needed
Political Science colleagues or others who research election data are needed to analyze yesterday’s midterm elections in the United States. I am particularly interested in: 1. the strength of the pro-life vote; 2. the shift in the political affiliation of Hispanic/Latino voters to the Republican Party; and 3. the effect of voter surveys conducted by […]
Austin Ruse’s evaluation of the Princeton conference on abortion
Here is Austin Ruse’s decidedly negative evaluation of the recent Princeton conference on abortion. http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2010/pro-life-naifs-in-the-big-city.html Richard M.
article on the abortion rights of inmates
I just read an interesting article with the title “Rules for Radical Lawyers: Advancing the Abortion Rights of Inmates” by Mark Egerman of the National Abortion Federation. (See http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1554401) The article deals with an issue that has received a lot of attention in the literature. Many scholars have focused on the backlash caused by litigation […]