Paul Krugman: "How many people are we talking about? You might say 30 million, the number of additional people the Congressional Budget Office says will have health insurance thanks to Obamacare. But that vastly understates the true number of winners because millions of other Americans — including many who oppose the act — would have … Continue reading The Real Winners
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DFLA's Steve Schneck on Supreme Court’s healthcare decision
Steve Schneck: "What might Catholics think about the Supreme Court’s narrow vindication of the basic features of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)? Like many Catholic progressives, I shouted out two big cheers. But, I can’t quite yet raise that loud third cheer. The court’s decision wonderfully affirms the act’s basic provisions. And those provisions can … Continue reading DFLA's Steve Schneck on Supreme Court’s healthcare decision
DFLA Board Member Stephen Schneck talks about his political party affiliation
US Catholic: "Well, we need to reject the pressures to be half-Catholic. And for me the way to do that is to be a pro‑life Democrat. I am very serious about my commitment to pro‑life causes and yet at the same time I share with other Democrats the more traditional understanding of the common good. … Continue reading DFLA Board Member Stephen Schneck talks about his political party affiliation
The one-child policy: The brutal truth
Economist: "In the photographs the young mother lies on a clinic bed, her hair obscuring her face. She appears as inert as the baby lying beside her. But 23-year-old Feng Jianmei is still alive, whereas her baby girl is not. The baby was killed while still in the womb by an injection arranged by local … Continue reading The one-child policy: The brutal truth
Democrats for Life Comment on the Contraception Mandate
Thomas Berg: "Democrats for Life have filed a comment in the latest round of the contraception-mandate dispute, arguing that the administration's proposed compromise is inadequate and conscience protection must be expanded. (I sit on DFL's board, as many know, and contributed to the analysis in the comment.) The comment focus attention on two points: (1) the especially … Continue reading Democrats for Life Comment on the Contraception Mandate
Evangelicals & Catholics Link Pro-Life Stance to Creation Care
Charles Redfern: "After months of conference calls and drafts and re-drafts, a group of Evangelical Protestants and Roman Catholics released a "Joint Declaration on Life," which sees links "between those who seek to defend human life and those who seek to protect creation." In other words, pro-life activism and ecological activism swim in the same … Continue reading Evangelicals & Catholics Link Pro-Life Stance to Creation Care
Gender Bias
America: "Without regulation, tacit acceptance of abortion for any and all motivations becomes the societal norm. Preventing abortion solely for gender selection is an area on which a wide consensus could be built in the United States. The overemphasis on “choice” in this case undermines decades of society’s efforts to promote gender equality, including the … Continue reading Gender Bias
Eugenics, Past and Future
Ross Douthat: "But given our society’s track record with prenatal testing for Down syndrome, we also have a pretty good idea of what individuals and couples will do with comprehensive information about their unborn child’s potential prospects. In 90 percent of cases, a positive test for Down syndrome leads to an abortion. It is hard … Continue reading Eugenics, Past and Future
Forced abortion picture causes uproar in China
AFP: "Graphic images posted online showing the bloody corpse of a baby whose mother was allegedly forced to terminate her pregnancy at seven months have caused an uproar in China. Rights groups say authorities in north China's Shaanxi province forced Feng Jianmei to abort her pregnancy on June 2 because she was unable to pay … Continue reading Forced abortion picture causes uproar in China
If Only Our Leaders Had Mariam’s Guts
Nicholas Kristof: "Once again, in Sudan there are starving children, tens of thousands of refugees, rapes and racial epithets, a spiraling death toll and passivity in the White House."
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