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
Abortion
Blackballing Nat Hentoff
RCR: "Hentoff dug into the case and the abortion industry at large, and what he found shocked him. He came across the published reports of experiments in what doctors at Yale-New Haven Hospital called "early death as a management option" for infants "considered to have little or no hope of achieving meaningful 'humanhood.'" He talked … Continue reading Blackballing Nat Hentoff
"Pro-Choice" Americans at Record-Low 41%
Gallup: "The 41% of Americans who now identify themselves as "pro-choice" is down from 47% last July and is one percentage point below the previous record low in Gallup trends, recorded in May 2009. Fifty percent now call themselves "pro-life," one point shy of the record high, also from May 2009."
Separation Anxiety: Abortion Funding & the Affordable Care Act
Timothy Jost: " Under the ACA and the exchange regulations, people will learn whether a plan covers abortion in the same way they will learn about all the other features of available plans: through the Summary of Benefits and Coverage. The SBC is an eight-page, plain-language, comprehensive description of plan coverage, limitations, and exclusions. It is … Continue reading Separation Anxiety: Abortion Funding & the Affordable Care Act
The lady on the ladder, and other abortion stereotypes
Melinda Henneberger: "This is certainly not a partisan perspective; as someone who doesn’t think corporations are people but does think unborn children are, I don’t really have one of those. I do, though, hope the day will come when we will look back on both capital punishment and abortion as we now look back on … Continue reading The lady on the ladder, and other abortion stereotypes
Beyond Abortion—A Common Good Feminism for the Twenty-First Century
Article I co-wrote with Christopher Hale, Anne Roan Thomas, and Sarah Rosemann: "Neither ideological extremism nor partisanship should stand in the way of accomplishing this worthy goal. The time has come to dial down the nasty rhetoric and the perpetual vitriol and work together on a goal everyone can agree on without compromising their deepest … Continue reading Beyond Abortion—A Common Good Feminism for the Twenty-First Century
Jimmy Carter urges Democrats to tone down abortion focus
Daily Caller: "According to Carter, reducing the focus on abortion, and advocating for its increasing rarity, would attract more voters to the Democratic Party."
Does Barack Obama's health care bill include $1 abortions? No.
PolitiFact: "The claim that the Obama administration has issued rules for "$1 abortions in ObamaCare" is ridiculous; the administration has simply set a floor for how much money per month of the premiums paid by those who have chosen plans that include abortion must be placed in a segregated account in order to make sure that … Continue reading Does Barack Obama's health care bill include $1 abortions? No.
Children with Down Syndrome: Will Culture Make Them Disappear?
Christianity Today: "We must not be content to live in a world where abortion weeds out Down syndrome and other kinds of disabilities. Those with Down syndrome have challenges, sometimes significant, but they bring abounding joy and expressive love to everyone and to everything they encounter."
Abortion debate entering new arenas
Rep. Chris Smith: "Why do so many who claim to be proponents of human rights systematically dehumanize and exclude the weakest and most vulnerable human beings from legal protection? Why the modern-day surge in prejudice and ugly bias against unborn children and newborns? Why the policy of exclusion, rather than inclusion? Why is lethal violence … Continue reading Abortion debate entering new arenas
The Whole Life Democrat 