CNA: "Oklahoma University Law Professor Michael Scaperlanda concurred with Professor George and Dr. Bellieni. He told CNA on Feb. 29 that abortion supporters lacked any persuasive, well-grounded reason for rejecting infanticide. He agreed that Minerva and Giubilini “are following the 'pro-choice' logic in extending this to infanticide. It turns out that, post-conception, there really is … Continue reading Academics' defense of infanticide supported by pro-choice logic
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Academics argue for Infanticide
The Telegraph: "The authors therefore concluded that “what we call ‘after-birth abortion’ (killing a newborn) should be permissible in all the cases where abortion is, including cases where the newborn is not disabled”. They also argued that parents should be able to have the baby killed if it turned out to be disabled without their … Continue reading Academics argue for Infanticide
Confessions of a Pro-Life Atheist
Patrick Ptomey: "Arguing against abortion goes beyond the policies or teachings of any religious text. It is not an issue restricted only to the religious but rather an issue concerning human rights and therefore defies the labels of religion, political affiliation, race, gender, sexual orientation, and so on. If we can agree that abortion wrongfully … Continue reading Confessions of a Pro-Life Atheist
Varieties of Gendercide
Walter Russell Mead: "In the UK, where abortion based on sex selection is illegal, the Telegraph reports that doctors have been caught on film telling patients not to worry—they won’t abort and tell: Doctors at British clinics . . . admitted they were prepared to falsify paperwork to arrange the abortions even though it is … Continue reading Varieties of Gendercide
Susan B. Anthony's Hit List
The American Prospect: "The List’s evolution from an organization designed to support women like Dahlkemper to one that worked to defeat her had begun years earlier, when the List started to feed on, and feed into, the Republican fundraising machine. Dahlkemper says she had come to suspect the group’s true mission long before she lost … Continue reading Susan B. Anthony's Hit List
The Media’s Abortion Blinders
Ross Douthat: "Conservative complaints about media bias are sometimes overdrawn. But on the abortion issue, the press’s prejudices are often absolute, its biases blatant and its blinders impenetrable. In many newsrooms and television studios across the country, Planned Parenthood is regarded as the equivalent of, well, the Komen foundation: an apolitical, high-minded and humanitarian institution … Continue reading The Media’s Abortion Blinders
Va. Senate approves abortion ultrasound requirement
Richmond Times Dispatch: "The Virginia Senate on Wednesday approved a bill that would require a woman seeking an abortion to first have an ultrasound, virtually assuring the measure will become state law... The vote on the legislation, Senate Bill 484, was 21-18 in the 40-member chamber. Nineteen of the 20 Republicans and two Democrats — … Continue reading Va. Senate approves abortion ultrasound requirement
Why we march for life
Danielle Bean: "Some say we should allow for abortion, even if we would not choose it ourselves, because not everyone shares our religious beliefs and we “can’t legislate morality.” Young pro-lifers are quick to point out, however, that we do just that all the time. We outlaw murder, rape, slavery, and theft because all of … Continue reading Why we march for life
Calif. bishops back anti-death penalty and parental notification initiatives
CNA: "A proposed California ballot initiative to require parental notification for abortions and another initiative to end the death penalty both won the support of the state’s Catholic bishops, who say the proposals will bring “common sense, compassion and prudent justice” to public policy."
Texas Abortion Law Can Go Into Effect Immediately
WSJ: "A federal appeals court cleared the way Friday for the immediate enforcement of a new abortion law in Texas requiring doctors to conduct a sonogram before the procedure."
The Whole Life Democrat 