• Abortion •
Doing Something About Abortion — The New York Times Looks to Louisville
January 16, 2006
The New York Times offers a rare and very solid report on the operations of a crisis pregnancy center and assistance ministry for women in today’s edition. In “Some Abortion Foes Forgo Politics for Quiet Talk,” reporter John Leland takes readers into the A Woman’s Choice Resource Center in Louisville, Kentucky.
The Ultrasound Generation — Ten Million Missing Baby Girls in India
January 10, 2006
Just how will the feminists respond to this? The Times [London] now reports that the use of ultrasound imaging technology has led to the abortion of approximately 500,000 girl babies each year — that’s more than 10 million over the past twenty years.
The Word Became Flesh and Asssumed the Status of a Zygote
December 23, 2005
Bioethicist Nigel M. de S. Cameron points to a significance of the incarnation that may be missed by many — what he calls “the bioethics of Bethlehem.”
The Truth About Women and Abortion — Lasting Trauma
December 13, 2005
Guilt, distress, and mental trauma among women who have experienced an abortion are far more common and long-lasting than abortion rights proponents have claimed. Researchers with the Norwegian Council for Mental Health and the University of Oslo evaluated 40 women who had experienced miscarriage and 80 women who had experienced an abortion. The women were then followed by the researchers for five years.
Parental Notification and the Absolutism of the Abortion-Rights Movement
December 7, 2005
George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley identifies himself as “pro-choice,” but he sees a dangerous absolutism in the abortion movement. Writing in USA Today, he argues that the movement’s opposition to parental notification laws represents an “unbridled passion that often seems more a matter of blind faith than reasoned principle.”
Babies Surviving Abortion — “Substandard Medicine”
November 30, 2005
The Times [London] reports that an agency of the British government is set to investigate reports that up to 50 babies a year are born alive after botched abortions. See this:
The Perverse Logic of Abortion
November 30, 2005
Abortion is back as front-page news and is once again in the forefront of the nation’s concern. A poignant and chilling perspective on the issue of abortion has been provided by an article published in the November 29, 2005 edition of the Los Angeles Times. In “Offering Abortion, Rebirth,” reporter Stephanie Simon takes readers into the life and logic of one of the nation’s most notorious abortion providers.
