Abortion
Today we find ourselves at a critical juncture in our efforts to protect women and the unborn from the scourge of abortion. More pro-life laws are in effect than ever before and there is increasing public recognition of the negative impact of abortion on women. However, the results of the November elections promise new challenges. More . . .
Legal Recognition of the Unborn &
Newly Born
Teresa Keeler was eight months pregnant when she was beaten unconscious by her jealous ex-husband, Robert Keeler, who told her during the attack that he was going to “stomp it out of her.” Later, at the hospital, Keeler delivered her daughter, who was stillborn and suffered from a fractured skull. Prosecutors attempted to charge Robert Keeler for the beating of his ex-wife and for the murder of her unborn daughter. However, this was 1969 and California did not have an unborn victims of violence law (i.e. fetal homicide statute). More . . .
Bioethics
With each passing year, we face new and increasingly complex challenges to the sanctity of human life. Medical research and new biotechnologies are advancing far faster than our society’s ethical and legal constraints ensuring its moral use. When Aldous Huxley wrote Brave New World in 1932, human cloning was just science fiction. Today, human cloning is a reality. More . . .
End of Life
In May 2008, Oregon resident Barbara Wagner received a chilling rejection letter from her healthcare insurance company. Wagner’s health plan denied coverage for medication that would treat her cancer and extend her life, but instead offered to pay for medication to end her life. More . . .
Healthcare Rights of Conscience
Legal protection for healthcare freedom of conscience affirms the need to provide quality care to patients, but also acknowledges that certain demands of patients, usually for procedures that are life-destructive and not life-saving, must not be blindly accommodated to the detriment of the rights of healthcare providers. Individuals and institutions do not lose their right to exercise their moral and religious beliefs and consciences once they decide to enter the healthcare profession. More . . .
