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Infanticide and the Rational Soul, Part II: Aquinas and the Immateriality of the Soul

Posted: May 16, 2013
By: E. Christian Brugger, D.Phil.

In my last brief, I summarized the chilling argument from the 2012 Journal of Medical Ethics (JME) defending the indefensible practice of killing infants after birth (so called “after birth abortion”).  I described how the authors argue that neither fetuses … Read

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Infanticide and the Rational Soul, Part I: Michael Tooley and the Denial of Personhood

Posted: May 14, 2013
By: E. Christian Brugger, D.Phil.

In February 2012, the Journal of Medical Ethics (JME) published a scholarly article defending infanticide (“after-birth abortion”).  It stirred considerable controversy.  The authors, Alberto Giubilini and Francesca Minerva (GM), argued as follows: a fetus is not an actual person but … Read

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Easter Greetings!

Posted: March 31, 2013
By: E. Christian Brugger, D.Phil.

Dear Friends, All the grace and joy of our risen Lord to each of you!  On behalf of the Fellows of Culture of Life Foundation, I would like to share with you our Easter greetings and in doing so introduce … Read

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Just Charity

Posted: March 21, 2013
By: Frank J. Moncher, Ph.D.

The Role of Giving and Receiving in a Flourishing Life This essay will show how the dual concepts of giving and receiving are foundational for human growth and development.  The latter notion is easy to understand: humans need to receive … Read

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Still No Room for Religious Freedom

Posted: March 1, 2013
By: Margaret Datiles Watts, J.D.

  Still No Room for Religious Freedom under Obama’s New HHS Mandate “Accommodation”  I. Introduction On February 1, 2013, the Obama Administration issued the long-awaited Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for the HHS Mandate.  The proposed rule affirms the HHS … Read

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Just the Facts: Women, the Elections, and the Medical Case against Obamacare

Posted: October 19, 2012
By: Margaret Datiles Watts, J.D.

Fact and myth have become intermingled when it comes to the Affordable Health Care Act’s HHS Mandate.  Amidst the clang and clamour of Presidential Election campaign taglines, the truth about the actual effects of Obamacare on women’s health and religious … Read

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The Emotion of Anger vs. The Sin of Wrath

Posted: July 25, 2012
By: William E. May

angry.jpegFor the past 4 weeks (June 18-July 13), and for some more time to come, I have had to go to a hospital every weekday where I can receive hyperoxygenated baric therapy. The therapy requires me to enter a “chamber” where I remain for 2 ½ hours in the hyperoxygenated environment in order fully to heal osteomyelitis in a bone on the second toe of my left foot. While in the “chamber” I cannot read a book because the paper in the book would catch fire. For 2 ½ hours I can either sleep, pray, or watch television. For the most part I have slept because I usually must get up at 5 a.m. in order to dress, have medications infused and be ready to leave the rehab facility in which I now live. Transportation to and from the rehab facility is a wheelchair-equipped vehicle which leaves at 8 a.m. to get me to the hospital in time to be prepared to enter the “chamber.”
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The Supreme Court and Obamacare: What Do We Do Now?

Posted: July 3, 2012
By: Margaret Datiles Watts, J.D.

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 Last Thursday, June 28, the U. S. Supreme Court upheld 5-4 Obamacare’s “individual mandate” as constitutional under Congress’ power to levy taxes.  Importantly, the Supreme Court did not rule on the abortion- and religious freedom-related provisions of Obamacare because those were not the legal issues presented before the Court in this case.  As Chief Justice Roberts indicated in the majority opinion, Obamacare can still be challenged as unconstitutional on other grounds.  In the same vein, Justice Ginsburg indicated that provisions of Obamacare could be overturned if they infringe on religious freedom and freedom of speech.  The Supreme Court decision has allowed abortion funding and threats to religious freedom under Obamacare stand, leaving Obamacare vulnerable to the 23 HHS Mandate cases currently making their way through the courts, as well as to future lawsuits challenging any of Obamacare’s other provisions.

 

This essay shall (1) summarize the ruling of the Supreme Court in the Obamacare case; (2) explain how Obamacare funds abortion and threatens religious freedom; and (3) offer recommendations on what we should do next.

 

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Defending Our First Freedom: The HHS Mandate and the American Promise of Religious Freedom

Posted: June 22, 2012
By: Margaret Datiles Watts, J.D.

madison.jpegJames Madison wrote in his Essay on Property: “Conscience is the most sacred of all property.”  Religious freedom is a cornerstone of American society, culture, government and rights.  One of the founding principles of our nation, it is rightly called our “first freedom.”  The recent hailstorm of lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the HHS Mandate implicates a frightening and unprecedented departure by the government from the American promise of religious freedom. 

 

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A Longtime Practitioner of IVF Repudiates the “Making” of Babies

Posted: June 13, 2012
By: William E. May

Dr. Anthony Caruso practiced IVF for 15 years, and for the final 10 had a thriving practice in Chicago. In 2008 he abandoned this practice and gave superb reasons for doing so. He was interviewed in September 2010 by MercatorNet, … Read

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