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Have US conscience clause protections been eviscerated?

James S. Cole | 30 November 2010 |
tags: conscience, conscientious objection
An American nurse who was forced to participate in a late-term abortion has effectively nowhere she can lodge a grievance. 


Spoilt Rotten

Francis Phillips | 30 November 2010 |
tags: social commentary, Theodore Dalrymple
Theodore Dalrymple applies the scalpel to Britain's toxic cult of sentimentality.



No more “mental retardation”. So?

Leticia Velasquez | 29 November 2010 |
tags: abortion, Down syndrome, intellectual disability
I would prefer my daughter to be called a “retard" and know that abortion of babies with Down syndrome had ceased.


Count me in

Leticia Velasquez | 29 November 2010 |
tags: Down syndrome, education, social inclusion
Christina has trisomy 21, but socially she makes her extra chromosome count.



Coal, conservation and the value of human life

Carolyn Moynihan | 26 November 2010 |
tags: disasters, environmentalism, Pike River Mine
New Zealand owes it to the 29 men who died at the Pike River mine to get these values in the right order.


12 things your MP never told you about the family…

Rita Joseph | 26 November 2010 |
tags: family law, same-sex marriage, United Nations
... but ought to, before consulting you about same-sex marriage.


Reorienting sexuality

Melinda Selmys | 25 November 2010 |
tags: homosexuality, human nature, philosophy
The idea that sexual orientation is fixed is based on an impoverished view of the human person, says a former lesbian.


Marriage is no place for me-too-ism

Tim Cannon | 24 November 2010 |
tags: Australia, same-sex marriage
Let's go back to the beginning. Why does anyone deserve the protection offered by legally-recognised marriage?



Taming China’s tantrums

Constance Kong | 23 November 2010 |
tags: China, Nobel Peace Prize
The gunboat diplomacy of the West has been succeeded by the extortion diplomacy of the East. 


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Dear Illinois legislators

Sheila Liaugminas | 23 November 2010 |
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You’ve got mail. And probably a lot of phone calls in recent times. From some concerned citizens of the…


Ireland: from the bottom, everything is up

Michael Kirke | 23 November 2010 |
tags: financial crisis, Ireland
The financial melt-down will not put a dent in Irish resilience. 


Most medical research is wrong? Are you kidding?

Michael Cook | 22 November 2010 |
tags: science, stem cells
No. In fact, the leading figure in medical statistics says plainly, “most claimed research findings are false”.


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Kate Middleton’s “stable family background” a plus

Carolyn Moynihan | 22 November 2010 |
tags: British Royal Family, cohabitation, marriage
Not to be outdone by The Daily Mail and the New York Times, The Economist  has pronounced on…


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The people’s choice?

Mariette Ulrich | 22 November 2010 |
tags: abortion, internet, parenting
A Minneapolis couple are supposedly deciding whether to give birth or abort their unborn child on the basis of an…


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A Hollywood story, where things turn out (more or less) right

Carolyn Moynihan | 19 November 2010 |
tags: adoption, family, Hollywood
Life seems to have imitated art in the life of child film star Baby Marie Osborne, according to an obituary…


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