Abortion

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Who or what is a “child”?

Margaret Somerville | 22 May 2013 |

tags: abortion, Canada

Canada's Parliament lacks the courage to take a stand on defining when an unborn child will be protected by the law.

There’s always another choice

Anne Ponton | 09 May 2013 |

tags: abortion, premature birth, pro-choice

A Texas mother remembers how doctors struggled to save her premature twin daughters.

The President needs a history lesson

Robert R. Reilly | 30 April 2013 |

tags: abortion, Barack Obama, Planned Parenthood

The President's fulsome praise of Planned Parenthood ignores its shameful origin in racist eugenics.

Tasmania’s intimidating abortion bill

Michael Cook | 30 April 2013 |

tags: abortion, conscientious objection, Tasmania

Deregistration, heavy fines and jail terms threaten those who voice their opposition to abortion.

The real story of Savita’s tragic death

Caroline Farrow | 24 April 2013 |

tags: abortion, Ireland

Last year the death of an Indian woman was exploited as an example of Ireland’s “archaic” abortion laws. But the under-reported inquest tells a different story.

Quiet, please. Complacency at work!

Carolyn Moynihan | 16 April 2013 |

tags: abortion, Kermit Gosnell, New York Times

The New York Times has ignored an appalling abuse of human rights in nearby Philadelphia. What explains its indifference to the Kermit Gosnell abortion trial?

Why is Canada’s parliament tip-toeing around sex-selective abortion?

Margaret Somerville | 09 April 2013 |

tags: abortion, Canada, gendercide, sex-selective abortion

Debate is being stifled because the government is afraid to touch the third rail.

New frontiers in repressing dissent

Mishka Gora | 11 March 2013 |

tags: abortion, Tasmania

Tasmania may be small, but it will punch far above its weight on the world stage in shutting down protests against abortion if a new bill is passed.

40 years after Roe v Wade, a deadly stalemate

G. Tracy Mehan III | 22 January 2013 |

tags: abortion, Roe v. Wade, US Supreme Court

Despite recent state restrictions and a growth in pro-life sentiment, more than a million lives are lost to abortion each year in the US.

Pro-lifers taking a new direction

William West | 15 January 2013 |

tags: abortion, human dignity, human rights, prisons, pro-life

Prison reform is human dignity issue that needs to be addressed urgently.

Science and the politics of personhood

Maureen L. Condic | 10 January 2013 |

tags: abortion, human rights,, science

Science can and should help determine sound public policy on matters that involve basic human rights.

The paradoxes of gun control

Tim Lee | 18 December 2012 |

tags: abortion, gun control

Schools are not the only places where children should be protected against a violent death.

A more than nominal problem

Karl D. Stephan | 13 December 2012 |

tags: abortion, artificial intelligence, Holocaust, philosophy

By tempting us to define our own reality, nominalism can throw a whole culture out of whack.

Finding common ground on Canadian abortion law

Margaret Somerville | 06 December 2012 |

tags: abortion, Canada, common ground

After years of debate, Canada has no law on abortion. Is is possible to find an acceptable compromise to rein it in?

Shoot first, aim later

Michael Kirke | 04 December 2012 |

tags: abortion, Ireland, media ethics

Ireland's Press Council was praised by the Leveson Inquiry. But it hasn't put a stop to the group think in the Irish media.

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