Abortion News
Ben Bayer on Why Science without Philosophy Can’t Resolve Abortion Debate
Philosopher Ben Bayer, argues over at New Ideal, that: There is a new push by prominent opponents of abortion to cloak their position in the mantle of science, and claim that anyone who defends abortion rights is a “science denier.” 1 This push has been the impetus...
Abortion Defenders Are Losing the Moral High Ground
Philosopher Ben Bayer provides "some observations about why I think even some of the best defenses have not been strong enough and have even conceded ground to their opponents." Link: Abortion Defenders Are Losing the Moral High Ground (New Ideal)
Ohio Abortion Ban: Involuntary Servitude Applied to Parents
Forcing people to be parents of a mentally or physically disabled child whether they wish to be, or not, is one of the most ruthless, sadistic and mind-numbing forms of totalitarianism possible.
Abortion In Case of Rape is An Argument
The victim of a rape owns her own body and it has been expropriated by a rapist.
Texas Democrat Attempts To Restrict Abortion in Texas
New Bill Could Require Texas Women to Take Adoption Class Before Getting Abortion: Austinist [...] Democrat and Texas State Senator Eddie Lucio from Brownsville has filed a bill that would require the state's Health and Human Services Commission to create a three-hour...
Why Men Need Abortion Just As Much As Women Do | xoJane
Writes Dan Solomon in Why Men Need Abortion Just As Much As Women Do | xoJane: We treat abortion like it’s something men have no part in because it’s possible for men to avoid the consequences of an unintended pregnancy. For men, sometimes it’s as simple as changing...
Wendy Davis, American Heroine
By Scott Holleran One lone woman stood for 10 consecutive hours against the entire Senate in the Lone Star state to defend a woman’s right to an abortion. What Texas Sen. Wendy Davis did is an example of what those of us who cherish individual rights – and our numbers...
While the Economy Lies in Peril Conservatives Spend Time Undermining a Woman’s Right to Abortion
From the NY Times: FARGO, N.D. — Gov. Jack Dalrymple of North Dakota approved the nation’s toughest abortion restrictions on Tuesday, signing into law a measure that would ban nearly all abortions and inviting a legal showdown over just how much states can limit...
Shades of Living Proof: Embryo Tracking
Sometimes the truth is a strange as fiction. As an example take a proposed legislation in Arizona (SB 1376) that is eerily similar to the scenario presented in the fiction novel, Living Proof. Writes Jodi Jacobson on In New Push for "Personhood," Arizona Anti-Choicers...
Roe vs. Wade: Forty Years Later (Audio)
The Ayn Rand Institute has just released the first episode of their new podcast Eye to Eye which focuses on Abortion and Roe vs. Wade. From their website: On January 22, 1973, the United States Supreme Court handed down the decision on the landmark case of Roe v....
Abortion Should Be Legal Because an Individual Has a Right To Their Own Life
Good criticism of religious conservatives like Rush Limbaugh on why they are wrong to oppose a woman's right to her own body.
Grasping the essence of the abortion issue
The two key issues to focus on are: the nature of a fetus, and the nature of individual rights. The first issue to grasp is the difference between potential and actual. A fetus is not an actual human being, but is human tissue. A fetus is only a potential human being,...