End of Life
Reigning in the Culture of Death: The Continued Fight Against Physician-Assisted Suicide in the US
Friday, July 11th, 2008It has been nearly fourteen years since the Oregon Death with Dignity Act was approved by a narrow margin in November 1994. This year, state bills and ballot initiatives attempting to legalize and create a state constitutional right to physician-assisted suicide (PAS) have been introduced, and challenges against state criminal homicide laws prohibiting assisted suicide [...]
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops: Direct attacks on innocent human life are always gravely wrong
Monday, June 16th, 2008In its first statement devoted exclusively to the issue of embryonic stem cell research, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) last week firmly stated the following:
It now seems undeniable that once we cross the fundamental moral line that prevents us from treating any fellow human being as a mere object of research, there [...]
Drastic Reduction of Abortions in Michigan Demonstrate the Importance of Incremental Protections
Thursday, May 29th, 2008As life-affirming laws in Michigan increase, the abortion rates in Michigan continue to plummet. Michigan state health officials announced last week that the abortion rate in the state have dropped to a record low since record-keeping began in 1979. The current abortion rate shows a 50% drop since the peak in 1987, and a 3.7% [...]
The 2008 Presidential Election
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008As the 2008 Presidential Election approaches, we find ourselves struggling to determine which presidential candidate will best serve our country and hold fast to the principles and values we hold dear. One factor of increasing importance in this determination is a candidate’s position on abortion and life issues. How important is it for the pro-life [...]
Required Reading: Health Policy Interview
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008Discover has published an interview with Leon Kass, the former chair of the President’s Council on Bioethics, that is far ranging in its discussion of health policy issues. Touching on ethics, technological innovation, end of life issues, reproduction issues, stem cell research, therapy vs. enhancement, access to healthcare, and civic engagement, the interview is well [...]
Conference on Extending Life and End of Life Issues
Monday, March 3rd, 2008Americans United for Life is co-sponsoring with The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity a conference on aging, death, and immortality March 6-8 in Phoenix.
The Conference Will Equip Participants to:
Understand the clinical and social experience of aging, especially in the American context.
Anticipate developments in the near future of healthcare, science, biotechnology, medical law, [...]
Schedule for AUL Legal Institute Announced. Save the Dates June 23-26, 2008
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
AUL Legal Institute — June 23-26, 2008
Preliminary Schedule (subject to change)
Registration Coming Soon
Monday, June 23
9:00 — 9:15 am
Welcome
Daniel McConchie, M.A., Vice President & Executive Director, Americans United for Life
9:15 — 10:30 am
Abortion: The Ultimate Abuser of Women
TBD
10:45 — 12:00 pm
RU486 and the Coming Chemical Abortion Revolution
TBD
12:15 — 1:15 pm
Lunch with morning speaker (TBD)
1:30 — 3:00 [...]
Assisted Suicide Initiative Challenged in Washington
Monday, February 11th, 2008Disability advocates, medical professionals, pro-life advocates, and other opponents of physician-assisted suicide have filed a lawsuit to stop a proposed Washington ballot initiative legalizing the practice.
The Coalition Against Assisted Suicide maintains that the wording of Initiative 1000 fails to inform voters of all the potential changes to state law and argues that it not only [...]
Delaware Court Allows the Removal of Brain-Damaged 23-year old Woman’s Feeding Tube
Thursday, January 31st, 2008Delaware Court of Chancery Master Sam Glasscock III issued a ruling January 24, 2008, that could result in the withdrawal of Lauren Marie Richardson’s feeding tube.
Twenty-three year-old Lauren Marie Richardson suffered severe brain damage after a heroine overdose in August 2007. She was kept alive with feeding tubes and a ventilator, and successfully delivered a [...]
Terri’s Day
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008Priests for Life and the Terri Schindler Schiavo Foundation have established March 31st of every year as the “International Day of Prayer and Remembrance for Terri Schindler Schiavo and All of Our Vulnerable Brothers and Sisters,” or simply, “Terri’s Day.” This coming March 31st, 2008 will mark the third anniversary of Terri’s death by dehydration. [...]
AUL Co-Sponsoring Bioethics Conference
Friday, November 9th, 2007Extending Life: Setting the Agenda for the Ethics of Aging, Death, and Immortality – A Conference, Institutes, and Seminars on bioethics
Institutes - March 3-6, 2008
Conference - March 6-8, 2008
Featuring:
Plenary Speakers
Informal Networking
Public Debate
Special Keynote Dinner
The conference will equip participants to:
Understand the clinical and social experience of aging, especially in the American context.
Anticipate developments in the near [...]
International Perspectives on Life Issues
Tuesday, October 30th, 2007MercatorNet is an excellent online publication from Australia that covers a variety of topics. In the past week they’ve had a trio of worthy articles on life issues.
Shameful anniversary, sham inquiry. Forty years ago Britain passed a law that has facilitated 6.7 million abortions. A government inquiry has seen to it that nothing will change.
Making [...]
2007 State Legislative Sessions in Review
Friday, August 31st, 2007Just posted at AUL.org, our review of the 2007 state legislative sessions.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Overall Trends andAnalysis
Abortion
Amendments to General Abortion Statutes
Abortion Bans/Constitutional Amendments
Abortion Clinic Regulations
Clinic Access/FACE
Coerced Abortions
Crisis Pregnancy Centers
Freedom of Choice Act/FOCA
Informed Consent/Women’s Right to Know
Insurance Coverage
Legislative Declarations
Parental Involvement
Provider Requirements/Limitations
Public Funding for Abortion
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