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Bunnies and Misogyny
/3 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder[This is the second post in a series on the pro-life movement and misogyny. Additional posts can be found here: Logical Reasoning and Misogyny Control and Misogyny] An analogy: A fatal disease is spreading among a population. An ointment is being developed that will likely cure the disease, but every few ounces of the ointment […]
Today’s stories
/2 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardThe Department of Defense authorization bill, which contained both taxpayer funding of abortion (the Burris Amendment) and the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, has failed to pass. Now, a standalone piece of legislation has been introduced to repeal Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. By divorcing it from the abortion issue, LGBT advocates may be able […]
Quick News Roundup: 12/09/10
/1 Comment/in Uncategorized /by Matthew NewmanDomestic News: Pro-life state legislators in Indiana are planning to put forward legislation to prohibit the state from funding Planned Parenthood and to ban abortions after 20 weeks. In Hamilton County, Ohio a Judge rules in favor of a woman suing Planned Parenthood. A woman says that she received an abortion when she was 14 […]
What should be the pro-life position on climate change?
/8 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardI won’t leave you hanging: the answer is that pro-lifers must follow the scientific evidence wherever it leads. Recently, Steven Mosher of the Population Research Institute wrote an article for LifeNews.com, rightfully denouncing Ted Turner’s call for a global one-child policy. (Turner, he writes, fathered five kids but “has often publicly regretted having so many […]
Ship of Theseus
/6 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Guest BloggerToday’s post is by guest author Nulono. Two interesting dilemmas are the Ship of Theseus paradox and the Loki’s Wager fallacy. Basically, the ship of Theseus was an important ship in ancient Greece (for reasons that aren’t important). This ship was so important that the Athenians decided it needed to be preserved. So, through the […]
Quiet Days
/2 Comments/in Uncategorized /by AmeliaLinneThis week was a quiet one. We gave out one pamphlet in the morning, but it doesn’t seem to have changed her mind. However, last weekend, when I was home for Thanksgiving, we apparently had a drive off. One young woman sat in her car for a long time before coming over to talk to […]
Logical Reasoning and Misogyny
/33 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder[This is the first post in a series on the pro-life movement and misogyny. Additional posts can be found here: Bunnies and Misogyny Control and Misogyny] So a few months ago I was studying for the Logical Reasoning portion of the LSAT. My practice book had a section on causal reasoning that gave a method […]
A secular review of HLI America birth control survey
/20 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardHLI America is a part of Human Life International, a Catholic group opposed to birth control. So when I saw that they had released a survey of 800 women regarding hormonal contraceptive use, I took it with a grain of salt. Their interpretation emphasizes the negative; the HLI America website gives it the title “The […]
Women Veterans Bill of Rights
/31 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey HazzardH.R. 5953 is a proposed piece of legislation designed to help meet the needs of women who have served the United States in the military by posting “Women Veterans Bill of Rights” signs in Veterans Affairs offices. It includes a provision that will hopefully improve female veterans’ awareness of their ability to access health care. […]
Quick News Roundup: 12/02/10
/14 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Matthew NewmanHappy December and Happy Hanukkah to our Jewish readers. Domestic News: A federal judge rejected a lawsuit by Liberty University regarding the recently passed federal healthcare overhaul stating that they did not see enough evidence to sustain their claim that the legislation would require abortion funding. Dr. Leroy Carhart is officially moving to Maryland to […]