Is moral correctness reasonable? If one were to listen carefully to anyone talking about how one person ought to treat another person in a civilized society, one might get the impression that morality is totally obvious, rational, universal, and easily actionable. That is, if any sane person were to just think about the intrinsic good
Expanded Transcript Is there really a link between abortion and breast cancer? Responding dismissively to studies correlating abortion with breast cancer, the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists replied, “…women who have had an abortion or a miscarriage have the same risk of developing breast cancer … as women who have not.” But merging miscarriage
Radio Transcript Bob is 60, lying in hospital bed, after having one cancerous lung removed. He smoked for 40 years. Laura is 40; she too is lying in a hospital bed being treated for breast cancer. Medical researchers find correlations between certain diseases and certain behaviors. Like smoking and lung cancer, are there studies that
Expanded Transcript The Illinois State legislature passed SB 1564 and the Republican governor Bruce Rauner signed it, amending the State’s ‘Health Care Right of Conscience Act.’ Paradoxically, the act designed to protect the conscience of medical practitioners changed, forcing them now to violate their conscience when it comes to one thing: Abortion. The law is
Expanded Transcript New York remains the abortion capital of the U.S. with more abortions occurring on a per capita basis than any other state. Abortion is trending down for the seventh consecutive year. The 2015 data reveal that the number of abortions statewide hit another all-time low since abortion was legalized in 1970 (NY legalized
Expanded Transcript Was legalizing abortion as the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court ruled morally correct? If it should be legal, to what extent should it be restricted by the States if at all as some like Texas have insisted? Should all medical providers be forced to participate in abortion by referring or providing it as the
Teresa is a single mother, working a full time job and trying to make ends meet. After her youngest was born a couple of years ago, Teresa gave away all of her baby items, assuming she was done having kids. Learning she was pregnant, shock gripped her. She is in a relationship with the father
New York remains the abortion capital of the U.S. with more abortions occurring on a per capita basis than any other state. Abortion is trending down for the seventh consecutive year. The 2015 data reveals that the number of abortions statewide hit another all-time low since abortion was legalized in 1970 (NY legalized abortion before
Expanded Transcript Is Planned Parenthood the comprehensive and necessary women’s healthcare provider that we’ve been led to believe? Who is Planned Parenthood and what do they do according to them? It’s seems like we should know this information, given that our federal government funds this organization to the tune of half a billion dollars per
Expanded Transcript Mariana couldn’t endure the shame of her friends and family finding out she was pregnant. So, she and her boyfriend reluctantly paid the $600 for a medical abortion, also known as RU-486. RU-486 is a two pill regimen that blocks the pro-gestational hormone (progesterone) that a baby needs to survive and stay in
