Bioethics

“[T]here’s a lot of killing going on in the Netherlands that doesn’t involve a gun and isn’t classified as murder, although it should be.” - Christian Post

“Two Personhood Acts were introduced in the South Carolina legislature this week that would criminalize receiving or performing an abortion. State Senator Richard Cash introduced the bill in the Senate on Wednesday, and State Representative Josiah Magnuson introduced a similar bill on Thursday.” - Jurist

“Within two short days, we may learn a great deal about Justice Kavanaugh’s approach to abortion rights and about the willingness of the Court to roll back recent, abortion-friendly jurisprudence.” - National Review

“The weighted mean termination rate was 67% (range: 61%-93%) among seven population-based studies, 85% (range: 60%-90%) among nine hospital-based studies, and 50% (range: 0%-100%) among eight anomaly-based studies.” - Daily Wire

“Planned Parenthood even says that the undocumented ‘have the right to live.’ I totally agree with this sentiment. All people have the right to live. ….But there is, you might say, a different southern border that is quite often protected by violent means.” - Matt Walsh

“A 2013 study of abortions after the 20th week of pregnancy indicated that ‘most women seeking later terminations are not doing so for reasons of fetal anomaly or life endangerment.’” - N. Review

“The Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) filed an emergency appeal to the US Supreme Court on Monday to prevent enforcement of a Louisiana law that establishes admitting privileges for doctors performing abortions.” - Jurist

“Many were alarmed and dispirited by footage this week of raucous cheering in the New York state Senate chamber…. for a bill to remove any protections as persons from unborn children at any stage of pregnancy.” - Russel Moore

“This legislation is an opportunity for Congress to find consensus built on common sense, compassion, science, and a simple fact: every baby deserves a fighting chance at life.” - W. Examiner

“Mount Carmel Health System says one of its intensive-care doctors gave “significantly excessive and potentially fatal” doses of pain medication to at least 27 near-death patients between 2015 and 2018.” - N.Review