Category: abortion

Capitol Report (Dec. 3): Vice President Harris Will Lose 4 Staff Members by End of Year

The chief spokesperson for Vice President Kamala Harris has resigned from her position. Two weeks ago, Harris’s communications director also resigned. Omicron is starting to surface throughout the United States and the White House says there will be more, but what remains to be seen is just how dangerous this new variant might be. The…


The Abortion Debate’s Absolutism Helps Left-Wing Issues Become Part of the Fabric of the Country’s Existence

You can understand why, when the legality of restrictions on abortion came up before the Supreme Court this week in the Mississippi case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the arguments there as well as in the media were all about theoretical matters. At what age does the fetus become viable—that is, able to…


Abortion Is About Our Core National Values

Commentary The Supreme Court will hear this week Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. At issue is the law in Mississippi that bans abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy. A decision finding the Mississippi law constitutional will fundamentally change the abortion regime in our country, defined by Roe v. Wade since 1973. Roe said the…


Connecting the Dots

Commentary The Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments for and against a Mississippi law that would ban abortions after 15 weeks. The arguments—pro and con—are familiar, but there is a greater argument to be made for upholding the law and, should a majority of justices decide to do so, overturn Roe v. Wade. That greater argument…


Capitol Report (Dec. 1): First Case of New Variant Found in California

With the consumer price index reaching a 31-year-high, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says inflation should no longer be referred to as transitory. He also warns the new Omicron variant could hurt the economy. On Wednesday, a landmark case was heard by the Supreme Court that will have long-lasting implications on Roe v. Wade. The…


Overturn Seminal Abortion Precedent Roe V. Wade, State Urges Supreme Court

Mississippi explicitly urged the Supreme Court this morning to do away with Roe v. Wade, the perpetually controversial 1973 ruling that took the regulation of abortion away from the states and made abortion lawful throughout the whole United States. It is time for the court to finally right the wrong it made 48 years ago,…


The Abortion–Autism Link—An Unconsented Risk

Commentary  For several decades, the incidence of childhood autism has been growing at an alarming rate in North America, and elsewhere around the world. Autism is a hugely expensive mental malady that also causes much stress within families and has led in some cases to parents divorcing. Can anything be done to reduce the risk…


Supreme Court to Hear Mississippi Abortion Case That Could Overturn Roe V. Wade

The Supreme Court is gearing up to hear a serious legal challenge on Dec. 1 to its 1973 ruling that legalized abortion throughout the United States—and contributed mightily to the polarization of the politics of the nation for nearly half a century. The court will hear Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, court file 19-1392, a…


Justice Thomas’s Moment Arrives, as Supreme Court Reviews Abortion Rights

It’s time to retire Charles Baudelaire’s famous aphorism that “the greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was to convince you he doesn’t exist.” A century and more after the destruction of European Christian civilization during World War I, the world has had ample opportunity to admire his handiwork, from the killing fields of Flanders to…


Lewis to Fight Liberal Plan to Axe Charity Status for Anti Abortion Pregnancy Centres

OTTAWA—Leslyn Lewis, in one of her first acts as an MP on Parliament Hill, says she plans on inviting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to a pregnancy centre that risks losing its charity status over opposing abortion. The newly elected Ontario representative revealed her plans to a recent crowd of demonstrators who gathered in Ottawa to…