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Supreme Court Heads Into A New Term, Gerry Bradley
Supreme Court Heads Into A New Term, Gerry Bradley
Gerard V. Bradley
Gerard Bradley was quoted in the National Catholic Register article Supreme Court Heads Into a New Term by JOAN FRAWLEY DESMOND on October 9. Gerard Bradley, an expert on constitutional law at the University of Notre Dame Law School, told the Register that the justices will decide “whether states have the power to limit a doctor’s prescription of RU-486 to the FDA protocols.” But there is a larger issue at stake for abortion facilities that resist this kind of oversight. “I think the outcome is important and will actually turn on the larger question of whether Oklahoma is setting up …
The Concept Of Person In The Law, Charles Baron
The Concept Of Person In The Law, Charles Baron
Charles H. Baron
The focus of the abortion debate in the United States tends to be on whether and at what stage a fetus is a person. I believe this tendency has been unfortunate and counterproductive. Instead of advancing dialogue between opposing sides, such a focus seems to have stunted it, leaving advocates in the sort of “I did not!” – “You did too!” impasse we remember from childhood. Also reminiscent of that childhood scene has been the vain attempt to break the impasse by appeal to a higher authority. Thus, the pro-choice forces hoped they had proved the pro-life forces “wrong” by …