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Stopping Philadelphia Abortion Provider Kermit Gosnell And Preventing Others Like Him: An Outcome That Both Pro-Choicers And Pro-Lifers Should Support, Samuel W. Calhoun
Stopping Philadelphia Abortion Provider Kermit Gosnell And Preventing Others Like Him: An Outcome That Both Pro-Choicers And Pro-Lifers Should Support, Samuel W. Calhoun
Samuel W. Calhoun
This article focuses on three of the atrocities committed by Philadelphia abortion provider Kermit Gosnell: his shameful, destructive treatment of women; his brutal killing of born-alive infants; and his performance of illegal post-viability abortions. Pro-choicers and pro-lifers alike should unite in condemning, stopping, and preventing these abuses. Women seeking abortions need the protection of medically appropriate health and safety regulations; a civilized society should not tolerate the killing of babies, viable or not, once they are born; and viable fetuses deserve meaningful legal protection. The wider abortion controversy is sure to continue, but the combatants should join forces to achieve …
Valuing Intrauterine Life, Samuel W. Calhoun
"Partial-Birth Abortion" Is Not Abortion: Carhart Ii's Fundamental Misapplication Of Roe, Samuel W. Calhoun
"Partial-Birth Abortion" Is Not Abortion: Carhart Ii's Fundamental Misapplication Of Roe, Samuel W. Calhoun
Samuel W. Calhoun
In explaining his constitutional objection to Wisconsin’s partial-birth abortion ban, Judge Richard Posner contrasts killing during “normal labor” with partial-birth abortion. The former can be constitutionally prohibited, but the latter cannot. Why the distinction? For Posner, the former involves “killing a live baby that is half-born,” whereas the latter does not. This article will show that Judge Posner is correct to assert that killing a baby in the midst of the birth process is not constitutionally protected. But Judge Posner is wrong to say that partial-birth abortion does not kill “a live baby that is half-born.” This article will demonstrate …
(Reviewing Elizabeth Mensch And Alan Freeman, The Politics Of Virtue: Is Abortion Debatable (1993)), Samuel W. Calhoun
(Reviewing Elizabeth Mensch And Alan Freeman, The Politics Of Virtue: Is Abortion Debatable (1993)), Samuel W. Calhoun
Samuel W. Calhoun
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Is It Possible To Take Both Fetal Life And Women Seriously? Professor Laurence Tribe And His Reviewers, Samuel W. Calhoun, Andrea E. Sexton
Is It Possible To Take Both Fetal Life And Women Seriously? Professor Laurence Tribe And His Reviewers, Samuel W. Calhoun, Andrea E. Sexton
Samuel W. Calhoun
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