Abortion is one of the most controversial social issues of our day. Heat rather than light often characterises the abortion debate. There are a number…
It seems the more controversial an issue is, the more sloppy the thinking and the more immoral the evaluation. Abortion is a good case in…
Abortion is never far from the headlines. In Victoria the VLRC released its report recommending open slather on baby-killing. And the Rudd government is considering…
Abortion law in Victoria is set to be changed. The Victorian Law Reform Commission (VLRC) has just released its report on ways to proceed. The…
We live in a world that has turned common sense on its head, and has inverted long-held moral values. What we used to regard as…
One of the great achievements of the West is the university, where the free exchange of ideas takes place, and various points of view can…
Doubleday, 2008. In this important volume two philosophers with interests in bioethics and law make the case for the moral worth of the human embryo…
What a culture prioritises tells us a lot about its moral and spiritual condition. And what it doesn’t prioritise also tells us quite a bit.…
Do worldviews matter? You bet they do. Ideas have consequences, and bad ideas have bad consequences. Bad worldviews lead to some very bad outcomes. Take…
In an opinion piece in the mainstream press today a columnist was discussing the issue of abortion in Australia. She sought to assure us that…
Japanese whaling ships continue to make the news, with Greenpeace chasing them around the oceans, and Hollywood celebrities making a whale of a stink about…
Many would have seen on the evening news last night stirring scenes of protesters surfing out into the ocean to thwart Japanese whalers who were…
Cambridge University Press, 2007. This is certainly the newest pro-life work to appear, and arguably among the best. It not only lays out the legal,…
There are certain topics you just can’t trust the mainstream media with. Abortion is surely one of them. Whenever the MSM deals with the subject,…
Hot ethical topics such as abortion usually provoke controversy and noisy debate. But often these debates can be long on emotion and short on fact…
Abortion is never far from the headlines. And in a sense, that is a good thing. The taking of innocent human life should never become…
I was reading an article on abortion on another website recently. One commentator said about the issue, “At the end of the day, the question…
Last week two events took place, both of which dealt with carnage, killing and disrespect for human life. One of course was the Virginia Tech…
As with all important things in life, it is always necessary that we be willing to put our money where our mouth is. That is,…
Last week the US Supreme Court voted by a 5-4 majority to uphold a ban on late-term abortions. On April 18 the Court decided to…