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By Dave Andrusko Nothing about a court-ordered abortion of a mentally challenged young woman made sense. Now, following a June 24 decision by a three judge court of appeals to overturn the forced abortion order mandated by Mrs. Justice Nathalie Lieven, the real story...
By Mark Pickup Editor’s note. With our own Independence Day coming tomorrow, I thought of this post which first ran in 2016. Mr. Pickup, who has multiple sclerosis, is a Canadian disability rights activist who has spoken at National Right to Life’s annual convention....
By Dave Andrusko It can’t be said too often that too often we know very little about history--and what we do know often is either wrong or incomplete. Over the years we’ve posted many stories that buttress and support what remain to many, many people an unknown...
By Texas Right to Life. Editor’s note. My family and I will be on vacation through August 25. I will occasionally add new items but for the most part we will repost “the best of the best” — the stories our readers have told us they especially liked over the last ten...
By Liz Carr Editor’s note. My family and I will be on vacation through August 25. I will occasionally add new items but for the most part we will repost “the best of the best” — the stories our readers have told us they especially liked over the last ten months. If I...
By Sarah Terzo When the fight to legalize abortion was just beginning in the late 1960s, some in the academic community supported legal abortion because they felt that abortion could prevent the birth of children with disabilities. Disabled people’s lives, they...
By Wesley J. Smith In his apologetics for infanticide, Princeton bioethicist Peter Singer has used a baby with Down syndrome as an example of a killable infant based on utilitarian measurements. (He actually supports infanticide because babies–whether disabled or...
By Paul Stark The New York Times once published an article titled “My Abortion, at 23 Weeks.” The author explains that she was pregnant with twins, a boy and a girl, but that the boy was diagnosed with a herniated diaphragm. He would require surgery and life support...
By Sarah Terzo The late author and theologian James Tunstead Burtchaell received the following letter from a disabled woman and her husband: “Amniocentesis and its search and destroy philosophy… We cannot emphasize too strongly the evil of destroying an unborn child...
By Paul Russell, Founder, Hope Australia No, it's not a typo in the headline. UK Actress, Comedian, Broadcaster, star of the BBC's “Silent Witness” program and disability activist, Liz Carr has combined her considerable talents to create a thought-provoking and...