Okay, Peter Singer. You have your outrageousness work cut out for you. Geoffrey Clarke, recently kicked out of the UK Independence Party, will see your views on the permissibility of killing disabled infants and raise you. He will change permissible… Continue Reading
Republican candidate for United States Senate from Missouri Todd Akin: “First of all, from what I understand from doctors [pregnancy from rape] is really rare,” Akin told KTVI-TV in an interview posted Sunday. “If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has… Continue Reading
Let the public contrition begin. Rather than abiding by the wishes of his party and leaving the Senate race, Rep. Todd Akin is asking Missourians to forgive his inappropriate comments. The Senate hopeful is releasing a new ad in which… Continue Reading
Not so long ago, I wrote about why doctors shouldn’t lie to their patients. Frankly, I still find it rather baffling that a truth that seems so self-evident to me would need stating. Baffled as I may be, however, clearly… Continue Reading
Here’s a lovely op-ed that speaks clearly to my experience, and with whose basic premise I have some disagreement. The writer, Patricia Bauer, is the mother of a daughter with special needs. She argues against abortion for reason of disability. (Reading… Continue Reading
Honestly, I would have thought that a post about why doctors lying to patients is verboten would be wholly unnecessary. Just like “doctors mustn’t operate on their patients while intoxicated” or “doctors mustn’t rifle through their patients’ belongings while they’re… Continue Reading
Over at the main page, Patrick posted about a couple of abortion bills that are making their way toward becoming laws in Kansas and Arizona. According to this post on the ACLU Blog of Rights, from which Patrick quoted, the… Continue Reading
Oh, Virginia. It may be pretty, but I’m so glad I don’t live there. Over at the main page, Patrick has already noted its new law that requires women seeking an abortion to undergo an ultrasound before being allowed to… Continue Reading