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by R. J. Snell, Ph.D. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, many hospitals are overwhelmed with patients, necessitating difficult triage decisions that can seem like choosing who lives and who dies. In the United States, already some hospitals and caregivers are overburdened, with expectations that things will soon become even more difficult. Hospitals and health authorities are releasing guidelines on the rationing of ventilators, with those guidelines already under criticism

The following is an e-mail we received from our friends at Life Legal Defense Foundation: SPECIAL MESSAGE ABOUT COVID-19 AND ADVANCE HEALTH CARE DIRECTIVESHow many times have you thought—or heard someone say: “I don’t want to be kept alive by a machine.” As COVID-19 spreads around the globe, the public is learning about the importance of mechanical ventilators in providing temporary breathing support for many of those infected. Ventilators are saving lives! A false understa

We sadly report that “Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 24 (Leyva) a piece of legislation that will require all University of California and California State University campus health care clinics to make abortion-by-medication (RU-486) available to students by state-paid campus staff. “The life and dignity of every person is due respect and protection at every stage and in every condition. The right to life is the first and most fundamental principle of human rights. Human life

Back in 1976, a freshman legislator from Illinois named Henry Hyde offered up a simple proposal: while abortion had tragically just been imposed on our country by the Supreme Court, taxpayers should not be forced to pay for it. It took a bipartisan coalition of pro-life Democrats and pro-life Republicans, pushing back against a hostile media, but he won. Congress passed the Hyde Amendment in 1976. But it did not go into effect until the Supreme Court finally upheld it as cons

What is the moral responsibility when the pregnancy is terminated and a child is born alive having survived an attempted abortion? The Supreme Court decisions Roe v Wade and Doe v Bolton never said that anyone has a right to a dead baby. That is the fallacy perpetrated by those who are in the business of advocating for or providing abortion. The Supreme Court cases only said that the woman has a right to terminate her pregnancy. So the question becomes what is the moral respo

With the recent confirmation of Justice Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, there is much discussion as to what the future of abortion in America is. The short answer is that abortion on demand in America may be a thing of the past sooner rather than later. There are a number of cases “in the pipeline” U.S. Supreme Court that could be heard in the current term or near future that could overturn Roe v Wade in part or in full. A favorable decision on these cases would once again gi

On October 26 a U.S. District judge issued an order permanently barring the state of California from enforcing AB 775. Although this victory was assured when the U.S. Supreme Court issued its landmark decision in NIFLA v Becerra at the end of the last session, a final order had to be entered to end California’s attempt to bully pro-life pregnancy centers into advertising for abortion. #Legal #SidewalkCounseling #cultureofdeath #Abortion #pregnancy