Category Archives: Obama on Abortion
Dannenfelser : The Abortion Administration
The Weekly Standard: The Abortion Administration – Marjorie Dannenfelser
Obama Administration Calls for Universal Access to Abortion at UN Meeting
C-FAM: Obama Administration Calls for Universal Access to Abortion at UN Meeting
May 28: C-Span Live Stream of Robert George and Douglas Kmiec Exchange
C-SPAN will be covering the moderated discussion between Professor Robert P. George (Princeton University) and Professor Douglas Kmiec (Pepperdine Law School) to take place at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. The discussion with focus on “The Obama Administration and the Sanctity of Human Life: Is There a Common Ground on Life Issues? What [...]
Moral Accountability in South Bend
Matthew J. Franck, Radford University
The genesis of MoralAccountability.com, as you can see from our mission statement, lay in the disturbing phenomenon, in the 2008 presidential campaign, of self-proclaimed “pro-life” Catholics, Evangelical Protestants, and others declaring their support for the candidacy of Barack Obama. The signers of that statement set forth as one of our goals [...]
An Open Letter to President Obama’s Pro-Life Supporters
Friends:
We share with you a commitment to the profound, inherent, and equal dignity of every member of the human family. It is for this reason that we oppose abortion, embryo-destructive research, euthanasia, and every other form of direct killing of innocent human beings. We believe that these practices are grave injustices that no society should [...]
President Obama picks Governor Sebelius for Health Secretary
Breitbart: Obama picks Kansas governor for health post (AP)
Obama Moves to Undo Conscience Rule on Abortion Providers
NYT: Obama Moves to Undo Rule on Abortion Providers
Obama, Abortion and the Promise of Racial Equality
by Micah Watson, Union University
Prior to the election of Barack Obama as President of the United States, many people believed (or feared) that racism remained so widespread in America that no African-American could be elected to national office. That hypothesis has been falsified. It is not that our country is free of racists (or anti-Semites, [...]
Defending the Indefensible: Kmiec Gives it One More Try
Matthew J. Franck, Radford University
During the 2008 presidential campaign, Pepperdine law professor, constitutional scholar, well-known Catholic conservative, and former Reagan Justice Department official Douglas W. Kmiec notoriously parted ways with his old Republican friends after the end of Mitt Romney’s candidacy for the GOP nomination, and endorsed Barack Obama for president. He went on to [...]
Vatican Official Criticizes Obama’s Reversal of Mexico City Policy
Breitbart.com (AP): Vatican Official Criticizes Obama’s Reversal of Mexico City Policy
A Vatican official on January 26, 2009, criticized President Obama for overturning a ban on state funding for family-planning groups that carry out or facilitate abortions overseas.