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Early Evil: The Legalization of Abortion in Russia (1920)

Culture, Ethics, History / May 25, 2011

On November 20, 1920, the nascent Soviet government released what it termed a simple “public health announcement.” The statement, a missive intended as law, proclaimed a new, fully-funded program for women: legalized abortions, available free of charge at state-run hospitals. By keeping abortions high and the birth rate low, Soviet leaders and their sycophants hoped […]

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Poor Archbishop John’s Almanac

By Mark Coppenger, Culture, Current Events, Ethics / May 9, 2011

The headline in London’s Telegraph declares, “Archbishop backs William and Kate’s decision to live together.” The article goes on to explain that Dr. John Sentamu, Archbishop of York, the “second most senior cleric in the Church of England,” takes a casual approach to pre-marital co-habitation, having seen a great deal of it as a “vicar

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Human Dignity and Biomedicine

By C. Ben Mitchell, Culture, Current Events, Ethics, Philosophy, Science, Theology / April 28, 2011

Arguably, one of the best extended contemporary discussions of human dignity and its implications for biomedicine was commissioned under President George W. Bush and convened by his President’s Council on Bioethics. The council’s two reports, Being Human (2003), and Human Dignity and Bioethics (2008), are the results of more than a few public meetings, thousands

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