Examining bioethics, morality, and culture from a distinctively orthodox Lutheran perspective. Site dedicated to the Holy Family.
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 14th, 2010
[It] is becoming increasingly apparent that abortion is about family relationships, not simply a contest between the state and a woman who happens to be pregnant. Scientific discoveries about human development and the testimonies of women who have had or have considered an abortion suggest that it is family law rather than constitutional law that [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 12th, 2010
From LifeNews.com: Pope Benedict XVI has issued what Catholic pro-life advocates are calling an unprecedented request for prayers worldwide from all pro-life people against abortion. The head of the Catholic Church will begin Advent by celebrating a solemn “Vigil for all nascent human life” at St. Peter’s Basilica on Saturday, November 27. The call is not [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 13th, 2010
First there was the Pill, then Plan B (the “morning-after” pill). Now, meet Ella. Approved by the FDA today, this drug prevents pregnancies up to five days after intercourse. Which also means, in lay terms, that it also acts as an abortifacient. I wonder what’s next. So far, we have drugs that contracept/abort one day [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 3rd, 2010
There she goes again, “putting her silver foot in her mouth,” to reverberate her late mother’s (former Texas governor Ann Richards) criticism of the first George Bush. Chief Planned Parenthood wordsmith and president, Cecile Richards, has released a doozie just in time for the barbecue and fireworks. Here, she infers that abortion at U.S. military [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 2nd, 2010
Oh, so typical. On July 1, the ACLU Legislative Office accused Catholic hospitals of potentially violating the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act by refusing to provide “abortion services.” In a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, ACLU counselors argued: Religiously affiliated hospitals across the country inappropriately and unlawfully deny pregnant [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 5th, 2010
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 13th, 2010
Governor Dave Heineman signed two bills: One bars abortions at and after 20 weeks of pregnancy based on assertions that fetuses feel pain at that time. The current standard is viability, or when a fetus is able to survive outside the womb. The other. . . will require doctors or other health professionals to assess [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 28th, 2010
But then again, TheHill.com also reports her as saying that A bill can be bipartisan without bipartisan votes. Huh? That’s like saying a cake can be chocolate without any. . . chocolate. Methinks that the “A” Madam Speaker is referring to is abortion. Says the National Right to Life Committee, If all of the President’s [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 6th, 2010
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 6th, 2010
The Reverend Robert C. Baker, B.B.A, M.Div., M.S., is an ordained pastor in The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod, and serves as an adjunct professor of philosophy at Lindenwood University's Belleville, IL campus. He is general editor of Natural Law: A Lutheran Reappraisal (CPH, 2011), author of "Natural Law, Human Sexuality, and Forde's 'Acid Test'" appearing in that volume, is the author of What Happened To Merry Christmas?, and has authored or edited numerous Bible studies and books.
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