Religion

Never Get Out'a the Boat

In the right hand column, I have posted an article Never Get Out'a the Boat:  Stenberg v. Carhart and the Future of American Law, which I co-authored with MOJ friend, John Breen.  This article, which Connecticut Law Review recently published, concludes "Do we turn our backs on civilization and head further into the bush, embracing the illusion of freedom in the barbarous license of state-sanctioned killing?  Or, do we turn once more to recognize the fundamental dignity of every human being, the equal dignity which informs ordered liberty and makes authentic civilization possible?"  Congress' partial birth abortion ban and the Supreme Court's decision to uphold that ban in Gonzales v. Carhart are signs that we are retreating from the jungle and back to civilization.  These are, however, only tenative first steps.  Much work still needs to be done. 

From Mirror of Justice posted 2007-04-19.