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BDF attorneys Nikolas T. Nikas and Dorinda C. Bordlee provide engaging Powerpoint Presentations and debates in Legislatures, Law Schools, Medical Schools, Universities, and Professional Organizations in the United States and around the world -- on bioethics issues including Human Cloning and Stem Cell Research, Abortion and its Impact on Women, and Healthcare Rights of Conscience.
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Obamacare in Court: Medical Associations Expose How Abortion Premium Mandate Violates Free Exercise
August 12, 2011. Read the full text of the 304-page 11th Circuit opinion finding the Obamacare "individual mandate" unconstitutional. And read about the BDF filed amicus brief presenting a significant additional reason why Obamacare is unconstitutional: Section 1303 imposes an “abortion premium mandate” that violates the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment.
The BDF amicus brief was filed in support of the twenty-six State Attorneys General, on behalf of the Catholic Medical Association, the Christian Medical and Dental Association, and Medical Students for Life. Read the full brief, or a summary of the argument.
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Signs of Hope Legislation: Abortion Alternatives Sign and Mobile Website
The innovative "Signs of Hope" legislation drafted by Bioethics Defense Fund has been enacted for the first time, and is now in development at the Louisiana Department of Health. The law requires abortion clinics to post 16 x 20 signs that give women information about their rights and alternatives, and features a web address that converts to a mobile format when it is accessed by an iPhone or any mobile device.
Studies show that 64% of American women felt pressured into abortion, and that they often don't know their rights and alternatives. The "Signs of Hope" inform women that they can't be forced to abort, that the father must provide child support even if he's offered to pay for the abortion, that adoptive parents may pay costs of prenatal care and childbirth, and that there are many agencies able to help the women during and after the pregnancy.
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Court Challenge: Tax-Funded Human Embryo Research
Pro-Life Court Victory: On August 23, 2010, a federal district court ruled that the Obama policy of using public funds for stem cell research that destroys human embryos violates the Dickey-Wicker Amendment. The Obama Justice Department appealed, and the case of Sherley v. Sebelius is still pending in the D.C. Circuit.
Tabs Below: Read the brief filed by Bioethics Defense Fund on behalf of stem cell scientist/embryologist Dr. Maureen Condic. And learn the background and scientific facts about a breakthrough in ethical stem cell research that President Obama ignored in issuing his executive order.
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Holistic Feminism: Abortion Harms Women & Children
A mountain of studies confirm that abortion harms women's physical and psychological health, in addition to destroying the life of her child. "Holistic Feminism" is a term that BDF uses to describe our policy strategies that integrate the interests of the woman, the unborn child, and the often ignored interests and duties of men who can easily shirk their legal and moral duties of child support and fatherly guidance.
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The Changing Face of Cloning & Stem Cells
Months after the cloner of Dolly the Sheep abandonned his U.K. license to clone human embryos based on the ethical "skin cell method" of creating embryonic-like stem cells, a California-based lab has claimed to have cloned human embryos.
Learn the facts, and contact us for the BDF legislation that prohibits state funding and/or the practice of human embryo cloning for both destructive research or for childbirth.
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Ultrasound Before Abortion Model Legislation
Science tells us when life begins. The real question is when love begins. For many abortion-minded women, love began when they had the opportunity to see their unborn child on an ultrasound screen.
Pulitzer Prize winner Kathleen Parker focused her Wash Post column on BDF ultrasound before abortion legislation – a common-sense approach that recognizes that “abortion truthfully presented would eliminate itself or vastly reduce its numbers.”
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BDF bill addresses "Octomom" abuses
The intense “Octomom” news coverage has highlighted the moral and social problems inherent in the powerful and unregulated IVF industry. Bioethics Defense Fund attorneys have drafted “The Ethical Treatment of Human Embryos Act” (Ga. S.B. 169 of 2009) that will be heard in a Georgia Senate committee this Thursday, March 5, 2009.
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Protecting Women's Ovarian Health from EGGsploitation
The cloning of human embryos for destructive research requires millions of human eggs. How do embryo cloners and fertility clinics that supply them get their eggs? By advertising on college campuses, offering thousands of dollars to cash-strapped college women to incentivize them to risk their lives and future fertility for unethical and unproven science.
BDF has assisted seven states in banning human cloning for any reason. But the IVF industry is increasingly acting as a supplier of human eggs to biotech for human cloning. Learn the facts, and protect the women you love from being exploited by Big Biotech as egg farms.
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BDF Films and Books for Life!
BDF has compiled a list of entertaining and inspiring fiction and non-fiction works that convey a respect for the inherent dignity of human life. Flip through a carousel of films, and help form yourself and your family using the power of cinema![ more ]
Did You Know...?
Kathryn Jean Lopez to be honored with BDF Witness for Life Award
Bioethics Defense Fund "Passion for Life 2011" honors NRO's Kathryn Jean Lopez as the recipient of the "Witness for Life Award." Join us at our relaxed and enjoyable benefit at the Scottsdale Plaza Resort on November 18 to hear an intelligent and entertaining address by "K-Lo" and learn about Bioethics Defense Fund's recent progress to put law in the service of life.[ more ]
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FROM THE MEDIA:
Michelle Obama Lunches With Planned Parenthood Activist
Published: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:57:46 +0000
First Lady Michelle Obama was in Florida on Thursday afternoon for a private lunch reception with supporters of pro-abortion President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign. While there, she met with an activist from the Planned Parenthood abortion business. According to the Bradenton Herald: Her visit to the fundraising reception at Caren Lobo’s house in the 3100 [...]
First Lady Michelle Obama was in Florida on Thursday afternoon for a private lunch reception with supporters of pro-abortion President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign. While there, she met with an activist from the Planned Parenthood abortion business. According to the Bradenton Herald: Her visit to the fundraising reception at Caren Lobo’s house in the 3100 [...]
Oregon’s Chemeketa College Drops Anti-Pro-Life Speech Zone
Published: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:10:18 +0000
Chemeketa Community College in Oregon has dropped a free speech zone that essentially prohibited pro-life advocates from enjoying their First Amendment rights. The college has revised its policies so that students may engage in free speech beyond a single six-foot folding table that served as a “free speech zone.” Alliance Defense Fund attorneys represent two [...]
Chemeketa Community College in Oregon has dropped a free speech zone that essentially prohibited pro-life advocates from enjoying their First Amendment rights. The college has revised its policies so that students may engage in free speech beyond a single six-foot folding table that served as a “free speech zone.” Alliance Defense Fund attorneys represent two [...]
Occupy Protestors Harass Pro-Life Advocates in Roe Event
Published: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:44:37 +0000
Occupy protestors disrupted one pro-life prayer event in the nation’s capital this past weekend, but they also aggressively disrupted a pro-life event in Providence, Rhode Island to the point that it couldn’t be completed. Yesterday, pro-life advocates in the New England state witnessed a chilling assault on civil speech as members of Occupy Providence, joined [...]
Occupy protestors disrupted one pro-life prayer event in the nation’s capital this past weekend, but they also aggressively disrupted a pro-life event in Providence, Rhode Island to the point that it couldn’t be completed. Yesterday, pro-life advocates in the New England state witnessed a chilling assault on civil speech as members of Occupy Providence, joined [...]
Practitioner Settles Case of Woman Killed in Failed Abortion
Published: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:09:18 +0000
The pro-life group Operation Rescue has uncovered new documentation in its new AbortionDocs.org project uncovering cases of botched abortions and medical and legal negligence by abortion practitioners. In the case, which has never before been revealed publicly, Nevada-based abortion practitioner Adam Vincent Levy, who works at A-Z Women’s Center in Las Vegas, settled a case [...]
The pro-life group Operation Rescue has uncovered new documentation in its new AbortionDocs.org project uncovering cases of botched abortions and medical and legal negligence by abortion practitioners. In the case, which has never before been revealed publicly, Nevada-based abortion practitioner Adam Vincent Levy, who works at A-Z Women’s Center in Las Vegas, settled a case [...]
Doonesbury Comic Strip Attacks Santorum’s Pro-Life Views
Published: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:36:19 +0000
The Doonesbury comic strip by American cartoonist Garry Trudeau is known for tackling political subjects with its content in an irreverent and humorous fashion. The comic strip is known for a range of political opinions but it typically comes down for a liberal viewpoint. That’s the case today as the strip has a new panel [...]
The Doonesbury comic strip by American cartoonist Garry Trudeau is known for tackling political subjects with its content in an irreverent and humorous fashion. The comic strip is known for a range of political opinions but it typically comes down for a liberal viewpoint. That’s the case today as the strip has a new panel [...]
Refuting the Claim Women Will Resort to Coat Hanger Abortions
Published: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:11:36 +0000
To mark the 39th anniversary of Roe v Wade, some pro-abortion activists took to the streets to celebrate. One sign that caught my eye depicted a bent coat hanger with the words “Never Again” underneath. This sign was obviously in reference to the oft argued idea that if abortion was ever made illegal, thousands of [...]
To mark the 39th anniversary of Roe v Wade, some pro-abortion activists took to the streets to celebrate. One sign that caught my eye depicted a bent coat hanger with the words “Never Again” underneath. This sign was obviously in reference to the oft argued idea that if abortion was ever made illegal, thousands of [...]
FROM THE BLOG:
Top 11 BDF Pro-Life Legal Initiatives of 2011
Published: Saturday December 31 2011 09:23:28 PM
Kathryn Jean Lopez Receives the 2011 Bioethics Defense Fund Witness for Life Award
Published: Monday November 21 2011 11:59:03 PM
BDF to File Amicus Brief in US Supreme Court
Published: Wednesday November 16 2011 08:15:34 AM
Arizona Abortion Consent Act Already Saving Lives
Published: Saturday October 15 2011 03:07:42 PM
A Personal Note from Dorinda Bordlee on my last visit with Archbishop Philip Hannan
Published: Thursday September 29 2011 10:46:12 PM
Medicine in the Service of Life: From the Vatican to Princeton
Published: Sunday September 25 2011 03:44:56 PM
Arizona Speaking Events!
Published: Sunday September 25 2011 03:42:31 PM
11th Circuit Strikes Down Obamacare Individual Mandate
Published: Thursday August 25 2011 06:04:20 PM
Three-judge Panel Rejects Planned Parenthood Attempt to Broaden Abortion Rights in Arizona Constitution
Published: Thursday August 25 2011 05:59:52 PM