Let me come clean about how shallow a person I am. I’ll put myself in harm’s way for a thrill, but not for a cause. Not even to save the life of a loved one? Well maybe, if the likelihood… Read More ›
Roe v Wade
A CORRECTIVE TO THE ABORTION DEBATE
Abortion is no longer an issue in Canada, and let’s hope, touch wood, it remains that way. This is because Canada, unlike its unfortunate neighbour to the south, is a civilised country. As is most of Europe and the Antipodes…. Read More ›
THE DEMISE OF ROE V WADE
There is no reason – at least not in principle – why a polity couldn’t assign certain duties to some of its members but not others. For example, men, but not women, are subject to the draft. Nor, therefore, is… Read More ›
THE REPUBLIC OF GILEAD
In the Morgentaler Decision (1988), the Supreme Court of Canada very wisely did an end-run around the metaphysical status of the foetus and chose instead to decriminalize abortion on the grounds that variability in access violated the constitution’s equal protection… Read More ›
Paulosophical Vimplications 