Life and Law in the Wake of Dobbs
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In overturning Roe v. Wade, Dobbs is rightly celebrated, both by legal conservatives and anyone who cares deeply about…
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The Wages of Dobbs and the Confusions of Conservative Jurisprudence
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A year has now passed since the Supreme Court’s decision last June in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, in…
Adoption: “An Exchange of Gifts”
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Most people describe adoption as an institution that is good and noble, meets a real human need (providing a home for a…
Special Earth or the Faithful Departed?
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In the run-up to New York’s legalization of human composting, last December the New York Times offered readers a Guest…
Life, Death, and Immortality in the Anti-Covid Era
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Death is life’s great challenge. Each mortal man must find ways to deal with the inevitability of his demise. Every…
Suffering and the Recovery of Hope
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Suffering and death, though they are unavoidable aspects of life, are often buried under layers of avoidance or dressed…
On Beautiful Things
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As a photographer, there are certain images I create that quickly lose their novelty. And there are others that…
How to Die Well
Re-Source: Classic Texts
The medicalization of dying and the disregard for the life of the soul within contemporary health care prompt the…
Revising the Concept of Death (Again?)
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In 1981, a law known as the Uniform Determination of Death Act (UDDA) was passed that rendered the medical…
Death and the Church’s Funeral Liturgy
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When paleoanthropologists first explored the pre-historic caverns of Lascaux, they were stunned. What they found…