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...similar way, by preventing ovulation and fertilization. It can also work by inhibiting a fertilized egg from implanting itself in the uterus, a process that anti-abortion-rights advocates say is effectively an abortion. In a concession to opponents, Wal-Mart will keep its policy allowing individual pharmacists with moral qualms about Plan B to turn a customer down, as long as they refer her to another pharmacist or nearby pharmacy. (That policy will not apply in Massachusetts or Illinois...
Loui Itoh’s column, “Not a Time to Kill” (Mar. 1), carries significant misinformation and sadly perpetuates many of the myths about abortion in an effort to promote a particular moral agenda. Firstly, the term “partial birth abortion” is not a term used by the medical community; it is one used by anti-abortion activists to stir up emotion. Similarly, she defines a 20-week-old fetus as a “child” based on its childlike physical features. Again, the medical community disagrees...
...needs to do so this spring.The dearth of Core courses is problematic for two reasons. First, in any given semester, the number of courses that satisfy a particular Core area tends to be very small. In the fall of this academic year, for example, there were only four moral reasoning courses offered. This is particularly problematic for seniors who, with a schedule conflict or two, are often forced to take a specific Core course in order to graduate.Second, as the French revolution courses illustrate, it is illogical for only one of two similar courses to count for Core credit. This...
...point out that they’re concerns, and nothing more malicious.“Professors like to trust each other. We shouldn’t be condemning each other’s disciplines. If it’s a recognized discipline then we have a professional and moral obligation to respect it,” he says. “The intellectual system really only works on trust.”And it would appear that those wary of the influence of pop culture don’t see those who teach it as people from Mars hijacking...
...unrivaled head of a worldwide flock of one billion Catholics, the Pope can exercise moral, political and spiritual influence across the globe. Granted, his words and gestures are the extent of a pope's earthly power, since as Stalin once famously quipped, he commands no military divisions. Still John Paul maximized his arsenal, which included constant charismatic globetrotting and a deft diplomatic touch. Coming to Rome from behind the Iron Curtain, he knew just what notes to hit - in public and private - to inspire his fellow Poles and others to undermine the Communist regimes...