Madeleine Kearns

4 days ago | thefp.com | Madeleine Kearns

How British Abortion Advocates Overplayed Their HandIn the UK, pro-choice feminists have criticized a new law decriminalizing abortion up until birth. They fear it may cause ‘anti-choice backlash.’ For decades, abortion has been legal in the United Kingdom up to 24 weeks—the same time period that was guaranteed by Roe v. Wade—and later in exceptional circumstances when approved by two doctors.

2 weeks ago | thefp.com | Madeleine Kearns

New York Is One Step Closer to Allowing Assisted SuicideLegislation passed by the state senate has no waiting period; the governor hasn’t hinted at whether she will sign or veto. New York’s state senate passed legislation that would make it the twelfth state to legalize assisted dying, but with some of the loosest safeguards in the country. Lawmakers passed the Medical Aid in Dying Act by a vote of 35–27 on Monday, with six Democrats voting with the entire Republican minority against the bill.

2 weeks ago | thefp.com | Madeleine Kearns

Will New York Soon Make It Too Easy to Die? Eleven states have legalized assisted dying, but only New York would have no waiting period, which risks turning suicide into a medical treatment option. “We did not want to linger if there was a terminal diagnosis and no quality of life.”In Nancy Murphy’s family, she said, this was always understood. So when her sister, Joan, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2015 at age 85, she knew exactly what she would do.

3 weeks ago | thefp.com | Madeleine Kearns

The candlelit church in Greenwich Village was packed. After months of study and preparation, 19 adults sat at the front, dressed in white, nervously awaiting their turn at the baptismal font. One by one, they stepped forward. After anointing them with chrism (holy oil), the priest poured water over their heads, baptizing them into the Catholic Church in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

1 month ago | thefp.com | Madeleine Kearns

Evidence for Pediatric Gender Transitions ‘Very Low,’ Says U.S. Government Report A rigorous new U.S. study comes to the same conclusion as many other countries: The medical case for pediatric transitions is alarmingly weak. The Department of Health and Human Services has released a much-anticipated report on the “treatment for pediatric gender dysphoria”—that is, a feeling of distress over one’s biological sex.