Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
What happens when a Pro-life advocate hits the brick wall of a deeply harsh reality? A mother is pregnant, but now faces the devastating news that not only will the baby not survive, but unless she has an abortion, then it is highly probable that she also will die. It was perhaps inevitable that at … Read more
Rain is something we do understand. If indeed you are not too sure then within about ten seconds or less you can literally google to find out about the natural processes that cause it. Once long ago our ancestors might indeed have attributed it to the gods. It is perhaps in some respects understandable how … Read more
We need not guess, there is recent data available. On May 6, Pew published the details. Titled “America’s Abortion Quandary“, the byline under that title sums it up as follows … A majority of Americans say abortion should be legal in all or most cases, but many are open to restrictions; many opponents of legal … Read more
Proposed Ohio bill dictates that doctors must follow a medical prodedure that does not exist or instead go to jail for as long as 15 years.
I appear to have started a weekly posting because this is now the third week of this. Last week’s is here, and so I have now scanned the landscape to bring you three more items of religious weirdness from the past week. Item 1 – Evangelist Franklin Graham: Planned Parenthood Fundraiser is like Building “Nazi Death Camp” Did he actually … Read more
Carl Sagan’s book titled “Billions and Billions, Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium“, contains a rather interesting chapter on the topic of Abortion. (Chapter 15 to be precise). Side Note: Interestingly enough, Carl himself never once used the phrase “Billion and Billions” in Cosmos. He did of course stress the B … Read more