Former state lawmaker Lashrecse Aird on Tuesday defeated incumbent Sen. Joe Morrissey (D-Richmond) in a closely-watched Democrat state primary race in Virginia in which a major campaign issue was abortion. Morrissey, who is pro-life—the only such Democrat in the Virginia state Senate—represents District 16. A former prosecutor turned defense attorney, Morrissey has been disbarred twice. He’s regarded as…
Former State Lawmaker Defeats Incumbent Senator in Virginia Democrat Primary
John Stuart Mill Versus the New Totalitarians
Commentary I have expended a fair amount of ink criticizing John Stuart Mill’s ideas about liberty in his (in)famous 1859 pamphlet “On Liberty.” I think that Mill’s greatest critic, James Fitzjames Stephen, was right about Mill. In his devastating polemic “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity,” Stephen criticized various aspects of Mill’s teaching, especially the anemic, abstract nature…
The Problems of Motives and Research
Commentary We live in an age of suspicion to a degree that I don’t remember from my youth—though I admit that my memory is fallible, and I may be mistaken in this. Perhaps we are no more suspicious of the motives of those with whom we disagree than ever we were, and we always thought…
Philadephia Violates Hyde Amendment by Using Tax Dollars to Fund Abortions: Attorney
PHILADELPHIA—Thomas W. King III, special counsel for the Thomas More Society, a public interest law firm, states that the allocation of public funds for abortion violates both the federal Hyde Amendment and Pennsylvania’s state version of the legislative provision. On Aug. 16, King and three other attorneys representing Philadelphia residents filed a lawsuit against the…
Philadelphia Violates Hyde Amendment by Using Tax Dollars to Fund Abortions: Attorney
PHILADELPHIA—Thomas W. King III, special counsel for the Thomas More Society, a public interest law firm, states that the allocation of public funds for abortion violates both the federal Hyde Amendment and Pennsylvania’s state version of the legislative provision. On Aug. 16, King and three other attorneys representing Philadelphia residents filed a lawsuit against the…
Defense Secretary: Military to ‘Continue to Provide Seamless Access’ to Abortion
Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin issued a statement suggesting that the Defense Department intends to maintain the military’s access to abortion. “Nothing is more important to me or to this Department than the health and well-being of our Service members, the civilian workforce, and DOD…
US Will ‘Continue to Provide Seamless Access’ to Abortion in Military: Defense Secretary
Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin issued a statement suggesting that the Defense Department intends to maintain the military’s access to abortion. “Nothing is more important to me or to this Department than the health and well-being of our Service members, the civilian workforce, and DOD…
Canada Open to Americans Seeking Abortions: Minister of Families
Following the leak of a Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the court’s intention to overturn Roe v. Wade, Canada’s minister for families, children, and social development has said that her country welcomes Americans who wish to cross the border for abortions. “I don’t see why we would not,” Minister Karina Gould told CBC News. “If…
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