U.N. Disabilities Treaty a Trojan Horse

By William Saunders November 21, 2013

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, despite its innocent-sounding name, contains a Trojan horse for the pro-life movement. It is the first treaty that contains ...

Demanding Life in Ireland

By William Saunders July 8, 2013

Dublin — This weekend, I stood at one of the largest rallies in Irish history. More than 50,000 people gathered to demand the government withdraw its bill legalizing abortion. The crowd ...

Gosnell and Our Society’s Twisted Logic

By William Saunders May 13, 2013

Kermit Gosnell got the verdict he deserved — his wanton cruelty in killing born-alive infants and his callous disregard for the women who came to him are revolting. What he did violated the ...

No, the Affordable Care Act Is Not Pro-Life

By William Saunders & Mary Harned September 28, 2011

A recent fund-raising letter from Democrats for Life (DFL) may have caused confusion about Americans United for Life’s position on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), by suggesting ...

It’s About Time — and It’s in the Right Place

By William Saunders & Robert P. George June 27, 2011

It is a commonsense idea whose time appeared to have come and gone, but which is coming again: Catholic institutions of higher learning should be, well, Catholic. Although many Catholic ...

Good News, Bad News in European Abortion Decision

By William Saunders December 16, 2010

The European Court of Human Rights today released its judgment in ABC v. Ireland, a case in which three unnamed women claimed a right to abortion under the European Convention ...

A Sign for ABC, but Which Way Does It Lead?

By William Saunders May 5, 2010

On April 1, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) struck down provisions in Austria’s law regulating assisted-procreative technologies in the case S. H. and Others v. Austria. The court ...

A Response to E. J. Dionne: Vigilant, Not ‘Tendentious’

By William Saunders March 19, 2010

In his op-ed yesterday, E. J. Dionne criticizes U.S. Catholic bishops for their opposition to the health-care bill due for a vote this weekend in the House of Representatives. He ...

The Roe v. Wade of Europe

By William Saunders December 9, 2009

Today, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) is hearing arguments in a case that some have dubbed the potential “Roe v. Wade of Europe.” The plaintiffs in ...

The Pro-Life Movement: More Than Just the Catholic Bishops

By William Saunders November 16, 2009

According to the abortion lobby the Stupak-Pitts amendment was a ploy by the hierarchy of the Catholic Church to obstruct the rights of women. A press release by the ...