Pro-Life Science and Technology Conference

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2. Tolerance • “These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.” • G. K. Chesterton, Illustrated London News, 1928

3. Stem-Cell Research • Treatments to-date from adult stem-cell research: 72 • Treatments to-date from embryonic stem-cell research: 0

4. Ready • Customer: "It says, 'Hit ENTER when ready'." • Tech Support: "Well?" • Customer: "How do I know when it's ready?"

5. Legislating Morality • “It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.” • Martin Luther King, Jr.

6. Hypothetical • What if there were no hypothetical questions?

7. 2010 Kenya Constitution • “Abortion is not permitted unless, in the opinion of a trained health professional, there is need for emergency treatment, or the life or health of the mother is in danger, or if permitted by any other written law.” (emphasis ours) • Sec 26(4), New constitution of Kenya, overturning prior solidly pro-life law

8. Surrender • “Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never -- in nothing, great or small, large or petty -- never give in, except to convictions of honor and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.” • Winston Churchill, 1941

9. Most Pro-Life Country • Probably Chile.In 1989 they abolished the last remaining exceptions, thus making abortion illegal under any circumstances

10. Most Pro-Abortion Country • China. Abortion is required when a woman already has a child. (In some cases a woman is allowed two children.)

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12. Excusable • “Men do not differ much about what things they will call evils; they differ enormously about what evils they will call excusable.” • G. K. Chesterton, Illustrated London News, 1909

13. Law & Morality • “Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.” • Martin Luther King, Jr.

14. Abortion Cures Child Abuse • (Rates fell after 2000 but are now headed back up.) • Source: National Center for Health Statistics • Number of children killed by abuse

15. Imposing Morality • Don’t believe in abortions? Fine, don’t have one! But don’t impose your values on me. • Hmm, okay then, so how about … • Don’t believe in racism? Fine, then don’t lynch any black people. But don’t impose your values on me. • Don’t believe in rape? Fine, then don’t rape anyone. But don’t impose your values on me.

16. Progress • “There are the only two things, it seems, that ever can progress. The first is physical science. The second is the Catholic Church.” • G. K. Chesterton, The Ball and the Cross

17. Moral Responsibility of Teenagers • Roper v Simmons, 2005: Supreme Court rules it unconstitutional to execute someone for a murder committed while under 18. Cites testimony from the American Psychological Association that "persons under 18 lack the ability to take moral responsibility for their decisions". • Hodgson v Minnesota, 1990: Supreme Court rules it unconstitutional to require parental consent for a girl under 18 to get an abortion. Cites testimony from the American Psychological Association that there is "a rich body of evidence" that persons under 18 are mature enough to make difficult moral decisions on their own.

18. Labels • People who favor legal abortion insist that they are not "pro-abortion" but rather "pro-choice". They may thus be the only political advocacy group that refuses to say what it is they're fighting for. • It would be like the NRA insisting that they are not "pro-gun" but "pro-options", while refusing to say that the "option" they favor is owning a gun.

19. Privacy • My daughter thinks that I don't respect her privacy. At least, that's what she keeps writing in her diary.

20. Proudly Pro-Choice • “The great principle is the right of everyone to judge and decide for himself, whether a thing is right or wrong, whether it would be good or evil for them to adopt it; and the right of free action, the right of free thought, the right of free judgment upon the question is dearer to every true American than any other under a free government. ... It is no answer to this argument to say that [it] is an evil and hence should not be tolerated. You must allow the people to decide for themselves.” • Stephen Douglas, 1858, defending slavery

21. Dangerous Criminals • “Three protesters were arrested Wednesday, including one who was arrested when he tried to take a plastic cup of water into the hospice.” • Fox News, March 31, 2005, reporting on protests against the euthanasia starvation death of Terri Schiavo. One protestor was arrested for attempting to give a cup of water to a woman dying of thirst.

22. Neutrality • "To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men." • Abraham Lincoln

23. Role of the Supreme Court • "If the policy of the government upon vital questions affecting the whole people is to be irreversibly fixed by the decisions of the Supreme Court ... the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, and have to that extent practically resigned their government into the hands of that eminent tribunal." • Abraham Lincoln

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25. Foolproof • The problem with trying to make machines fool-proof is that fools are so creative.

26. Taking Action • “The time is always right to do what is right.” • Martin Luther King, Jr.

27. Peer Approval • “It is better to be alone than in bad company.” • George Washington

28. Free Speech • “When Government seeks to use its full power, including the criminal law, to command where a person may get his or her information or what distrusted source he or she may not hear, it uses censorship to control thought. This is unlawful. The First Amendment confirms the freedom to think for ourselves.” • U.S. Supreme Court, Citizens United v Federal Election Commision (Jan, 2010) • Striking down campaign finance regulations that prohibited any incorporated organization from speaking out on political issues

29. Separation of Church and State • “In order to ensure to citizens freedom of conscience, the church in the U.S.S.R. is separated from the state, and the school from the church. Freedom of religious worship and freedom of antireligious propaganda is recognized for all citizens.” • Article 124, Constitution of the Soviet Union (1936) • You can’t say that separation of church and state isn’t in the constitution: There it is.

30. Illinois Born-Alive Debate • March 30, 2001: When the Illinois state senate debates a bill to protect babies born alive following a failed late-term abortion, only one senator speaks against it: Barack Obama.

31. For the Physics Majors A policeman stopped Werner Heisenberg for speeding. "Do you know how fast you were going?" he asked. "No," Heisenberg admitted. "But I know exactly where I am!"

32. For the Computer Majors There are 10 kinds of people in the world: Those who count in binary and those who don't.

33. For the Biology Majors What did Gregor Mendel's friends say when he invited them to dinner? Answer: Oh no, peas again!

34. For the Engineering Majors The politician Gladstone met the physicist Michael Faraday, and asked him whether he believed his work on electricity would be of any use. "Yes, sir" Faraday replied. "One day you will tax it."

35. For the Math Majors Why did the chicken cross the Moebius strip? To get to the other ... oh, wait ...

36. For the Chemistry Majors The chemistry teacher is berating his class for failure to learn the Periodic Table. "Why, when I was your age, I had memorized all the elements." A student replied, "Yeah, but there were only four of them back then."

37. God’s Side • "Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side. " • Abraham Lincoln, when asked whether he believed that God was on the side of the Union

38. Closest Senate Races, 2010 • Crist’s record is mixed but mostly pro-life. • Reid’s record is very mixed but slightly more pro-life than pro-choice.