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June Medical v. Russo (2020): Where do we go from here?
The Chief Justice cast the deciding vote to strike down the Louisiana abortion law requiring hospital privileges to treat women injured by abortion. But is there a sliver of hope that helps the pro-life movement carry on?
SCOTUS 2020: Should abortion businesses speak for women?
According to this article from https://www.wphealthcarenews.com/, over 40 legal and medical organizations file amicus briefs in support of Louisiana’s pro-woman pro-life law, including the U.S. Department of Justice. January 2, 2020. For Immediate Release. Louisiana is set to argue before
Down syndrome groups ask Supreme Court to review Indiana’s Nondiscrimination Abortion Law
2019 UPDATE: The U.S. Supreme Court declined to accept review of this issue until another circuit court weighs in. Read the outstanding concurring opinion by Justice Clarence Thomas discussing the link between abortion and eugenics. For immediate release November 15,
Thomas More Award Granted to BDF Co-Founders
On Friday night, April 28, 2017, Bioethics Defense Fund co-founders Nikolas T. Nikas and Dorinda C. Bordlee were presented with the Thomas More Award by the Boston-based Pro-Life Legal Defense Foundation. Past Thomas More Award recipients include: 1996 Francis H. Fox, Esq.
Physician-Assisted Suicide Laws: Choice or the Perfect Crime?
BDF attorneys Nikolas T. Nikas and Dorinda C. Bordlee’s review of the actual text of state laws legalizing “physician-assisted suicide” reveals the following little known deceptions. How Physician-Assisted Suicide Laws Facilitate the Perfect Crime: Lack of adequate
SCOTUS Chooses Abortion Industry Over Women’s Health
June 27, 2016. Bioethics Defense Fund attorneys Nikolas T. Nikas and Dorinda C Bordlee made the following statement in regard to the Supreme Court’s decision in Whole Women’s Health v. Hellerstedt. (Decision and amicus brief links below).
Post-Abortion Organ Harvesting Ban: BDF Model Bill Enacted
The “dead donor rule” is a longstanding ethical norm that protects the integrity of human organ donation by providing that (a) organ donors must be dead before procurement of organs begins, and (b) organ procurement itself must not cause the
Medical Associations File Supreme Court Amicus Brief Supporting Pharmacists’ Conscience Rights
Washington, D.C., February 5, 2016. Bioethics Defense Fund, along with co-counsel Americans United for Life, filed a key amicus brief on behalf of five medical associations in a case with profound implications for healthcare rights of conscience. The case was
BDF Speakers for your Law or Medical School
With decades of experience in constitutional litigation and strategic legislative drafting regarding bioethics and human life issues, BDF attorneys Nikolas T. Nikas and Dorinda C. Bordlee are sought-after speakers for their ability to effectively communicate the life-affirming position on complex
