Abortion and public policy
Subtitle: an interdisciplinary investigation within the Catholic tradition
By: edited by R. Randall Rainey and Gerard Magill.
Contributors: Rainey, R. Randall; Magill, Gerard, 1951-
Publisher: Creighton University Press; Marketing & distribution, Fordham University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Omaha, Neb; Bronx, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
Subjects: Abortion -- Government policy -- United States -- Congresses; Abortion -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses.
Other titles: Abortion & public policy
Description: This collection of essays provides an interdisciplinary analysis of the abortion debate in the United States from the perspective of the Catholic tradition. The essays, presented originally at a conference at St. Louis University, examine the scientific, philosophical, theological, legal, and political dimensions of public policy on abortion.

By presenting the balanced, rational argument for the Catholic position on this highly charged subject, Abortion and Public Policy makes a major contribution to public policy discourse in our pluralistic society.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Papers presented at a conference held at St. Louis University on March 11-13, 1993.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : abortion, the Catholic church, and public policy / R. Randall Rainey, Gerard Magill, and Kevin O'Rourke; title: Keynote address / Robert P. Casey; title: When does human life begin? : does science provide the answer? / William S. Sly; title: Resolving conflicting normative claims in public policy / Russell Hittinger; title: Theological parameters : Catholic doctrine on abortion in a pluralist society / James J. Walter; title: Catholic commitment and public responsibility / Lisa Sowle Cahill; title: The public law of abortion : a constitutional and statutory review of the present and future legal landscape / Basile J. Uddo; title: De officiis : Catholics and the strains of office / Hadley Arkes; title: The church and abortion in the 1990s : the role of institutional leadership / J. Bryan Hehir.