Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012, was the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. It should just be another day, because abortion has been legal for almost 40 years in America. Seriously, it’s been decided—legally—by a group of highly qualified Supreme Court justices. It’s done; the legal right to privacy has been cemented, so let’s go tackle the next big issue: world hunger. Or…

According to Apple, Siri on the iPhone 4S can help you get things done. But in reality, the digital assistant will only you help you get things done that she deems morally sound. And oddly enough, pursuit of marijuana and dumping a dead body are endeavors that she permits, though getting an abortion is not.

Siri is a digital personal assistant program that comes with the new iPhone 4S. Though she might not pass the Turing test, Siri is voice-activated and follows directions better than most adults. Using sources like Yelp, Siri can answer questions, make recommendations or do other tasks like send text messages.

A new program has begun among students at Washington University in which students volunteer to escort women to abortion clinics in the St. Louis vicinity. The escort program is not affiliated with the University and is designed to protect women who are walking from the parking lot to the clinic entrance from abortion opponents protesting outside.

A bill in the U.S. House of Representatives that would restrict federal funding for abortions has sparked controversy among abortion-rights supporters because of a provision that they claim would redefine rape more strictly.

Recently, quite a bit of controversy has erupted over a planned advertisement during the Super Bowl next Sunday. This ad, sponsored by Focus on the Family, a conservative pro-life interest group, features college football star Tim Tebow delivering the group’s message through the most personal of stories: that of his birth—or, rather, how his mother’s choice not to abort despite severe illness obviously paid off.

With abortion becoming a key issue in the health care debate, issues related to contraception have taken on renewed importance. Washington University offers emergency contraceptives to its students. However, unlike most sellers the University does not offer Plan B, an emergency contaceptive, to everyone. Student Health Services (SHS) dispenses emergency contraception only to women. Plan [...]

Washington University officials have apologized to Saint Louis University for linking the Jesuit university to an abortion program for physicians. The University listed Saint Louis University (SLU) as collaborating with the Washington University School of Medicine and Planned Parenthood in the Family Planning Fellowship, which teaches medical students how to perform abortions.

Earlier this summer, a friend of mine sent me a message on Facebook alerting me to a document leaked by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) “proposing that all forms of birth control, regardless of the manner in which they actually work, should be classified as abortifacients.” I read it, and thought it [...]