Abstract
Opponents of abortion made great advances in protecting women and children in the past 4 years, but most of those protection have already be reversed by the new administration. While some predict the reversal of Roe in the coming decade, others express confidence that abortion will increasingly be understood as just another facet of women’s healthcare. Professor Teresa Collett has both drafted and defended legislation advancing the prolife agenda for 30 years. She will share her assessment of where we are today and where we may be in three years when Roe turns 50 and the nation is once again choosing who will lead our country as President.
Speaker
Teresa Collett, J.D., is professor at the University of St. Thomas School of Law, where she serves as director of the school's Prolife Center. Collett received her doctorate at the University of Oklahoma College of Law. As a well-known advocate for the protection of human life and the family, Collett specializes in the subjects of marriage, religion and bioethics in her research.
The Common Good Series
The common good, as defined by the Vatican II document Gaudium et Spes, refers to “the sum total of social conditions which allow people, either as groups or as individuals, to reach their fulfillment more fully and more easily” (GS 26). This is undoubtedly a high call to make tangible in a fallen world but one that is necessary for all persons of faith to strive toward in their own capacity.
The Murphy Institute’s “The Common Good” series invites St. Thomas faculty from across the university to explore their own areas of expertise as it relates to the promotion and pursuit of the common good. This initiative is a continuation of the 2020 series “The Common Good in Uncommon Times” which hosted conversations pertinent to the year’s experience within the pandemic, cultural reckoning, and political divisions. As society continues to grapple with these conflicts and many others, “The Common Good” aims to showcase the role each discipline has to play in the building up and fostering of the fulfillment of all peoples.
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