Winter 2011 issue of the NCBQ

I just received in the mail the latest issue (volume 11; no. 4; Winter 2011) of the National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly. The NCBQ, edited by Ted Furton, typically includes excellent scholarship on bioethics issues. This issue is no exception. I wanted to call particular attention to a piece by Rev. Kevin Flannery SJ entitled "Vital Conflicts and the Catholic Magisterial Tradition." In this article, Father Flannery discusses the Phoenix abortion case and takes issue with the moral analysis of Therese Lysaught, which was largely based on the analysis of Father Martin Rhonheimer. Father Flannery presented an earlier version of this paper at the University Faculty for Life conference at Notre Dame in June 2011. (I should note that the 2012 UFL conference is scheduled for June 1-2, 2012 at BYU Law School.)