Deirdre Cooper

Deirdre M. Cooper is the Public Policy Analyst for Texas Alliance for Life. Kody W. Cooper is Assistant Professor of Political Science and Public Service at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and author of Thomas Hobbes and the Natural Law (University of Notre Dame Press, 2018).

February 20, 2018
Politics & Law, The Human Person

February 20, 2018
Abortion, Constitutional Law, Healthcare

Dishonoring the Dead: Moral and Constitutional Considerations on Fetal Disposition

By Deirdre Cooper and Kody Wayne Cooper

Texas’s humane dispositions aren’t about trying to sneakily ban abortion. They’re about whether states will be coerced to affirm abortion as a positive good rather than merely tolerating it as a tragic necessity.

June 30, 2016
Politics & Law, The Human Person

June 30, 2016
Abortion, Constitutional Law

The Supreme Court vs. Women’s Health

By Deirdre Cooper

The Supreme Court’s latest abortion decision is a significant setback for women and the unborn.

March 9, 2016
Politics & Law, The Human Person

March 9, 2016
Abortion, Constitutional Law

Setting the Record Straight on Texas’s Abortion-Safety Law

By Deirdre Cooper

The Supreme Court is a vote away from unraveling years of incremental pro-life legislation as it examines the case surrounding Texas’ abortion-safety law HB2. But holding the abortion industry to a high standard of care should not be controversial, as the health of real women is at stake.

January 14, 2016
The Human Person

January 14, 2016
Bioethics, Healthcare

Balancing the Rights of Patients and Doctors: Another Perspective on a Tragic Case

By Deirdre Cooper and Beverly Nuckols

When assessing the case of Christopher Dunn, in which some key details remain hazy, we ought to give his physicians and hospital ethics committee the benefit of the doubt.

July 11, 2013
The Human Person

July 11, 2013
Abortion

The Ongoing Culture War: A Report from the Texan Frontlines

By Deirdre Cooper

The abortion fight in Texas is a flashpoint in the culture war. But it need not be another skirmish in which the casualty is civility and reason. It is rather an opportunity for pro-lifers to seize the high ground of decorum and reasonableness.

January 25, 2012
Education & Culture, Politics & Law, Sexuality & Family, The Human Person

January 25, 2012
Abortion, Marriage, Philosophy, Religion and the Public Square

Keeping Mom, Dad, and Baby: Social Conservatism and the Republican Platform

By Deirdre Cooper

In order to win, do Republicans really need to stop talking about abortion and marriage?

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