Oxford University Pro-Life Society http://www.oxfordprolife.org.uk Protecting life from conception to natural death Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:35:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Trinity Term 2009: ‘Pro-Life and Public Life’ http://www.oxfordprolife.org.uk/archive/2009/03/25/trinity-term-2009-pro-life-and-public-life/ http://www.oxfordprolife.org.uk/archive/2009/03/25/trinity-term-2009-pro-life-and-public-life/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:08:46 +0000 Prolife President http://www.oxfordprolife.org.uk/archive/2009/03/25/trinity-term-2009-pro-life-and-public-life/ This term and next†the Pro-Life Society hopes to host a series of lectures exploring the interplay between the pro-life position and public life.† How difficult is it to ‘tread the line’ between defending the message and appearing out-of-touch or uncompassionate? †Can organised religion make a contribution? †What scientific realities does the pro-life lobby need to address before its contribution can be taken seriously?† These are a few of the questions we will be asking our experts to address.† This term we will be looking introspectively, to work out what being pro-life means in the 21st century.† If you would like any more information about this or other events listed on the website email the President at: lifesoc@herald.ox.ac.uk

]]> http://www.oxfordprolife.org.uk/archive/2009/03/25/trinity-term-2009-pro-life-and-public-life/feed/ 0 First Event of Term: David Oderberg on Applied Ethics and the Embryo http://www.oxfordprolife.org.uk/archive/2008/10/09/first-event-of-term-david-oderberg-on-applied-ethics-and-the-embryo/ http://www.oxfordprolife.org.uk/archive/2008/10/09/first-event-of-term-david-oderberg-on-applied-ethics-and-the-embryo/#comments Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:23:50 +0000 Brian McMahon http://www.oxfordprolife.org.uk/archive/2008/10/09/first-event-of-term-david-oderberg-on-applied-ethics-and-the-embryo/ Join us for the first event of term: A talk by David Oderberg of the University of Reading, who will be speaking about†bioethics and practical philosophy.

Where: The Mitre Pub, High and Turl Streets
When: Monday 27 October 2008, 7.30 pm.

Co-sponsored with the Graduate Christian Union. All are welcome!

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The annual Oxford LIFE Walk through the town centre will meet at the War Memorial near St Giles’ Church (where Woodstock Rd. and Banbury Rd. split). Come join this wonderful pro-life witness!

]]> http://www.oxfordprolife.org.uk/archive/2008/05/19/oupls-trinity-term-picnic/feed/ 0 Lecture: ‘China’s One Child Policy’ http://www.oxfordprolife.org.uk/archive/2008/05/19/lecture-chinas-one-child-policy/ http://www.oxfordprolife.org.uk/archive/2008/05/19/lecture-chinas-one-child-policy/#comments Mon, 19 May 2008 08:48:37 +0000 Brian McMahon http://www.oxfordprolife.org.uk/archive/2008/05/19/lecture-chinas-one-child-policy/ Wednesday, 28 May; 8:20 pm, Christ Church Lecture Room 2 (ground floor)

Mr Russell Wilcox will address the effects of abortion on Chinese society through its ‘one child policy.’ With the Beijing Olympics around the corner, it promises to be a hot topic.

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