(AAPLOG) and the American College of Pediatricians (ACP) will jointly host the 2016 Matthew Bulfin Educational Conference on 
Feb. 20-21, 2016. The theme is Hippocratic Medicine: the Means to Health and Human
Flourishing. The conference will be held at the Houston Marriott Medical Center, in the heart of the largest medical complex in the U.S., which includes physicians and medical
students from Baylor, UT Houston, Texas A&M, and other Texas-based medical schools. (Local student volunteers are needed!) See conference details here.
Pro-life medical students are encouraged to apply online now for the Joe DeCook Medical Student Scholarship which will cover your transportation, housing and all conference costs to attend! Applicants should submit a very brief essay about your involvement and interest in pro-life medicine, and also submit one letter of recommendation from someone who can attest to your interest or involvement in pro-life issues. Applications will be accepted until December 31, 2015. See: www.aaplog.wildapricot.org/Medical-Student-Sponsorship
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North Dakota Judges Forced to Allow Down Syndrome Abortions Even Though They’re “Eugenic”
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Something unusual happened recently in a courthouse in Fargo, North Dakota. Two federal appeals judges, Ralph Erickson and Bobby Shepherd, were reviewing an Arkansas bill that would make it illegal to target babies with Down Syndrome for abortion. They wanted the bill to be allowed. But a 1992 judicial precedent forced them to deem it unconstitutional. So what did Judge Erickson do? He asked the Supreme Court to overturn the previous bad decision and give states the authority to ban abortions. The dissent written by Erickson delved deeply into his concerns that this type of license to kill based
