First Links – 10.25.11

Abortion Case Loses Ground, but Issue Stays Hot in Kansas
New York Times , A. G. Sulzberger

Smoking marijuana not a religious practice, judge tells Church of the Universe member
National Post , Douglas Quan

I was too old when I had my baby, says IVF mum aged 61
Daily Mail , Tom Kelly

The Gospel According to Jim Henson
Christianity Today , David Zahl

Defining torture
Just Thomism , James Chastek

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