PATRICK J. SHEERAN holds a Doctorate in Public Administration and a Masters in International Relations from the University of Southern California. He is a former Catholic priest and has taught various graduate courses in public administration, including ethics, at the University of Southern California, George Mason University, and Shenandoah University. He is the author of “Women, Society, the State and Abortion: A Structuralist Analysis” (Praeger, 1987).