It has been twenty-five years since the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Roe v. Wade – an opinion that I believe was misunderstood then, and I know is misunderstood now.
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Category Archives: Personal Autonomy
Morality & Campaign Rhetoric
It is campaign season and once again, the politics of abortion are taking center stage. To those who see no ambiguities, who condemn every abortion no matter what the circumstances, the issue is simple: right…
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Defining “Big” Government
It is fashionable these days for candidates of every party and persuasion to laud smaller government, but smaller is not necessarily less bossy. The issue is less the size and cost of government — important as that is — but how intrusive it shall be
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A Right to Die
We Americans have a habit of asking the wrong questions. Right now, the wrong question is whether the Constitution gives us a "right to die" and if so,, whether we are entitled to have our doctors’ assistance.
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Ends and Means
My mother used to tell me that there is a right way and a wrong way to do things. It was her way of expressing the principle–much honored in the breach, I have since noticed–that the ends do not justify the means.
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