Today's article is the first Will Saletan offering ever that hasn't gotten a "Like" from me.
No, Will, restoring Roe is NOT the "Pro-Life Case" for anything. At best, your presentation is perhaps a place where a constructive discussion can start, but there no way that discussion ends with a return to the status "Roe" ante. At worst, it's …
Today's article is the first Will Saletan offering ever that hasn't gotten a "Like" from me.
No, Will, restoring Roe is NOT the "Pro-Life Case" for anything. At best, your presentation is perhaps a place where a constructive discussion can start, but there no way that discussion ends with a return to the status "Roe" ante. At worst, it's a naïve -- and unsuccessful -- attempt to present abortion on demand with a human face.
It took fifty years of struggle to get abortion put back under state jurisdiction; don't expect many kudos, even from those of us who agree with you on the priorities of contraception, pre-natal care, and support for mothers and children, but also believe that's where it belongs, and from where it never should have been removed in the first place.
Today's article is the first Will Saletan offering ever that hasn't gotten a "Like" from me.
No, Will, restoring Roe is NOT the "Pro-Life Case" for anything. At best, your presentation is perhaps a place where a constructive discussion can start, but there no way that discussion ends with a return to the status "Roe" ante. At worst, it's a naïve -- and unsuccessful -- attempt to present abortion on demand with a human face.
It took fifty years of struggle to get abortion put back under state jurisdiction; don't expect many kudos, even from those of us who agree with you on the priorities of contraception, pre-natal care, and support for mothers and children, but also believe that's where it belongs, and from where it never should have been removed in the first place.