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...employ the euphemism “pro-choice” offends you—too bad. When it comes to being “PC,” I’m not. The abortion rights faction no doubt will argue that the employment of “precious feet?? pins (which depict, appropriately, a pair of infant feet) is nothing more than a form of sentimental propaganda, an attempt to appeal to the public’s infatuation with babies. This charge, however, is far from the truth...
...that the percentage of annual abortions performed for reasons of rape, incest, or medical complications is anywhere between .02 percent and 7 percent depending on the sources used, but both of these numbers leave over 90 percent of abortions being performed for other reasons. The “precious feet?? pins are also a reminder to the public, then, that intrinsic to virtue is acceptance of the consequences of one’s actions...
However, the nation also must distinguish between those security measures that make the public feel safe and that actually promote safety. Air marshals may make passengers feel better, but the prospects of a shootout at 39,000 feet??or, even worse, having a marshal’s weapon wrested away from him by hijackers—make the idea less appealing...