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...choice liberals criticize attempts to frame the debate in moral terms. But the Roe v. Wade decision itself makes moral distinctions. The nine Supreme Court justices ruled that abortion could be limited during the fetus' final trimester because the "potential life" has now reached their definition of "viability." Pro-life activists counter with morally-informed and no more arbitrary ages of their own: as early as 60 days (when all the child's organs are functioning) or as late as five months (when premature babies are born and survive with the aid of medical technology...
More dialogue is needed on abortion, not less. Activists cannot discard their moral convictions any more than society can remain neutral on controversial issues. And if innocuous photos of a developing fetus revulse pro-choice advocates, then perhaps they should reconsider what their neutrality really means...
...consider the tone of this publication inimical to what campus debate should be. The representation on the cover is a case in point. It graphically depicts a fetus in the womb. This image appears designed to provoke an immediate emotional reaction rather than rational debate about the complex politics of this issue...
...February 20, 1996, a demagogue was born in the state of New Hampshire. The fetus was conceived decades ago, metamorphosing in the politically nurturing setting of the White House into a right-wing, conservative speech writer under Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan. The American media was a second protective womb for the developing organism on CNN's "Crossfire" and in such conservative papers as the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, which voiced expressions of support for Barry Goldwater and Senator Joseph McCarthy. Finally, one week ago, the moment of emergence arrived, and out came Patrick J. Buchanan as New Hampshire...
...late-term abortion technique is headed back to the House for reconciliation. The Senate approved the legislation, the first to outlaw an abortion technique since the Supreme Court's 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision made abortion legal, on a 54-44 vote. Opponents say the procedure involves killing a fetus before it is pulled from the birth canal. Doctors describe it, however, as the least risky technique for a mother who has a compelling medical reason to terminate a late-term pregnancy. "The important thing that gets distorted in this debate is that these are extremely rare procedures," says TIME...