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Fighting to find space in a conference room at the Institute of Politics (IOP), movie aficionados and politicos crammed in to hear movie producer Jonathan Glickman discuss the public’s distaste for overly politicized films...
...Glickman and Mazzoli offered lessons from political experience, Kate Michelman, president of the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League (NARAL), and Carol Tobias, political director of the National Right to Life Committee, each advocated an ideological position. Michelman, drawing nods and occasional applause, railed against the “Republican effort to undo the right to choose and the right of privacy.” To the loudest applause of the night, she said that deciding what a woman can do with her body is “not the position of a legislative body, with all due respect...
After one audience member argued that “abortion is not a middle-issue”—that you’re either for life or against it—Glickman cautioned against this diametric division. He said that though many people have legitimate concerns about subtle abortion issues—like parental consent or so-called “partial birth abortions”—he lamented that the extremes of the debate prevent even-handed discussion...
After a poll of the audience revealed that nearly every person in the room felt “intensely” about abortion, one way or another, Glickman said that for a politician to ignore the passions of constituents, discuss issues, and vote on principles “defies the laws of nature...
...discuss how the nuts and bolts of abortion politics are shaped.” After one audience member argued that “abortion is not a middle-issue”—that you’re either for life or against it—Glickman cautioned against this diametric division. He said that though many people have legitimate concerns about subtle abortion issues—like parental consent or so-called “partial bith abortions”—he lamented that the extremes of the debate prevent even-handed discussion...