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...this is the fact that most of these statutes criminalized only the abortionist and not the would-be mother. This proves only that those outraged by abortion, then as now, understood that abortion was a crime in which often the woman would be victimized almost as much as the unborn child. Also, since 36 of the states had abortion laws that were "strict," allowing exceptions only in the most dire life-threatening circumstances, and sometimes not at all, it is hard to make the case that these old statutes were not motivated by concern for the fetus. Even Justice Blackman...
...women. I believe abortion to be justifiable under a number of circumstances (rape, for example). I would hope, however, that Radcliffe women would think twice before automatically deciding that a "goal-oriented" view of life, or the embarrassment and inconvenier of unwed pregnancy are reason enough to abort an unborn child. Judith R. Cohen...
Against an insinuating stillness, eerie at first, then almost instantly recognizable and reassuring as a cradle, four shapes appear near the top of the high stage, spinning. They wind and slide slowly down thin umbilical ropes suggesting, as they unbend near the ground, unborn children tumbling through the birth canal...
Bush was unwavering in his support for Reagan's policies, admitting only minor differences with the President on the issue of abortion: while Reagan supports a constitutional amendment that would protect unborn fetuses except when the mother's life is threatened, the Vice President would add rape and incest as grounds for ending a pregnancy. Although in 1980 he labeled Reagan's tax and spending programs "voodoo economics," Bush now insisted he was fully behind Reaganomics. "Of course I support the President's economic program, and I support him in everything else," said Bush. Then, going...
...daily actions from those convictions. Our personal convictions always translate into our votes, our lifestyles, our words. Just as it would be impossible for a labor activist to vote for a right-to-work law, so does a person's private beliefs on the right of the unborn translate into policy...