Most Americans are weary of the controversy over what the la should say or do about
abortion. Millions of Americans want to avoid the crossfire between the partisans of the Right …

However, responsibility is required for the fruitful exercise of any freedom. In order to act
responsibly, one must give due consideration to the consequences of various courses of …

Abortion is an issue that divides many societies—perhaps most societies. 1 It is certainly, in
my experience in the United States, the most divisive issue in American society today. 2 …

" The right to life is one of the fundamental values on which Western society has been built."
St John-Stevas, The Right to Life 115 (1963) The abortion controversy is assuming national …

Abortion is the most divisive issue in American society today, but that is not unique because
the issue troubles many other Western countries as well. Acrimonious debate has ensued in …

Abstract" I am honoured to have been invited to be a panelist in such distinguished company
at this important event. I am particularly attracted to the invitation in the title of the …

The tenth anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade is a good time for us to
pause and reflect. Our nationwide policy of abortion-on-demand through all nine months of …

Abortion is the issue that will not go away. It pops up in dinner party discussion and in our
political lives, even when many people would rather avoid the topic.'Ever since the United …

The legal right to choose to have an abortion in America has alwas been a kind of mirage....
The right to choose became the right to convince a judge that you should have an abortion …

I. The Politics of Abortion The emergence of abortion as a major issue in 1980 is not
accidental. There were 1.32 million legal abortions in the United States in 1977 and a …