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Column: Your chance to show you 'chose life'
By Len Munsil
“Safe, legal and rare.”
That was the formulation former President Bill Clinton used to describe his view of the appropriate exercise of abortion rights in America.
President Clinton, a pro-choice Democrat, understood this truth -- implicit in the abortion choice is a moral decision with profound implications – so profound that the exercise of this court-created right should be undertaken only rarely.
Unlike most rights – such as the freedom of speech and of religion, which we are generally encouraged to embrace vigorously – there is something troubling, even disturbing, about the abortion choice. More...
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