No, I am not Frederick Douglass
[updated] Okay. Perhaps I stirred the pot a bit too vigorously. In any case, let me clarify a few things. Ta-Nehisi Coates – whose work I admire greatly, too!* – has quite a lot...
Tagged: abortion
Abortion, slavery & personhood
So several of Andrew’s readers disagreed with my post on abortion and slavery. And at least one of my readers had some particularly colorful things to say to me in an email after it...
Roger Ebert, Ben Stein, and the culture war
Ever since Will posted about Roger Ebert earlier I’ve been reading Ebert’s blog (which is fantastic) and came across this explanation of why he never formally reviewed the Ben Stein mockumentary (er, documentary) Expelled....
The Manhattan Declaration
Well, this is the trajectory of the modern Christian right. Its leaders have signed this declaration, further entwining religion and politics, and further entrenching the culture wars in the useless “us against them” language...
Double standards
When the House recently passed a healthcare bill which included restrictions on the use of federal money to subsidize abortion, liberals were up in arms. “It restricts choice!” they cried. Let’s oppose it! Let’s...
the unborn…
…have memories, or at least a recent study shows that after 30 weeks they do… (via Dreher).
on contraception
Jason Peters has a very interesting post on C.S. Lewis, the environment, and the relationship between generations up at Front Porch Republic. What leapt out at me, though, was this passage from Lewis on...
Ah, Abortion
~by sidereal When I’m asked for my opinion on abortion (or when I give it unprompted) I have to decide how long a conversation I want to have. If I want it over with,...
Doubling Down
There seems to be quite the fooferaw over responding to the Tiller murder developing between several bloggers that I respect: Publius and Hilzoy at ObsidianWings, and Megan McArdle. A quick summary: Agreeing with an Ezra...
Justifying Abortion
This fascinating paper on abortion has probably been circulating for some time, but this is the first time I’ve had a chance to read it. A brief note about the author’s hypotheticals: I suspect...
bad craziness indeed
I guess I just don’t understand this kind of hatred. I just don’t understand it.
not nearly enough
From hilzoy: “I am strongly pro-choice, but I think it is perfectly possible to be opposed to abortion on principled grounds, and I think that it would be an enormous mistake to conflate all...
George Tiller
“It is out of characterfor the left to neglect the weak and helpless. The traditional mark of the left has been its protection of the underdog, the weak and the poor. The unborn child...
continuity and the culture of death
1 a: the quality that distinguishes a vital and functional being from a dead body b: a principle or force that is considered to underlie the distinctive quality of animate beings c: an organismic...
The Difficult Cloudy Middle of Abortion
By Dan Summers — I enjoyed Chris’s recent post about Obama’s commencement speech at Notre Dame. With his indulgence, I will take his metaphor about side roads and interstates, and modify it for my...
you can’t be a pacifist if you haven’t got a war to fight
Kyle Cupp has this to say about my professed culture-war pacifism:
pacifism and the culture wars
“Saving” marriage obviously means objecting to gay-marriage. But what does this have to do with abortion? Can someone please explain to me what on earth King means? Seriously, I have no idea. ~ Alex...
induction leading to abortion qualms
This is the product of late-night thinking, and my ideas tend to be even more crack-pot in that context. So fair warning. Those who have read me for some time know that I am...
