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...like to remind people of the historical, traditional emphasis this society has always placed on human life." Because of the paramount value they place on the developing life from the moment of fertilization, some pro-life zealots would outlaw even IUDS and other birth-control methods that prevent the egg from implantation inside the uterus. Abortion-rights advocates have a strong case in rejecting this extreme view. They are on less solid ground...
When does a human being begin to exist? That question is at the very heart of the abortion debate, yet it is far from susceptible to a sure answer. This much is beyond serious dispute: biological life begins at fertilization, when the female's egg is united with the male's sperm. But does a collection of cells constitute a human being? Some biologists believe that fertilization does mark the beginning of humanity, since the fertilized egg is a distinct and unique genetic entity. This belief shores up the antiabortion argument of Catholic bishops as well as those...
...kills the goose that lays the golden egg! Heary Ratliff...
...proposal touched off a storm of criticism. Argued Martin D. Boudreau of the U.S. Attorney's Strike Force Against Organized Crime: "It would further encourage persons engaged in criminal activity to set aside a nest egg for the rainy day they are caught and brought to justice." In a Boston Globe you-play-the-judge poll, readers voted more than 3 to 1 to send Krutschewski to jail. But a juror who convicted him, Rachel Holmes, was sympathetic: "It would be wonderful if he could serve the community...
...capitalism, we must accept the fact that unless we encourage the rich to put their money into stocks, bonds, factories and mines, there will be no jobs for the poor. It is natural enough to envy and even hate the rich, but killing the goose that lays the golden egg puts no meat on the table...