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...CITY HALL Completed in 2002, the seat of London government is one of the more striking structures along the Thames. Designed by Foster and Partners, it resembles a giant steel-and-glass egg tilting in the wind. Inside, the spiral staircase at its core seems to float in midair, and the meeting chamber offers breathtaking IMAX-like views of the river. On the roof, solar panels provide power and the building's green credentials...
...which is a natural mistake given his maverick image. Will independents like him less when they learn more?) McCain's construction that life begins "at the moment of conception" opens a whole new set of questions. There is a world of mystery in what transpires between the moment when egg meets sperm and the point of implantation, when that fertilized egg nestles into the uterus and begins to grow...
Consider the obvious implications if rights attain the moment the egg and sperm meet: all kinds of embryo research become questionable, starting with the stem-cell research McCain says he favors. Couples who undergo in vitro fertilization and then choose not to implant all the embryos are surely violating the rights of those that are discarded or frozen. Some forms of contraception, such as IUDs and the morning-after pill, would presumably be illegal if they affect the ability of an egg to implant. Abortion opponents contend that the birth control pill itself, while designed to prevent ovulation...
...offer blunt reassurance. But his construction of human rights beginning "at the moment of conception," while theoretically clean, is a practical mess. It throws the entire weight of argument onto one side of the scale; a woman, whose womb and RNA are essential to the development of a fertilized egg, would be obliged to do nothing that could even inadvertently interfere with the progression from zygote to newborn. This would have, among other effects, such immense impact on access to contraception that it would all but guarantee an increase in unwanted pregnancies - and the abortions that McCain opposes. I suppose...
...then there is Amendment 48, which defines "any fertilized egg, embryo, or fetus" as a person under the law. That one, backed by such high-profile figures as former Republican president contender Mike Huckabee, is sure to raise the voting day turnout among Evangelical Christians and pro-life Catholics. But will that translate into a bump in support for McCain...