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...cannot remain divided,” he said. “We cannot survive in this competition...
...Safe, legal, and rare” has been the rallying cry of the modern pro-choice movement since the days of President Bill Clinton. This phrase is etched in the Democratic Party platform, broadcasted on televised debates, and witnessed in signs demanding that Roe v. Wade remain the law of the land. However, keeping abortion safe and legal seems much more consistent with the pro-choice position than ensuring that the procedure is rare. Why exactly is this curious third word included in the abortion catchphrase...
...Many proponents argue that abortion must remain legal; it is wrong to impose one’s personal morality on the masses through the law, even if one believes that abortion is morally wrong or questionable...
...Instead of maintaining the clause that abortion should remain rare, and thus placing a cloud of moral doubt over the procedure, pro-choice Americans should view abortion as morally acceptable. This is the only way to maintain consistency between the morality and legality of abortion. Abraham Lincoln made this same argument when he responded to Stephen Douglas in their famous debates. Douglas supported federal neutrality on the slavery issue, while claiming to be personally ambivalent on whether slavery was right or wrong, which Lincoln called an untenable moral position. Lincoln argued that it was only reasonable for the federal government...
...four current chairs who offered statements on the matter expressed support for Smith’s administrative reforms. But another chair, who asked to remain anonymous so as to protect relationships with colleagues, said in an e-mail that in fact there were “several chairs strongly opposed to divisional deans...