Abortion not quite such a black-and-white issue

Wes Davis, Brevard • July 5, 2009 12:15 AM The author of the letter, “History will judge US for allowing abortion on its soil,” (AC-T, June 26), vilifies all who support late-term abortion. His letter implies that this type of abortion is a selective procedure “even more evil than early ones.” His pontification ignores a lot of important facts regarding this procedure. Let's examine them. In 2003, former President Bush signed into law a bill preventing the performance of late-term abortion. This bill has one exception; the procedure may be used to protect the life of the mother. Consequently, the procedures performed by Dr. Tiller were not elective birth control. Rather, they were medical... [read full story]                    

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