Jens 'n' Frens
Idle thoughts of a relatively libertarian Republican in Cambridge, MA, and whomever he invites. Mostly political.
"A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures." -- Daniel Webster
Wednesday, February 26, 2003 :::
Jonah Goldberg writes in the Corner that this column (which is unusually bland for Goldberg) has generated hate mail from both sides of the abortion issue. Let's check a couple paragraphs:
But abortion rights groups have a financial and political interest in making Roe seem more imperiled than it is. And these extremists are unwilling to concede what is readily apparent to most Americans: There is a big difference between aborting a pregnancy at two weeks and aborting one at eight months.
That's why pro-life groups had their biggest victories in more than a decade over partial-birth abortion. The average Joe or Jane can draw a meaningful distinction between a "clump of cells" and an eight-month-old fetus.
I can see why that would bother you if you put the beginning of life at birth or conception.
