Abortion and the Death Penalty (was Re: abortion litmus test)

Frances Bolton (PHI) fbolton at chuma.cas.usf.edu
Mon Jun 1 13:41:24 PDT 1998


On Mon, 1 Jun 1998, Katha Pollitt wrote:
>
> I'm not saying there are no "progressives" who are deeply opposed to
> abortion. But there aren't very many, and why women should be forced to
> bear children against their will to please Jim Wallis or the Catholic
> Workers -- are we talking even 10000 people here? -- is beyond me.

When this thread began, I took a look through Jim Wallis' book and he is explicitly not supportive of anti-abortion legislation. Do you have a cite where he suggests otherwise?

Frances



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