[lbo-talk] Peggy Noonan waxes weird

John Thornton jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net
Sat Nov 1 11:33:32 PDT 2008


martin wrote:
>
> Among other things the article said ...
>
> "Our last Democratic president knew what that issue was, and knew by
> nature how to speak of it. Bill Clinton famously said, over and over,
> that abortion should be "safe, legal and rare." The "rare" mattered.
> It set a tone, as presidents do, and made an important concession: You
> only want a medical practice to be rare when it isn't good."
>
> Should be 'You only want a medical procedure to be rare when it isn't
> necessary' . Abortion is obviously necessary until socialism provides
> support for mothers.
>
> martin

Bill got two out of three correct. Abortion should be safe, legal, and on demand; frequency is completely a personal issue and not one of concern to society at large. Abortion will be just as necessary under socialism only then it should be free upon demand.

John Thornton



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