On Oct 31, 2008, at 3:41 PM, shag wrote:
> At 12:19 PM 10/31/2008, Doug Henwood wrote:
>> <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122539802263585317.html>
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> that *was* a bizarre essay.
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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