[lbo-talk] So who decides which abortions are "abhorrent"?

Carl G. Estabrook galliher at illinois.edu
Mon Feb 27 10:39:59 PST 2012


http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/abortion/philosophical/future.shtml

On Feb 27, 2012, at 12:15 PM, Joseph Catron wrote:


> "The idea of sex-selective abortions is abhorrent ..."
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/feb/27/three-sons-sex-selective-family
>
> Umm, why, again? Iris Chapman certainly doesn't bother to tell us. I
> mean, how are they any different than abortions obtained for reasons
> of convenience, economics, etc.? Can someone out there explain this?
> Why does polite liberal society hold some choices (actually, all but
> this one, I think) to be more equal than others?
>
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> mægen lytlað."
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