[Dr. Eckleburg]

I like Michael Caine.

But he lost me after he made "Cider House Rules" playing an abortionist hoping to tell the world what a noble profession it is.

Some jobs need to be passed by with malice.

[weegee]

I remember catching a line from some pro-abort film critic or columnist about Cider House Rules. His point was that "those who oppose abortion should not criticize this film because of that element of the plot because abortion is legal and you just have to accept it."

In the time frame presented in the film, it was a criminal act. And the immorality of an act does not depend on its legality or illegality.

Slavery was legal. Nazi Germany reduced the Jews to second class citizens under the law.

Adultery is now legal in many states. As is same sex sodomy. And bestiality (few places ever made it criminal, except in public).