Rauch writes that I don’t explain whether I think women should get jail terms for seeking abortions, instead “mumbling that ‘the pro-life movement’ does not necessarily seek jail time for women and that fining doctors and revoking medical licenses might suffice.” Continuing in the same vein, Rauch asks whether I would punish the discarding or destroying of embryos as first-degree murder. And: If human life is “inviolable,” then why should it matter whether a hopelessly vegetative patient — someone like Terri Schiavo — left instructions not to be fed? Surely, from Ponnuru’s perspective, the doctors caring for her cannot ethically conspire to starve her to death even if she would prefer to die. If every abortion is infanticide, could even the most life-threatening pregnancy be ended? We don’t have a “health exception” to the murder laws.
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First clue to bias is the misspelling of Terri's name. Sounds like a seminar caller to Rush...
Once in a while I try to read something that has the stack decked against it in my head. In one of the biggest Right-To-Life cases of the past few years, the death of Terry Schiavo, my mind is at best riding the fence, and my opinions skew from both sides to something in the middle. That's why I to read Fighting For Dear Life (copyright 2006, Bethany House), by David Gibbs, the attorney for Terry's parents. But I'm still skewed.
Review - Fighting For Dear Life by David Gibbs
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