They only work if the prevailing morality [such as it may be] supports them.
Once upon a time, there were laws against sodomy and adultery, because everyone -- or almost everyone -- supported them.
Morality cannot be legislated.
But to try and re-introduce such laws today would prove fruitless. Society, whether right or wrong, no longer supports them.
Morality cannot be legislated.
But to try and re-introduce such laws today would prove fruitless. Society, whether right or wrong, no longer supports them.
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So does that mean that the pubbies should be ok with abortion.