--SNIP-- I found "The Cost of Choice," edited by Erika Bachiochi unpleasant and occasionally annoying — and I read every word. That's because, despite its rigorous pro-life stance, the book brings new observations and depth to a subject that is usually treated as black and white. Don't misunderstand: This is not an on-the-one-hand, on-the-other-hand book — it trumpets many of the classic hobbyhorses of pro-lifers — that the Roe decision itself was an abortion of responsibility and federalism, that its prominence in the agenda of womens' groups has itself "hijacked" feminism and that abortions themselves are an act against women....