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...I, too, am appalled at the million-plus abortions performed yearly in this country...
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...This illustrates Brown's thesis: that the dialogue between the arts and metaphysical thought works both ways, is a constant to and fro: as Aquinas reflected on the metaphysical implications of the great I AM of Exodus 3, so Dante reflected on Aquinas and transfigured his meaning in the Comedia...
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...But that does not mean the attitudes or values used to justify non-abortifacient contraceptives have no philosophical connection to abortion-on-demand...
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...The notion of women's "emancipation" by their "control" of their reproductive powers (through contraception or abortion) is, in one sense, an illusion . . . . Most contraceptive methods do nothing to challenge the male's concupiscent tendencies, and therefore his assumptions about the value and worth of women as persons . . . . What has happened is that private wishes have become public rights and, until there is equality in the bedroom, we will have continued interventions into the generative process, that is, into human life in its varying stages...
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...Once again, a neo-gnostic view of the human person rears its head in the perception of the human as pd~y~a relational reality, with the body playing an inferior or accidental role of arbitrary value...
...But I deeply believe that I do not have the right to tell another woman that she must remain pregnant against her will, even if my own decision would be different...
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...The abortion dilemma is related to the contraceptive mentality, which is related to the widespread use and acceptance of contraception...
...The problem lies in the fact that those who support abortion, mass sterilization, genetic engineering, in vitro fertilization, and euthanasia employ many of the same values and logic that couples use to justify contraception...
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...Many conscientious contracepting couples would not necessarily resort to abortion with an unexpected pregnancy...
...To the Editors: Tim Langley's "On Not Rendering to Caesar" [April 6] provides much information on the whats and whys as well a~ the pros and cons of war tax resistance . . . . However, the essence of nonviolent conflict resolution seems to be in finding solutions acceptable to all concerned . . . . If Tim Langley had included Congress in his tax protest and asked to change the tax law, the problem might be solved for him and for the thousands of other conscientious military tax objectors...
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