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Way Beyond 1984
George Orwell could not have said it better. "With stealth and snookery, conservative strategists are reshaping the debate over abortion rights." ("Choice words/A tactical turn on abortion," Star Tribune 11/20/03). How are they reaching this diabolical goal? "The [partial birth abortion] bill forbids a rarely used late-term abortion technique that involves collapsing the fetal skull to enable its removal from the uterus. The technique is gruesome by nature, as are all other late-term abortion techniques."
Let me get this straight, the despicable thing is calling to people's attention the gruesome nature of a particular late term abortion technique, which is devious because all late term abortions are gruesome?
And the reason that legislation is inappropriate? "No, the best place for solving such quandaries is the human heart -- a place the long arm of government cannot reach. That will remain true so long as the U.S. Constitution honors its guarantees of liberty and privacy. Unless abortion foes are keen to shred that sacred document, its promises will stand."
I am getting confused again. It must be that the heart, which decides these sorts of issues, needs to remain uniformed since telling the truth is forbidden. And this is all protected by the Constitution, which - even though sacred - is continually discovered to contain rights that its authors never envisioned? And it is only "abortion foes" who "are keen to shred that sacred document?"
Ross S. Olson MD
The following portion of the letter was published in the Star Tribune on November 21, 2003.
Tell the truth
George Orwell could not have said it better. According to a Nov. 20 editorial, "With stealth and snookery, conservative strategists are reshaping the debate over abortion rights."
How are they reaching this diabolical goal? "The [partial-birth abortion] bill forbids a rarely used late-term abortion technique that involves collapsing the fetal skull to enable its removal from the uterus. The technique is gruesome by nature, as are all other late-term abortion techniques."
Let me get this straight: The despicable thing is calling to people's attention the gruesome nature of a particular late-term abortion technique, which is devious because all late-term abortions are gruesome?
Ross S. Olson, Minneapolis.
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