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1、America’sabortiondebateMultiplechoiceHowaprivatematterbetweenawomanandherdoctorbecamethepreeminentsymbolofAmericanpoliticalallegianceJun20th2015
2、FromtheprinteditionAfterRoe:TheLostHistoryoftheAbortionDebate.ByMaryZiegler.HarvardUniversityPress;367pages;$39.95and£29.95.W
3、HENAmericacomestopickitsnextpresidentonethingissure:thetwocandidateswilltakeopposingviewsofa40yearoldlawsuit.Asthecountryhasbecomemoretolerantofhomosexuality,abortionhasbeenleftstandingastheprimeinsigniaofaffiliationintheculturewarsthathaveragedfordecades.OneRepublicanc
4、ontender,ScottWalker,intendstosignabillinWisconsinbanningabortionafter20weeks,withnoexceptionsmadeevenincasesofrapeorincest.Another,RickPerry,haspresidedovertheclosingofmostoftheabortionclinicsinTexas.Theargumentsonbothsideshavebecomewearilyfamiliar.MaryZiegler’sbookonR
5、oevWade,the1973caseinwhichtheSupremeCourtstruckdownstatebansonabortion,resurrectsthestrangeancestryoftheprolifeandprochoicecamps,which,inreality,areanythingbut.Argumentsoverwhetheramothershouldhavetherighttoterminatethefetussheiscarryingand,ifso,atwhatstageinthepregnanc
6、y,areclaimedbyethicsandreligion,buttheyhavebeendrivenbytechnology.Thecurrentaimoftheantiabortionmovementistoputinplaceabanontheprocedureafter20weeksand,insodoing,tomakeabortionadvocateslookunreasonable.Billboardsaroundthecountrymakegooduseofthelatestinmedicalimagingtoma
7、kethiscase,showinghowmuchlikeababyafetuslooksatthisstage,therebycastinganyonewhotakestheopposingviewasababykiller.Themodernabortiondebatecanalsobetracedtoachangeintechnology.Beforeabout1940,childbirthwasunsafeenoughthatdoctorscouldusuallyjustifyabortionasbeingnecessaryt
8、opreservethehealthofthemother.Improvementsinobstetricsandgynaecologychangedthat,creatingavacuumononesideoftheargument.Intoitsteppedwhatbecametheprochoicemovement,thoughthatisarecentformulationofanolderargument.ThosewhofavouredabortionbeforeRoetendedtodosoongroundsthatma
9、nypeoplemightconsiderconservativetoday.Fewerunwantedbabies,itwasbelieved,wouldbegoodforbringingdowntherateofil
