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(5 meaning strongest agreement and 1 meaning strongest disagreement) 8. Marriage is the only proper context for sexual relations. 5 4 3 2 1 9. I oppose laws that require notification of parents before their minor children can have an abortion. 5 4 3 2 1 10. It is very difficult to establish a law or rule that can be applied justly in all circumstances. 5 4 3 2 1 11. Violence against abortion providers is an unacceptable approach to reducing the number of abortions. 5 4 3 2 1 12. Parenting is a legitimate full-time career. 5 4 3 2 1 13. It's OK with me if people use abortion as a primary or routine method of birth control. 5 4 3 2 1 14. My religious beliefs have had a major impact on my views on abortion. 5 4 3 2 1 15. Government policy should have as a major concern giving support to families raising children. 5 4 3 2 1 16. It's acceptable for governments sometimes to compel women to have abortions.
5 4 3 2 1 (5 meaning strongest agreement and 1 meaning strongest disagreement) 17. If abortion were a crime again, many women would suffer physical injury from illegal abortions. 5 4 3 2 1 18. Spirituality is an important dimension of being human. 5 4 3 2 1 19. Pregnant women who they feel they cannot raise a child should consider, as one option, continuing their pregnancy and placing the baby for adoption. 5 4 3 2 1 20. Preserving a woman's freedom and independence sometimes justifies having an abortion. 5 4 3 2 1 21. Consensual sex can be morally acceptable even without a commitment to the relationship. 5 4 3 2 1 22. I feel certain about "when human life begins." 5 4 3 2 1 23. Public schools should teach young people both abstinence from sex as well as artificial methods of contraception. 5 4 3 2 1 24. Most women who have an abortion suffer psychological harm as a result. 5 4 3 2 1 25. Abortion should be made illegal in most or all circumstances.
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The Common Ground Network for Life
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Common Ground Concepts Appendix 1.1
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over abortion. The Network came int
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together out of a mutual commitment
Page 9: About the Authors Mary Jacksteit wa
Page 12 and 13: others are “wrong.” Debate tend
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Page 18 and 19: Appendix 1.1 THE COMMON GROUND DIAL
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Page 25 and 26: CHAPTER TWO: GETTING STARTED People
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Page 39 and 40: First Small Group Dialogue After th
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Page 43 and 44: Appendix 3.1 WORKSHOP PLANNING MEET
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Cohen and another group member to j
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Appendix 5.4 A Structured Community
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to the prevention of teen pregnancy
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Before starting, tell the group tha
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Structuring an email dialogue Organ
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it is important to stress the signi
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listserve and, possibly, the facili
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would be attending at their own exp
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impartial. To the extent possible,
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Engaging one's adversaries in a pos
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Appendix 6.1 On-Line Dialogue Dear
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Time frame. In order to give the gr
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CHAPTER SEVEN: ADAPTING THE DIALOGU
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undermine the genuineness of the di
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Discussion in small groups follows
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Afternoon Small Group Session [This
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Appendix 7.1 A Day of Dialogue on G
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otherwise. Another problem is that
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Appendix 8.1 COMMON GROUND CONFEREN
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ealize," agrees Frederica Mathewes-
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CHAPTER NINE: RESOURCES There are c
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