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ABORTION RITES - Jesus is Savior

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movement to legalize abortion. She shared her new strategy during a1997 NARAL event in San Franc<strong>is</strong>co. Alstad opinion <strong>is</strong> that “thereal battleground for abortion <strong>is</strong> morality.” 31In “Abortion as a Moral Act,” Alstad warned, “TheAmerican pro­choice movement has focused on rights. But how canchoice compete with life as an ultimate value? How can legal rightscompete with morality, which <strong>is</strong> more basic? Rights ex<strong>is</strong>t only ifsociety grants them, and thus can be eroded whenever the climate ofmoral opinion changes.” 32Author and bioethic<strong>is</strong>t Leslie Cannold agrees the abortionrights movement needs a moral frame. According to Cannold, “Thejob of the pro­choice movement <strong>is</strong> to provide a moral defense of a31Ibid.32Diana Alstad and Joel Kramer, “Abortion as a Moral Act,” Resourcesfor Independent Living,http://www.rit.org/editorials/abortion/morality.html (accessed December7, 2004).201

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