Of all the topics I shun abortion is at the top. People take sides so easily and the topic gets out of hand so quickly that I just avoid, avoid, avoid as much as possible. As with many topics I think the real issue often gets missed and sensationalism wins.
Recently in The Wall Street Journal's poignant review of a book titled, "Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys Over Girls and the Consequences of World Full of Men" they hit the nail on the head.
The WSJ says:
Despite the author's intentions, "Unnatural Selection" might be one of the most consequential books ever written in the campaign against abortion. It is aimed, like a heat-seeking missile, against the entire intellectual framework of "choice." For if "choice" is the moral imperative guiding abortion, then there is no way to take a stand against "gendercide." Aborting a baby because she is a girl is no different from aborting a baby because she has Down syndrome or because the mother's "mental health" requires it. Choice is choice. One Indian abortionist tells Ms. Hvistendahl: "I have patients who come and say 'I want to abort because if this baby is born it will be a Gemini, but I want a Libra.' "
Read the full review yourself: The War Against Girls
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