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To: Neocon who wrote (3555)	1/7/2003 2:07:21 PM
From: Solon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7720

"Criminalization of late term abortion, rare or not, is a matter of principle" What principle is that? What principle entails (in your mind) that we must make late term abortions illegal?

To: Neocon who wrote (3555)	1/11/2003 7:10:10 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7720

Criminalization of late term abortion, rare or not, is a matter of principle. Well, we can agree that it's a matter of principle. The question is the relative ranking of relevant principles. I recognize that statists have little use for libertarian principles. But that is not the case with me. The relevance of the infrequency of late term abortions is that the practical effects help us rank conflicting principles. It is much like the way the infrequency of American body bags enabled people to elevate other principles and accept war in Afghanistan. Of course if one is absolutist about one principle or another, ranking them is not an issue...