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Tuesday, June 09, 2009
Here We Go Again
Ross Douthat starts off well, appearing to realize that Dr. Tiller was not just some sort of monster, but dealt with desperate cases. As noted here and elsewhere, he then goes off the rails. This includes such fiction as "[u]nder current law, if you want to restrict abortion, post-viability procedures are the only kind you’re allowed to even regulate" and his final analysis of how things will change if "abortion were returned to the democratic process."