Abortion is defended today as a means of ensuring the equality and independence of women, and as a solution to the problems of single parenting, child abuse, and the feminization of poverty.

Our moral, religious, and political traditions are united in their respect for the dignity of human life.

Whose rights will we acknowledge? Whose human dignity will we respect? For whose well-being will we, as a people, assume responsibility?

However, we might oppose it, abortion is a sad feature of modern life.

Tolerance is the price we pay for living in a free, pluralistic society.