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Some Victory.(Bearing Right: How Conservatives Won the Abortion War)(Book Review)

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Bearing Right: How Conservatives Won the Abortion War, by William Saletan (California, 327 pp., $29.95)

Will Saletan, a writer for Slate and a friend of mine, has written a thoughtful and engaging book on the politics of abortion. His analysis distinguishes between two kinds of "pro-choice" positions. What he calls the "conservative pro-choice" position grounds its support for legal abortion in the limits of government power and the autonomy of families. I assume that the liberal pro-choice position, which Saletan develops only by implication, is based on egalitarianism, feminism, and the empowerment of individuals.

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