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Whether American officials violated the law to justify torture is a hugely important moral issue. Whether American officials launched a war under false pretenses is a hugely important moral issue. What if it turns out that the two are connected, that torture was used in order generate a false pretext for the war? Here’s what’s…

Will Saletan at Slate responded to my latest “Safe, Legal, Early” defense: “Morally, my feelings differ from Steve’s. I’m more uncomfortable with early abortions than he is. At the same time, I’m more uncomfortable with government interference in late abortions than he is. Steve is right that earlier is better. But pointing out that truth,…

One of you asked what I was getting at with the thought experiment pitting 500 zygotes against one baby. (If you were in a burning medical building, which would you save?) I’ve argued that some pro-choice leaders are slightly out of synch with some pro-choice voters. While all pro-choices want the decision to be made…

Slate’s very wise “Human Nature” columnist, Will Saletan, gave me the honor of thoroughly critiquing my “Safe, Legal and Early” essay. He suggests that my proposal by itself is politically impractical because it’s too complicated and because, “people won’t take the more-but-earlier-abortions deal. Yes, they prefer earlier abortions to later ones, as Waldman’s poll data…
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