Science, abortion:striking a balance
Abortion: the one topic that appears to have no compromises. A seemingly unbridgeable gap stands between those desiring that everything be permitted and those wishing that any form of abortion be abolished. Roe v. Wade was decided 30 years ago when medicine could say very little about the state of the fetus in the months leading up to birth; this is no longer true. The scientific discoveries since 1973 necessitate a rethinking of abortion.