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The adoption vs. abortion myth

Slamming the door on adoption and depriving children abroad of loving homes: Guatemala, a onetime model for international adoption, "reforms". An article on the adoption vs. abortion myth: Why politicians are wrong to trumpet the former as a solution to the latter. A review of The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade by Ann Fessler. A review of Girls on the Stand: How Courts Fail Pregnant Minors by Helena Silverstein. An article on male victims of abortion as the new theme of the National Right to Life Committee. An article on abortion and the Founding Fathers on the campaign trail. Abortion's "so-what" factor: Why what a candidate thinks about abortion rights is not especially important. Dr. Dobson and Justice Bork: How angry conservatives saved Roe v. Wade in 1986. What repercussions will today's anger have? With anti-abortionists pushing "scientific evidence" on fetal viability, it is time to restate the moral case for a woman's right to choose.