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The Political Aspects of Abortion
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Item Title The Political Aspects of Abortion
Guest Pilpel, Harriet F.
Guest Wattleton, Faye
Guest McFadden, J. P.
Host Buckley, William F., Jr. (1925-2008)
Moderator Kinsley, Michael E.
Date CreatedAugust 23, 1989
Description

Round Two of this debate, again focusing more on the central issues-the rights of a woman versus the rights of her unborn child-than on the specific aspects mentioned in this show's title. FW: "Mr. Buckley, you have raised the specter of slavery repeatedly... and I think that there is a very important distinction between living people-human beings-and fetuses, and to equate fetuses with living blacks who were in bondage and enslaved against their will is not quite fair to this argument." WFB: "I'm not equating them; I'm saying there are things in common, namely an evolutionized moral attitude towards that institution." FW: "There was no woman that was being forced to carry a slave against her will...." JPM: "We are speaking about a class of people who were not considered persons under the law or the Constitution, just as people like me believe that the fetus is a person but is not given constitutional rights." FW: "It's a little hard to see my ancestors the same as fetuses, and I reject the argument and the analogy."

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Place RecordedNew York City, New York, United States
DimensionsDuration: 30 minutes
FormatText
Medium television programs
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Color
color
Soundtrack
sound
Hoover IDProgram S0826
Record Number80040.1075
NotesVideo available through special order.
RightsCopyright held by Stanford University. This copy is provided for educational and research purposes only. No publication, further reproduction, or reuse of copies, beyond fair use, may be made without the express written permission of the Hoover Institution Library & Archives on behalf of Stanford University.

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