Twice in recent months, in Pensacola, Fla., and in Brookline, Mass., abortionists

and support staff had been slain by extreme anti-abortion activists. Pro-choicers had

swung into action on this target of opportunity, and pro-lifers were, mostly, trying to limit

the damage. Mrs. Stover comes perilously close to justifying the killings, but Father

Neuhaus firmly brings the discussion back to orthodox moral theology: "What the Paul

Hills have done is that they have confirmed precisely the logic of the Roe v. Wade

decision, and that is that lethal violence can be a matter of private preference or of private

conviction. No society can do that."