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Old 06-14-2008, 06:52 PM   #25
smoothmoniker
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Originally Posted by Clodfobble View Post
Please tell me, what is the moderate view on abortion in your mind, and how does it differ from the conservative view?
Parental consent for minors, just like you have to get for every other medical procedure.

Prohibit late-term partial birth abortions

Require pre-abortion counseling to inform the patient of all available options.

All of this things stop well short of the conservative position on abortion, but are more restrictive than the position held by Clinton and others in her party. I think you can consider that to be somewhere in the "moderate" zone.

Abortion is kind of like the death-penalty - nobody on either side of the issue will acknowledge that a moderate position is actually a moderate position. They will attack it as surrendering to the other side on cherished principles.
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