Just finished reading "Our Only World", ten essays by Wendell Berry, given to me by Elliott and Nadia for my recent birthday. Very much enjoyed it.
In essay number six, he discusses his thoughts re (1)abortion, and (2)gay marriage. While Berry is personally opposed to abortion, he comes down to this position: the government should not be involved. The decision should be left to the woman, her family and her doctor.
One of the arguments against abortion is that it takes away the rights of the fetus, which may regarded as a person. Berry says: "The legal definition of a person evaporated when the Supreme Court defined a corporation as a person. If a corporation is a person… then personhood can be conferred upon virtually anything merely by decree." For me, Berry nails the idiocy of that court decision
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