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Lies and the Pro-life Movement

Christopher Tollefsen, March 2nd, 2011

Christopher Tollefsen, PhD Professor of Philosophy, University of South Carolina Recent weeks have seen a flurry of activity from the pro-life movement, much of it indisputably good.  Currently, two bills are before Congress; one would amend those parts of the recent health care overhaul that are threatening to the pro-life cause; the other would eliminate federal subsidies for Planned [...]

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