By Sarah Terzo “I do, as a humanist, believe that the concept ‘unborn child’ is a real one and I think the concept is underlined by all the recent findings of embryology about the early viability of a well conceived human baby, one that isn’t going to be critically deformed (or even some that are) …
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By Sarah Terzo “I do, as a humanist, believe that the concept ‘unborn child’ is a real one and I think the concept is underlined by all the recent findings of embryology about the early viability of a well conceived human baby, one that isn’t going to be critically deformed (or even some that are) …
Continue reading "Atheist Christopher Hitchens on abortion"By Dave Andrusko Editor’s note. It was three years ago this week that Christopher Hitchens died. A friend reminded me of that this morning and that I had written about Hitchens’ passing. The issues that came up in that piece, I believe, are worth revisiting. I hope you agree. Over the years I have …
Continue reading "Christopher Hitchens: RIP"By Dave Andrusko Over the years I have often read Christopher Hitchens, a brilliant public intellectual, who died last week. I agreed with Hitchens occasionally—and with great passion. But I disagreed with him—with even greater passion—on many more occasions, particularly when the cruelty which seemed always just beneath the surface erupted. This was especially true …
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