Culture of death.I did not find John Garvey's comments in "Religion & Politics" (March 26) very helpful. I do not know why Catholics and other Christians Christians, name taken by the followers of several evangelical preachers on the American frontier, notably James O'Kelley, Abner Jones, and Barton W. Stone, all of whom were antisectarian. insist on voting solely on the abortion issue. Neither political party seems to be truly "prolife." Yes, the Bush administration calls itself prolife, but I wonder how committed it is to abolishing abortion. Now that partial-birth abortions partial-birth abortion n. A late-term abortion, especially one in which a viable fetus is partially delivered through the cervix before being extracted. Not in technical use. have been outlawed and the president has signed a fetus-protection bill, I doubt the administration will do much more. Roe v. Wade Roe v. Wade, case decided in 1973 by the U.S. Supreme Court. Along with Doe v. Bolton, this decision legalized abortion in the first trimester of pregnancy. will not be overturned any time soon. That leaves us with the other life-and-death life-and-death or life-or-death adj. 1. Involving or ending in life or death: a mongoose in a life-and-death battle with a cobra. 2. issues: too many prisons and state-sanctioned executions; too little help for the poor, the sick, and the marginalized; too much war and killing abroad. Our pope has spoken of a culture of death and a culture of life. We have a definite culture of death in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. right now, and it must be changed. We want to know what you think. Send a letter to the editors. editors@commonwealmagazine.org LUCY FUCHS Brandon, Fla. |
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