The argument for abortion, if made honestly, requires many words: It must evoke the recent past, the dire consequences to women of making a very simple medical procedure illegal. The argument against it doesn’t take even a single word. The argument against it is a picture. ["The Dishonesty of the Abortion Debate," Caitlin Flanagan]This brings to mind philosopher Leonard Peikoff's talk, A Picture is Not an Argument. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvNgUxJrxo4
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