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Pro-Abortion Absolutism and Its Consequences

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Pro-Abortion Absolutism and Its Consequences
A protester holds the torch from Lady Liberty alongside other pro-abortion protesters gathered outside the U.S. Courthouse in downtown Los Angeles, Calif., on May 3, 2022. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images
Wesley J. Smith
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No right is absolute. The state can curtail speech for compelling reasons, the old “yelling fire in a theater” cliché. Religious liberty can be restricted, too—just ask the Christian florist found financially liable because her faith forbade serving a same-sex wedding.

Wesley J. Smith
Wesley J. Smith
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Award-winning author Wesley J. Smith is host of the Humanize Podcast (Humanize.today), chairman of the Discovery Institute’s Center on Human Exceptionalism and a consultant to the Patients Rights Council. His latest book is “Culture of Death: The Age of ‘Do Harm’ Medicine.”
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