“There are times when an abortion is necessary. I know that. When you have a black and a white . . .”
—Richard M Nixon.
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And Andrew Sullivan observes:
“So the 37th president would have aborted the 44th.”
“There are times when an abortion is necessary. I know that. When you have a black and a white . . .”
—Richard M Nixon.
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And Andrew Sullivan observes:
“So the 37th president would have aborted the 44th.”
Where is the remainder of this sentence? Andrew Sullivan’s observation is ridiculous; he goes from the general to the particular: Richard M Nixon was not a doctor; therefore, he would not have performed an abortion.
Veronica:
The full quote from the NY Times:
“Nixon worried that greater access to abortions would foster ‘permissiveness,’ and said that ‘it breaks the family.’ But he also saw a need for abortion in some cases — like interracial pregnancies, he said. ‘There are times when an abortion is necessary. I know that. When you have a black and a white,’ he told an aide, before adding, ‘Or a rape.'”
—Santi