Soames Forsyte, who sees his wife as property, would rather sacrifice his wife than abort his baby–suggesting that right to life may be more about right to property.
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Soames: Sacrifice Mother, Not Baby
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Trump, Macduff, and “Untimely Ripped”
Donald Trump’s characterization of late-term abortions as “ripping” harken back to a verb used in “Macbeth.” Most people, however, would argue that both Trump and Macduff are describing caesarians.
The Abortion Debate & Doll’s House
Our society’s impasse over abortion is like the impasse in Ibsen’s “Doll’s House” between Thorvald and Nora: he insists on moral absolutes, she resents being infantilized.
No-Name Women vs. Anti-Abortionists
Maxine Hong Kingston’s “No Name Woman” works as a powerful response to those attempting to distinguish between legitimate and illegitimate rape.
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