Tag Archives: Cider House Rules

A Texas Pol Attacks Cider House Rules

By Robin Bates | Published: October 31, 2021

A Texas legislator wants to ban “Cider House Rules,” which has a sensitive exploration of abortion. This is no surprise.

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Misusing Metaphor in the Abortion Debates

By Robin Bates | Published: October 6, 2015

Both sides are misusing metaphor in the abortion debates. If we want a deeper vision of reality, we must turn to literature.

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Why Roe v. Wade? Read “Cider House”

By Robin Bates | Published: January 23, 2013

John Irving shows the horrors that can happen when abortion is not available.

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John Irving’s Defense of Abortion

By Robin Bates | Published: October 3, 2012

“Cider House Rules” calls out those anti-abortion proponents who refuse to face up to the lengths to which some desperate women are willing to go.

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