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A Matter of Life and Death: The Politics of Abortion and Capital Punishment

When it comes to situations involving life and death, the United States is strongly polarized. Liberals commonly support the legality of abortion as a private matter of personal choice but condemn the death penalty as inhumane, while conservatives often support execution as a form of justice but denounce abortion as legalized murder. How did these points of view become a part of the ideologies of the left and the right? This program traces the development of political stances on life-and-death issues, exposing the lack of a consistent life ethic in mainstream American politics. (29 minutes)

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Item#: EDP11817
Copyright date: ©2001
VHS ISBN 978-0-7365-3625-7
DVD ISBN 978-1-4213-0666-7

Part of the Series : A Consistent Ethic of Life: Is Consensus Possible?


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