Commentary: Think through the implications of banning abortion

As a political issue, abortion involves the relation of moral and religious beliefs to positive law — to law backed up by the state’s use of coercive power. This issue is complex, especially within the context of democratic pluralism.Whenever the advocates of religion and morality propose that a previously legal act be criminalized, a number of prudential questions must be responsibly posed and answered.Such prudential questions were not thoroughly explored and honestly answered befo