FARRAND: What should ‘pro-life’ really mean? I have a thought

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FARRAND: What should ‘pro-life’ really mean? I have a thought

“…I will not let (the ‘pro-life’) label apply to people for whom sanctity for life begins at conception and ends at birth. What about the rest of life?” — Thomas Friedman, American journalist Hello Downriver, I thought I’d try what’s called a “thought experiment” today, by joining the so-called “pro-life” movement. (Later, you’ll see why I call it “so-called.”) If I’m now pro-life, then I require that the position also adhere to other precepts i…