Feminist on Emotional Effects of Abortion
A few activists on the abortion rights side are arguing for a radical shift in rhetoric as well. In a controversial New Republic article last October entitled “Our Bodies, Our Souls,” the feminist Naomi Wolf criticized some in the pro-choice movement for refusing to acknowledge that abortion involves a real death or that some women have lasting moral qualms. Wolf says she has met “strong pro-choice women” who privately confessed that they light a candle…