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Quotes from this article:
"The call ... is the right one."
"... what should be the principal objective ..."
"... the better public health position ..."
These are all moral pronouncements ("right", "should", "better"). By what authority are they made? Kmiec et al. can agree to "reduce the number of abortions" because they believe that abortion is evil -- but how could they possibly agree with the moral pronouncements above?
It seems that those who oppose abortion and contraception are contradicting themselves. They are instead the anti-fornication police.
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