Is Abortion Bad?--Dialog between Katha Pollitt and William Saletan

I believe the dialog is complete, so I've reposted it. Katha Pollitt once again demonstrates why she is my favorite.--Dictynna.

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Is Abortion Bad?
Ick and superego.
By William Saletan and Katha Pollitt
Updated Friday, Feb. 3, 2006, at 5:50 PM ET

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From: William Saletan
To: Katha Pollitt
Subject: Moral sex.
Posted Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2006, at 7:07 AM ET
Dear Katha,

Let's start by explaining to readers why we're having this conversation. Last week in the New York Times, I urged pro-choicers to wage war on the abortion rate through birth control and sex education. This week in The Nation, you replied that "anti-abortion moralism" would hurt women and abortion rights. You argued that pursuing an explicit goal of zero abortions would "do the antichoicers' work for them." I think you've got it exactly backward.

First, let me tackle some of your objections around the periphery of our disagreement. You say the limits of our education and health-care systems make "zero abortions" unreachable. True. Peace is unreachable, too, but we try. That's the nature of goals.