and others’ religious values, whether extramarital sexual relations or the pregnant woman or her partner’s personal benefit or quality of life. The idea that no one can tell a woman (or a man, for that matter) what to do with her body rings harsh in the minds of pro-life advocates who know that that body contains a separate life (or potential thereof). As Michael Gorman states, “The call by pro-choice groups for freedom reflects not a responsible Christian attitude toward freedom but a secularly
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