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When asked to speak in a debate between the two sides of the abortion divide, I was nervous - but he finally impressed

Perhaps a conversation between positions in favor of abortion and anti-abortion? In this perspective, both parties have a lot to talk about and no way to make it civil, which means that the abortion debate often falls into one of two formats: you tend to end up with a single point of view in meetings each party agrees strongly with itself, or open confrontation where the two views face to face with banners and slogans. Beliefs is a good game, but is more likely to spend the division to convince his opponents that he has a point.

Under the rhetoric and abstraction, each thinks the other side is complicit in mass murder. Those who oppose it, abortion, the slaughter of the unborn child. For most of those who believe in the right of women to choose from (including myself), the prohibition is the direct cause of death, where women are forced to resort to illegal and dangerous operations or pregnancy continues detriment of women's health and well-being.

not only that each party thinks the other is totally wrong, but that we believe in fair justice in our own positions. So when I agreed to speak in a debate on freedom of expression, anti-abortion protesters and women. Rights and limitations - organized by the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) and maintained at Conway Hall in London - I was a little scared

Even considering that the debate is not about the morality of abortion directly - in fact, we talked about how we talk about abortion - there was still a huge potential abuse and personal acrimony especially as we were talking on the eve of the trial of two activists of the anti-abortion Abortion 67 public order offenses. The question of what constitutes legitimate protest against abortion was about to be challenged in the courts and in our scenario.

It was not so uniformly. There was some regret on both sides that opening statements Minichiello Williams were largely a condemnation of abortion itself, and the discomfort she chose to show a film directed by Abort 67, including images for explicit and bloody. (For his part, Minichiello Williams said later she thought what she sees as "an approach based on the rights of women" was "intellectually dishonest" and had "tried to restore integrity." ) However, somehow, was useful for this particular example forms of freedom of expression under discussion.

inevitable hot moments: I briefly raised his voice when I felt my own experience of crisis pregnancy had been kidnapped by anti-abortion speakers. But there was also a good behavior shown by both parties, and I think most of the rooms were thankful when Peter D Williams the right to life of the campaign urged anti-abortion position abide by the terms of the debate rather than seeking a general debate on abortion. Was also educational when a disturbing element for abortion should be silenced by the President: even if the debate was largely offenses committed in the anti-abortion side, it is clear that both parties have an occasional need for apply the label in its ranks

Of all the people involved in the debate, Minichiello Williams expressed his dissatisfaction with the result. The rest - I, Wind-Cowie, green and Furedi - admitted he was pleasantly surprised by the level of debate produced an ideological divide. And have outlined some basic principles, it might even be possible to find a safe haven. I can say that, as it seems out of place guards around the clinic and in bad taste, I must tolerate freedom of expression within certain limits, in the same way, those anti-abortion protesters affiliations agree that required to ensure that the freedom of expression fits into the harassment of individual women, as it has done previously.

"This is not political theater and women who visit clinics are not accessories," Furedi says at one point. As a matter of conscience becomes an ideological war, people suffer the most are those who profess to care more parties: women are involved in decision support and sometimes painful or not to continue the pregnancy. Anti-abortion and pro-choice always agree, but for the love of women, everyone is obliged to maintain civil disagreement.

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