If Americans support abortion, let's vote. . . Just this past term, in Stenberg vs. Carhart, the court expanded the apocryphal abortion right to an all-new right to stick a fork in the head of a half-born baby.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Coulter equates abortion rights to a violent act using graphic imagery to argue against the Supreme Court.
- In plain terms
- She claims abortion is like stabbing a baby in the head.
- What can you take from it?
- Graphic imagery is used to provoke strong reactions on policy.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does language affect debate?
- Is the imagery accurate?
Another view
The comparison is inflammatory and lacks legal precision.
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