In the specific case of abortion, the matter is particularly easy in that no woman wants a late abortion. Once abortion was made legal, the age of the aborted fetus went down. The slope slipped in the other direction. If we legalize RU-486 and other similar new drugs, the age will fall to one week or less and start approaching zero. The slippery slope will slide in the other direction. The only reason we have late abortions is because we make early abortion difficult.

The only kind of coercion I recommend is mutual coercion, mutually agreed upon by the majority of the people affected.

It is a mistake to think that we can control the breeding of mankind in the long run by an appeal to conscience.

Continuity is at the heart of conservatism: ecology serves that heart.

An attack on values is inevitably seen as an act of subversion.

Religious reasons, which is no reason. I notice Skeptic had a review of Dennett's book, Darwin's Dangerous Idea. Religious reasons amount to what Dennett terms "skyhooks." Do you believe in skyhooks? I don't.

A finite world can support only a finite population; therefore, population growth must eventually equal zero.