Argument Quote by Stanley Fish

“I should have known better. Pro-life arguments are now based on scientific evidence and the pro-choice arguments are not. That is a cultural, historical fact.”

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Belief and knowledge are considered to be two different things. But they are not.

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I do not support abortion rights. Although what I would support in this vexed area is not clear to me.

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