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Thu Jan-06-05 04:09 PM
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144. "legal pontificating"? I could understand criticizing the government...

...for "religious pontification" or "moralistic pontification" when the situation should limits the government to merely dealing with the law.

However, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE ROLE THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD HAVE IN TELLING PEOPLE WHEN THEY CAN AND CANNOT REPRODUCE. Therefore, the answer to this question should sound like "legal pontification" -- or the very least, it should sound "legal."

If you want to moralize about this woman, go right ahead. However, this judge should not be moralizing about this woman's right to reproduce. That's not the proper function of the law.

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