June 20th, 2011
Two reviews over the weekend, one of George Weigel’s The End and The Beginning, the other of Mara Hvistendahl’s Unnatural Selection. Both are very important books, though in radically different ways. Weigel’s essentially reading for all who love John Paul the Great. Hvistendahl, on the other hand, has written what may be the most (unintentionally) consequential anti-abortion book ever published. Unnatural Selection is pitched toward the middle-of-the-road abortion supporter, and it creates something like the following:
“Choice” has led to the killing of 163 million baby girls solely on account of their gender. In addition to the moral repugnancy, this is likely to have bad-to-dire real-world consequences. So you either get on board with this kind of “choosing,” or you hop off the abortion train. Because there is no in-between.
Both books are well worth your time and dollars.
J June 21, 2011 at 1:28 pm
That Unnatural Selection review is outstanding. I heard an interview with Ms. H. on NPR, and was darkly amused and frustrated at the way Lopate and H. were awkwardly confronting the issue. I wish you could interview H. directly.