paperback, by Erika Bachiochi — We are now more than thirty years away from the Supreme Court case of Roe v. Wade, yet the controversy over abortion has not diminished. Although the “pro-choice” forces increasingly acknowledge the central claim of the “pro-life” side—that abortion is a morally portentous act—they continue to insist that the well-being of women is absolutely dependent on the legal right to abortion.[...]