Thoughtful Measures

Desperate times call for thoughtful measures.

Abortion: Moral consequences, not legal ones

I believe that abortion should be legal in pre-viability pregnancies for any reason and illegal past the age of viability (with exceptions for medical reasons). Let me explain why.

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Letter: Better Boundaries Utah

The following is a letter which I sent to my Utah state legislature representatives, asking them to accept the maps presented by the UIRC and thus take a leap forward in eliminating gerrymandering in the state. I figured I’d post it here too. For more information, please see Better Boundaries and UIRC.

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Thoughts on Abortion

Should abortion be legal? If you believe, like I do, that abortion is a moral wrong, it may seem that the only acceptable answer is “no.” Here, I argue that there are better ways to prevent abortions than making it illegal. In fact, banning abortion is not the right thing to do in the United States in this day and age.

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