Roger Rosenblatt's "The Bill Of Rights": Inescapable Dilemma
Beginning of paper
All right, then, I'll go to hell.” Six simple words; yet they have
a very deep and complex meaning. The above quote was taken from Twain's
Huckleberry Finn, and it illustrates how modern man copes with what Twain
termed the “inescapable dilemma of Democracy.” In the novel, Huck is
faced wi ....
Middle of paper
.... is faced with a
difficult decision. Should he take the life of an unborn child? But what
if the child was deformed, or was otherwise going to be born into a
possibly unhealthy environment? Isn't taking away the opportunity to live
life morally wrong? There are many more questions that face the doctor as
well as the mother of the fetus. So, as the mother and the doctor are
faced with this dilemma, sometimes what they feel is morally correct is
not legal- as abortion is illegal in certain sta ....
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