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<p><strong>What Difference Does it Make?</strong></p>
<p>I&#8217;ve been following the Gosnell coverage on Twitter and around the Catholic Blogosphere tepidly. I am trying to exercise some caution for my tender soul as any foray too deep into the details has a strong likelihood of disaster. I skim over the day&#8217;s coverage, say a quick prayer, and then try to move on. I follow the story with the hope that I&#8217;ll start to see some kind of turn around in the abortion &#8220;debate.&#8221; How could somebody read the Grand Jury report and not completely change their thinking if they claim to be prochoice? But that may be the reason nobody who is prochoice is reading it &#8211; for fear of what may happen. Kind of makes the safe, legal, and rare argument null and void when you see what looks to be a very viable baby, a human being, with a hole in their neck just big enough for scissors to fit through in order to snip their tiny spinal cord. <span class="post-teaser-more">&nbsp;<a href="http://heartsunitedforlife.com/?p=439" title="Permanent Link: Listening to Women Who’ve Been There" rel="bookmark">Read more...</a> <i>(11025 words, estimated 44:06  mins reading time)</i></span></p>

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