“A lot of people are listening and most people believe global warming is a problem and they'd like to see it addressed. But governments and the biggest companies in the world don't want to deal with it like they didn't want to deal with the fact that tobacco causes cancer.” PeopleWorldWantBelieveFactsProblemGovernmentCausesDealsCompanyListeningCancerGlobal WarmingTobacco Author:John H Richardson
“But then you say, Well, who makes the decision? Does the government make the decision? The reason this is such a national dispute and moral issue for people is because it occurs inside the body of a woman. That makes it really complicated. What are you going to do? Put women in prison? How much do we want the government to intrude on this?” PeopleWantWellsDoeReasonBodyGovernmentDecisionMoralIssuesPrisonComplicatedDisputesMoral Issues Author:John H Richardson
“He [Hern] calls his center the Boulder Abortion Clinic and he said specifically that he didn't want to hide that word. I'm deeply opposed to the politicization of language and try to avoid it when I possibly can - I don't like being manipulated by terms like pro-life or pro-choice. To me, abortionist should be as neutral as podiatrist. But again, maybe it was one battle too many, because it certainly distracted his attention from what I thought was a really sympathetic piece.” WantShouldTryingSaidChoicesLanguageTermAttentionPiecesBattleAbortionDistractedSympatheticPro LifeClinicBoulders Author:John H Richardson