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We can no longer tolerate inflammatory terms that serve only to divide us further and create conflict. Doctors who offer safe abortion services are not murderers or butchers. People who engage in peaceful protests against abortion are not fanatics. … We accept that we will never find a solution to the most fundamental disagreements we hold on abortion. And we should never compromise our strongly held beliefs. Outside of them, though, we can find a path to escape this endless cycle of division.

Roe v. Wade and the post-Roe generation:

• Both sides on abortion try a youthful drumbeat | Three decades after the high court's ruling, which came long before today's high school and college students were born, the opponents and supporters of legalized abortion are working hard to make this a young person's issue (The Washington Post)
  
  
• In Roe's Shadow | As prochoicers try to keep a new generation of women from taking abortion rights for granted, prolifers rethink their tactics. At 30, a debate's new chapter  (Newsweek)
  
  
• Choice and the post-Roe generation | Many younger voters favor restrictions on abortion (Time)

Roe v. Wade 30th Anniversary—News:

• As divisive as ever | Why abortion is more controversial in America than in Europe (The Economist)
  
  
• Prochoicers celebrate Roe, concede gains by opponents | At a gala anniversary dinner at the Omni Shoreman Hotel, NARAL Pro-Choice America and all six of the declared Democratic presidential candidates attacked President Bush for his prolife positions and said the prochoice agenda was "in greater peril today than at any time" since Roe v. Wade (The Washington Times)
  
  
• In turn, six presidential hopefuls back abortion rights | At a dinner commemorating the 30th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the six likely Democratic presidential contenders for 2004 shared a stage (The New York Times)
  
  
• Abortion providers fewest in 30 years | Hospital mergers, politics are cited (The Washington Post)
  
  
• Bush offers a ringing endorsement to Roe foes, from 700 miles away | On the 30th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the president will phone in from St. Louis with a message of support to the annual march against abortion. (The New York Times)
  
  
• Who is 'Jane Roe'? | Anonymous no more, Norma McCorvey no longer supports abortion rights (CNN)
  
  
• Conditional support | Poll: Thirty years after Roe v. Wade, American support is conditional (ABCNews.com)
  
  
• Most perceive shades of gray in abortion | 'Muddled middle' shuns practice but prefers choice (Chicago Tribune)
  
  
• Abortion issue redefined two parties | Abortion, once a topic discussed only in private, is now one of the most stark and public dividing lines in American politics (Chicago Tribune)
  
  
• Both sides on abortion wary of Supreme Court | In the 30 years since the court announced one of the most contentious opinions in American life, the battle lines remain firmly entrenched, to the point that opponents and supporters of Roe find virtually no room for agreement, even on interpreting decisions like the late-term abortion case (Chicago Tribune)
  
  
• Two powerhouses dominate abortion debate | 30 years after Roe, multimillion-dollar operations prevail (Chicago Tribune)
  
  
• As Roe v. Wade turns 30, ruling's future is unsure | With aging justices and a presidential foe, the 1973 decision legalizing abortion could fall (Los Angeles Times)
  
  
• U.S. abortion debate intensifies | Thousands of antiabortion demonstrators are gathering in Washington to march to the Supreme Court to demand an end to abortion on demand (BBC)

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