John Finnis is Right

Whelan, like the late Justice Antonin Scalia, believes that, as an originalist matter, the question of abortion must be determined through the democratic process in the states. Having recently debated Whelan on this topic, I think none of his three objections to Finnis withstand close scrutiny.

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Texas Law School Talk: Fourteenth Amendment Originalism & Abortion