While the Pope and Mr.Bush differ on such issues as rock roll the Iraq war and the death penally penalty, they do find coming common ground at in opposing abortion and gay marriage.
While some of this can be explained by society—in countries like China baby boys are favoured and many unborn girls are electively aborted—there are natural processes at work.
Some forms of infanticide in ancient societies, present-day reprogenetics, preemptive abortions and designer babies have been (sometimes controversially) referred to as eugenic.
Because she says that without this abortion, she would never have become the writer that she is today, the activist that she is today. I found it very moving and very brave.