olated. Few topics summon as extreme a divergence between the sides as does abortion. One side believes in the right of the woman to choose if she wants to carry a fetus to term. This "Pro Choice" view has varying opinions on when the fetus is a human life and is thus protected by the Constitution. The other side of the slate believes that the fetus is a human life from conception, and the mother has no right to terminate the life of the child. This "Pro Life" viewpoint points out that abortion is essentially murder as the fetus is protected by the Constitution from the time of conception. The difference in viewpoints of the two sides is a classic example of an ethical and moral dispute.Historically issues of moral difference place the opposing parties in a confrontational situation with little or no common ground between the two sides.Subsequently, it is not unheard of for one side or the other to resort to intimidation and or violence to attempt settlement of the disagreement, or simply to "strike a blow" at the opposition. "Operation Rescue is an anti-abortion organization over a hundred thousand strong, which routinely sends thousands of it's "Shock Troops of the Lord" to block entrances of abortion clinic or to offer "sidewalk counseling" to women as they arrive for abortions. This counseling often involves waiving photographs of aborted fetuses in the women's faces and shouting scripture at them." This anti-abortion faction is bound by a belief to the very depths of its soul that abortion is nothing short of murder. Operation Rescue aspires to make illegal any and all abortions. Typically, but not entirely they are conservative Christians who uniformly believe that life begins at conception. Some members of this organization have been involved in exceedingly violent acts against clinics, Doctors and even staff members of the clinics. Operation Rescue, while large in number and very vocal in their views, is not entir...
