A single question -- A moral system evolves -- An exclusionary movement is born -- Legal reform to eliminate defectives -- Redrawing the boundaries of protected life -- Crystallizing events and ethical principles -- The early moments and months of life -- A bolt from the blue: abortion is legalized -- Man's law or God's will -- Inches from life -- Should the baby live? -- The boundaries of tolerable suffering -- Limits to tolerable suffering -- Alleviating suffering and protecting life -- God, duty, and life worth living -- Assisted dying -- Taking life and inflicting suffering -- Removing the protective boundaries of life -- A campaign to stop the executions -- The pendulum swings, the debate continues -- Lessons learned.
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