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Deadlocked; a Reaction to McDonagh and Ford on Abortion

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With but one major exception, I am a strong supporter of McDonagh (1996), not so much Ford (2005). As the latter is a comment on the former, let me start with McDonagh.

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    He. I often inadvertently, make this error, so I cannot be too harsh with this author.

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    Barnett and Block 2007, 2009a, b; Block 1977, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2003a, b, c, d, e, f, g, 2006a, b, c, 2010a, c, d, 2011; Block et al. 2005; Bylund 2014; Cordato 1989, 1992a, b, 1997, 1998, 2000; DiLorenzo 2014; Fox 2007; Hoppe 2004; Krause 1999; Krecke 1996; Lewin 1982; North 1990, 1992, 2002; Rothbard 1982, 1997a, b; Stringham 2001; Stringham and White 2004; Terrell 1999; Wysocki 2017.

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