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Wednesday, April 25, 2007

"A Pro-Life Issue"

Michael urges -- "urgent[ly]" -- those of us who vote Republican to "do something about the unholy folly [of OSHA employing 'voluntary compliance strategies'].  This too, after all, is a pro-life issue."

Is it?  I mean, is it a "pro-life issue" in a way that distinguishes it from any question -- or, at least, many, many policies -- of regulatory policy?  I have no idea whether OSHA is employing sensible policies or not.  But, I am confident that OSHA is not acting in a manner that involves the constitutionalization of a license to kill human fetuses.  Certainly, I concede the rhetorical usefulness of calling this a "pro-life issue", but isn't there a non-trivial risk of missing the point associated with suggesting that, say, the question whether the government should fund abortions is really the same, and of the same import, as the question how best to promote workplace safety?

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