vain and pathetic effort of single-minded men to identify the temporal and the spiritual commonwealths,ö (97). The U.S. Constitution prohibits union of church and state and such arguments are allegedly not involved in contemporary abortion arguments. However, such a morality continues to pervade the U.S. debate on morality. Cotton Mather (2004) labeled the people of Massachusetts ôa people of Godö, but in order to do so he posited himself in the position of knowing GodÆs will more than other individuals and placed himself above imperfection, (9). By viewing the world in such absolute terms, many contemporary leaders continue to denounce abortion as immoral solely on their basis of beliefs without regard for law that legalizes abortion like Roe v. Wade.
The history of such Puritanism as expressed earlier pervades much of the contemporary conflict over abortion. Those who are in favor of abortion are often labeled ôPro-Ch
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