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Book Review: Life’s Work: A Moral Argument for Choice by Willie Parker

February 16th, 2018 | 18 min read

By Brewer Eberly

By Brewer Eberly

Is there a topic at the intersection of Christianity and medicine today more fraught than abortion?

Opinions divide in the public square just as they do in the pew, at the bedside, and in the bedroom. Abortion remains a central political issue for the left regarding equality and a tip-of-the-spear talking point for the right regarding civic morality. Physicians hold differing convictions even while abortion is considered “not medically controversial” by the pop-elders of medical ethics and professionalism. Even Wendell Berry sees “no chance of public reconciliation” for the controversy.

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