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From Library Journal In this novel the future is a nightmare for pro-abortion proponents. Congress has passed the Human Life Amendment which protects the unborn; illegal abortion clinics have sprung up all over the country, which is split down the middle over the issue; and First Lady Mary Holt Morgan is the driving force behind the Rights for the Unborn League. When a raid on a small New Orleans clinic results in the death of both the doctor and Hillary Foster, a young woman in the midst of an abortion, the clinic's nurse and Hillary's mother join forces in a plan to kidnap the First Lady. Especially engrossing is the planning stage of the kidnapping, which occupies more than half the book. This is definitely a story for the pro-choice crowd, since its slant is obvious from the first page. - Marilyn Jordan, North Miami P.L., Fla. Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. Product Description Twelve years into the future, abortion is illegal and, while thousands of women die at the hands of careless, septic back-alley abortionists, two courageous pro-choice activists plot to kidnap the First Lady and persuade her to support their side