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All snideness aside, the essay in question is very much worth your time."}],"editorialProject":null,"primaryCategory":{"__typename":"Channel","displayName":"Personal","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/personal/","slug":"personal"},"reviews":[],"embeds":[],"authors":[{"id":"Author:16","displayName":"Ross Douthat","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/author/ross-douthat/","biography":{"default":"Ross Douthat is a former contributing editor at The Atlantic.","__typename":"Biography"},"socialMedia":[],"__typename":"Author","slug":"ross-douthat"}],"preview":null,"layout":"standard","secondaryByline":"","dek":"","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/personal/archive/2007/09/reproductive-rights-and-neo-eugenics/54811/","title":"Reproductive Rights and Neo-Eugenics","seoTitle":"Reproductive Rights and Neo-Eugenics","dateModified":"2008-07-25T17:02:46Z","datePublished":"2007-09-20T19:08:14Z","hasMeter":true,"primaryChannel":{"displayName":"Personal","__typename":"Channel","slug":"personal"},"shareImage1x1":null,"shareImage16x9":null,"shareImage4x3":null,"shareImageDefault":null,"shareImageSquareDefault":null,"shareImageLeadArt":null,"shareDek":"","shareText":null,"shareTitle":"Reproductive Rights and Neo-Eugenics","editorsNote":null,"leadArt":null,"narratedAudio":null,"narratedAudioImage":null,"fbiaUrl":"https://www.theatlantic.com/facebook-instant/article/54811/","canonicalUrl":"https://www.theatlantic.com/personal/archive/2007/09/reproductive-rights-and-neo-eugenics/54811/","syndication":"ALL","shareImage2x1":null,"shareImageSmall":null,"channels":[{"slug":"personal","__typename":"Channel"}],"watsonInfo":{"keywords":["strongly worded letter","right-wing sandbox","hat tip","Kevin Drum","regurgitation","Dissent"],"__typename":"WatsonInfo"},"slug":"reproductive-rights-and-neo-eugenics","grapeshot":{"segments":["gv_safe","politics_tbs_anyrisk","pos_safe_core","shadow9hu7_pos_bofa-kwlist","gb_crime_edu","shadow9hu7_pos_lexus_fy23","shadow9hu7_pos_safe_strict","tbs_anyrisk","gt_positive","gt_positive_trust","gs_entertain_vidgames","gs_entertain_music","gs_politics_misc","gs_politics","gs_politics_issues_policy","gs_fashion"],"__typename":"Grapeshot"},"advertisingInfo":{"disableHouseAd":false,"__typename":"AdvertisingInfo"}}}

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