First Links — 2.8.12

Coming Apart, and Back Together?
Ryan T. Anderson, Public Discourse

Next: Mandatory Abortion Coverage?
Richard Doerflinger, National Review

The Best Solution to the HHS Controversy
Ramesh Ponnuru, Bloomberg View

The Legal Case Against the Mandate
Ed Whelan, Bench Memos

Charting the State of Marriage
Derek Thompson, Atlantic

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