“Doonesbury” is a venerable comic strip, and over the years we have resisted calls to remove it or move it to the editorial page. The reason: It’s a comic strip and even though he delves into political satire, it is still a comic strip.

But in next week's strip, “Doonesbury” author Garry Trudeau, in our judgment, went over the line of good taste and humor in penning a series on abortion using graphic language and images inappropriate for a comics page.

While we rarely pull strips for taste reasons, this was a clear call for the editors of the paper and for some other papers around the country, which also sent readers online to see the strip. Other papers moved them to other sections of the paper.

Some will agree, some will disagree with our judgment. You can find the pulled strips online beginning Monday at

. Check back here Monday for a poll on your opinion of our decision.

We are running old strips next week that were provided by Universal Press Syndicate, which handles “Doonesbury” and numerous other comics and features.