[jocon307]

Good post. I thought the pro-life movement made an error when it chose "Abortion stops a beating heart" as it's main slogan. I've always thought it should have stolen an anti-drug slogan from the 1960s, origianlly applied to the drug(s) 'speed':

ABORTION KILLS - PEOPLE LIKE YOU.

[ggekko]

This article reads like a sophmore's college term paper, which it might be. There are a number of problems with this analysis; these problems are described below:

*The feminist wing of the Democratic party
has turned support for abortion into an
unquestionable secular sacrement for any
Democratic politician. Any Democratic
politician who deviates from a commitment to
legal abortion is "ex-communicated" from the
the church of Roe vs. Wade; ask former PA.
Governor Bob Casey. On a national level it is
therefore almost impossible to build pro-life
coalitions with Democrats.

*The side effects of abortion are serious and
all women should be given access to this
health information about these side-effects;
on another level, however, this argument about
the side-effects of abortion begs the
question. Other activities generate
significant negative side-effects but their
essential legitimacy and utility are seriously
questioned. Automobiles accidents kill about
50,000 people per year in the US and auto
travel is a significant source of air
pollution. The side effects of abortion are
tolerated by the general culture because it
is one mechanism that facilitates an
atmosphere of sexual license.


*American history is replete with examples
of the politcal process being driven and
reformed by a vision of transcendent Christian
morality on of the more recent instances
of which is the 1960s Civil Rights Movement.

In my opinion, the pro-life movement has been somewhat inneffective because of a psycological inability to accept the finality of the Roe vs. Wade decision. Significant progress for the pro-life movement has only happened when they have accepted the constraints imposed by and then worked around these constraints.