[papertyger]

do we really believe that he took an immoral position by speculating that if abortion were illegal that breaking the law should have some consequence? Or do we want to hypocritically take that position merely to gather votes?

You will find the only universal consistency on this issue is that the woman should not "suffer alone."

[TheConservativeBanker]

Without the operation of law, the baby suffers and dies. So the woman never suffers alone. However, question is how do we square our commitment to rule of law with a simultaneous position that some laws can be broken with no legal consequence to the law breaker.