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A Radical Proposal: Incrementalism at the Federal Level
Blog and Mayblog (YouTube) ^ | Aug 3, 2026 | Douglas Wilson

Posted on 08/04/2026 2:39:19 PM PDT by fwdude

I want to begin with a proposal for a particular pro-life amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Having done so in this introduction, I will then outline in summary form the advantages of this approach. I will then touch on a key distinction to help us understand the fact that there is more than one way to terminate a pregnancy. And in the final section, I will try to answer possible objections to this approach, or at least suggest the direction of the answer.

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Thank you very much and God bless you.

A very novel approach that I've never thought about before.

A new idea: terminating a pregnancy is not necessarily abortion. Or, every abortion terminates a pregnancy, but not every termination of a pregnancy is an abortion.

1 posted on 08/04/2026 2:39:19 PM PDT by fwdude
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To: fwdude

About 1 min in and nope. Not a good argument at all. Many people are not viable after a serious accident yet we do everything in our power to keep them alive. Age should not matter.


2 posted on 08/04/2026 2:58:50 PM PDT by frogjerk
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To: frogjerk

It’s called incrementalism for a reason. You don’t eat the entire elephant in one gulp.


3 posted on 08/04/2026 3:03:10 PM PDT by fwdude (Why is there a "far/radical right," but damned if they'll admit that there is a far/radical left)
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To: fwdude

Birth certificates, death certificates are issued by the states. It is a state issue. Any move to centralize in big government will be regretted.


4 posted on 08/04/2026 4:48:18 PM PDT by spintreebob
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To: fwdude

I was talking to my wife about the topic of Constitutional amendments in general.

The last one to jump all the hurdles and take effect was this one:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-seventh_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution

It took effect in 1992.

We have no more amendments in the last thirty four years.

This salary amendment was boring and uncontroversial.

At this point a new constitutional amendment is deep into Unicorn territory—even if it is make it official that one plus one equals two.

Bottom line—the merit of the proposal is irrelevant. It is like debating whether feeding Unicorns wheat is better than feeding them corn.


5 posted on 08/04/2026 4:55:54 PM PDT by cgbg (Four seconds is all it takes to beat the brainwashing.)
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